Would you say that the significant number of ethnic and civic conflicts that have occurred since the Cold War were essentially inevitable? What barriers might IGOs or NGOs have created in preventing such conflicts?

Question

Use key terms you have learned over the course of the chapter to aid your analysis.
What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. Describe a couple of the particular ethnic and/or civic conflicts that have occurred since the Cold War – perhaps the Syrian or Yugoslav civil wars.
2. Explain the governmental and/or international institutional limitations and attitudes that could have complicated the prevention of these post-Cold War conflicts. Institutional barriers associated with international laws or norms can prove a large hindrance to prevention of conflict.
3. Using detailed evidence from the reading, assess how concepts such as international security, containment, proxy wars, nongovernmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations, sovereignty, etc. are key to issues of post-Cold War conflict.
4. Provide a succinct summary and conclusion.