Kriege & Konflikte

Question 1

Stellevertreterkrieg/proxy - war:

Answer 1

armed conflict between two states or non-state actors, one or both of which act at the investigation or on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved int he hostilities.

Question 2

Cold war proxy-wars:

Answer 2

Afrika als strategische Einflusssphäre der Supermächte.
-> Am Ende: support for client states endet, collapse of puppet regimes.

Question 3

Old war:

Answer 3

• States vs. States
• Fought in the interest of the state
• Professional armies
• Regular warfare: capture of territory.
• Regulation of war: war & peace were give a clear legal status

Question 4

New war:

Answer 4

• blurred distinction between war, organized crime and large scale human rights violations.
• Distinction between internal & external or between local & global difficult to sustain
• access to global markets: illegal arms trade, resources such as diamonds and oil, drugs -> transnational war economies
• Intra-state conflicts, weak states.

Question 5

Konfliktfaktoren (6)

Answer 5

• populous, low-income countries
• weak states
• rough terrain (mountains)
• natural ressources
• ethnic and religious diversity
• Einwanderung vs. Autochtone (Côte d’Ivoire - Nord/Sud)

Question 6

Wars in 2021

Answer 6

North Africa:
- Yemen, Syria, Turkey, Afghanistan

Sub-Saharan Africa:

Burkina-Faso, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Central African Republic