power and borders an over view Flashcards
list teh ways that curresnt political boundies can errode soveignty + exaple
- disputed territory
1. crimea and the dombas region - sepratism
1. catalan - legacy of colonialism
1. mali - disputed maritine boarders
1. factortame
what are the 4 ways soverignty/ territorial interigraty can be erroded
- current political bountries
1. crimea - TNC’s
1. united fruit company -territorial integraty
2. ken sawo-wiwa and other protestors exicutions 2013 ? human rights volations - Supernational insitutuins
1. the EU and the factortain case
2. “peace keeping mission” - political dominace of ethic groups
1. dinka neua sudan - (access to natural resorces) not a part of this bit of the mark scheme)
what ahve been the challenges to people and place in Ukrain by russia
place
* The anexation of Crimea in 2014 with “little green men”
* funding of seperatist fighters in the dombas region
* heavy fighting at donesk airport
* industrial plants such as a mine at zasyodko have been damaged and destroyed hurting industry
place
* 1.47 million IDPs
* 600,000 refugrees
* 7000 deaths 13,900 injured and 293 shot down in a civilian air craft
* town of debaltseve bombed by sepretsit fighter funded by russia
what are the reasosn for the challenges to ukrain’s soverignty (text boo answers)
- geogrphical position between russsia and the EU/nato (becoming a nato force)
- Ethnic disparities: ethniclly russian populations ( beuse of the soviet union alot of people idetify as ethiniclly russian)
1. ( over 60% of crimeans ideftify as ethically russian and over 44% of people in the domas region) - internal poliical devsion most of dombas and almost all of crime voted for the pro russian candiate victor yankovitch in the 2010 and are pro russia vs pro EU/nato
- these are consequenses of the inabillity to create a nation state/ common national idenity after the fall of the soviet union.
what river seperates india and pakistan
the indus river
fully explain the conflict and resolution to the india pakistan dipute over the indus river
- india dams and uses teh water at tehre sauce is kashmire ( desputed territory, wants sepratsim put is tecnically a part of india)
- most 35% of pakistans work force is in agricuture that relies on the river so its vital that there is enough dischage
- however there was the indus water treatie of 1960 witch devided up water
- the river has runlower in recent years due to india taking advatage of the hydroelectrics there and beuse of climate chnage
1. e.g. the Bhakra dam - this resulted in attacks from both sides in 2016 and 2019 including a 2019 milliatry stand off
- however the most significant conflict was in 19
- however both these have been setteled and there have been no “water wars”
- the world bank ( a part of the UN) helped create the did create a water sharing agreement between the two counties in 1960 ( the indus water treatie) and there has been no water was since. It is considered one of the most succesful treaties ever.
name a big dam on the indus river
Bhakra dam
what three insitutuins are involved in regualting general global conflic (non case study specific ) + examples
- The UN
1. The world bank ans the indus river treatie 1960 (very sucessful but still some conflict in 2019 and 2016 )
2. also has peac keepers (but canot attack only fire if fired appon) ( potenical to reolve the issus of conglict like in sudan ) - The EU
1. aim was tofoster economic coperation and understanding in europe after WW2. Never been a war between any membour states. Can ensue sanktion like on ukrain but has no army so little power - Nato
1. 28 mebours milliatry backing eachother.
2. Afganistan (not effetive didnt really reseove, being into a question is milliatry forces can really resove anything)
3. can only protect mwbour states so cant get involved with Ukrain or likly trigger WW3 - NGO’s
1. no arm to reolve
1. sudan redcross, oxfam and amnestry international providing relife the results of conflict
what insitutions intervined in the south sudan +examples
3
- The UN
1. UNMISS 12,500 millitary troops, 1000 police 2500 other -new mandate in 2014
2. WHO chorella vaxinations - only to some safe areas (inequallity)
3. refugree camps including largets housing 250,000 people - issue of squatters takign homes after - The South sudanese governemt and igad
1. 2015 peace agrement (didnt really work) and the divided governement caused teh conflict in the fisrt place (igad and UN massive help)
2. a numbre a treies also signed liek the convestion agaist tourcher. however the country is in chaos so it doesnt really matter (igad and UN massive help) - NGO’s
1. 300 NGOs in sudan e.g. save the children and oxfam MSF on accute malnutrition for children
what issues were presented by the south sudenese cival war (3 examples )
- 1.5 million internally dispcaed
- 730,000 refugrees in neighbouring countiries
- 8 million at risk of food insecurity
when did south sudan gain inderpendence
2011 (newest country)
what are the conflicting tribes in south soudan + how it stareted
- Dinka ( president Kiir)
- nuer (vise president machar) - accused of insighting a coup in 2013
when did the south sudaneese cival war start
2013
give examples of NGO’s in south sudan
- MFS- acute manutrition of chidren
- Oxfam
- save the children
- 300 there over alll
what have the consequences of gobal governece of conflict been on local cumunitires ? + benifits and negaties
3
south sudan
* MFS charity- vunrable chidren have resived help for acute malnutrition and other chairties have helped supply esenuals during the dry season - food dependency
* villages have resived help on how to maintain live stock and use fishing equiptement - will help with tehir ecconomic and self sefficiancy in teh long term
* WHO- has a chorella vaccinationa n dtreatment- inequallity as only to safe areas
