War And Peace

Question 1

Idea of classic war

Answer 1

Clausewitz

Question 2

Decolonization brought

Answer 2

New forms of conflicts

Question 3

Example of decolonization

Answer 3

India and British Empire
Civilians, military fought against

Question 4

Example of decolonization

Answer 4

Angola w Portugal in 1975
got independence and beginning of a civil war (1975-2002)
Us sent weapons to South Africa who conducted war on their behalf (PROXY WAR)

Question 5

New wars by …

Answer 5

Mary Kaldor
Different actors
Different motives (identity politics, independence)
Violence against civilians (displacement, ethnic cleansing)
Globalization and fragmentation
Blurring of war and peace

Question 6

Disintegration from above and ex

Answer 6

Failure of the state
Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Question 7

Disintegration from below

Answer 7

Lebanon during civil war

Question 8

Disintegration from above and below

Answer 8

Rwanda

Question 9

Proxy war

Answer 9

Major role and small portion of fighting (others fight on your behalf)
Ex: Angola 1975 w Us sending weapons to South Africa

Question 10

Ex of guérillas

Answer 10

Israel and Hamas
Talibans in Afghanistan (were paid by US to stop spreading of communism but Talibans got out of their influence)
LTTE in Sri Lanka

Question 11

Characteristics of guérillas

Answer 11

No open air battle
Harassment
Small irregular units

Question 12

Children in conflicts

Answer 12

Poverty and social breakdown
Manipulation
Ideological indoctrination
Political instability
Weak state institutions

Question 13

Women in conflicts

Answer 13

Victims
Leaders for peace building
Fighters (taking weapons)

Question 14

Mass destruction weapons

Answer 14

Radiological W
Biological W
Nuclear W
Chemical W

Question 15

Chemical W used in

Answer 15

2013 during the Syrian CW

Question 16

Nuclear W and arms race

Answer 16

1968: treaty of non proliferation (applied in 1970)

Question 17

WDM and non state actors

Answer 17

UN Security Council resolution in 2004 to prevent spread of WMD

Question 18

Armed drones

Answer 18

Dangerous as errors happen
Afghanistan in 2010: civilians were bombed because of overlooked data by the crew of it

Question 19

Cyberattacks

Answer 19

Russia and Ukraine

Question 20

Asymmetric warfare

Answer 20

Tactical A
Irregular forces
Psychological impact

Question 21

Asymmetric C and guérillas

Answer 21

Often used
Avoid confrontation

Question 22

Hybrid wars

Answer 22

Multidimensional
Blurred boundaries
Political and economic influence (energy cut offs)