Changing Nature of Armed Conflict
conflict involving one or more groups that are identified based on a perceived cultural distinctiveness, language, birthplace or religion.
What is ethnic conflict
A weapon that can destroy a whole city, potentially killing millions, and jeopardizing the natural environment
A term commonly used to refer to nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons
Weapons of Mass Destruction
International initiative/agreement to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons leading to their total elimination
Non-Proliferation Treaty
An equilibrium between any two sides (great powers) in a potential conflict or war.
A nation protecting itself against another nation by matching its power against the power of the other side.
Balance of Power
microorganisms produced and released deliberately to cause disease and death in humans, animals or plants.
Biological weapons
agents, e.g gaseous, liquid, or solid, that are employed because of their direct toxic effects on humans, animals, and plants
Chemical weapons
acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
Genocide
A permanent court set up to investigate and prosecute individuals charged with genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression
International Criminal Court
Ad hoc tribunal set up to prosecute those individuals most responsible for appalling acts in the Balkans/former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia- ICTY
firms that deliver private military and security services.
Private actors engaged in various war-fighting/support capacities.
PSC- Private Security Companies
The reduction and limitation of national armament by international agreements
Disarmament
spread of weapons to states not currently possessing nuclear weapons
Horizontal proliferation
Increase in number and destructiveness of nuclear weapons within a state already possessing them
Vertical proliferation
the use of hit-and-run tactics against a regular state army by small, mobile groups of irregular forces/combatant who aren't part of a typical military unit.
"Little war" in Spanish; combatants hide among civilians; war without battle lines
Guerrilla Warfare
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Army of National Liberation (ELN) -Colombia are examples of ......
Guerrilla forces
The systematic use of violence against persons or property for purposes of intimidation, coercion, or ransom, usually to service political ends.
To instill fear
Terrorism
Fair treatment of POW- wrong to torture or mistreat captured or surrendered enemy combatants- as they no longer pose a threat.
An example of
Jus ad bellum- the justice of entering into a war
Jus in bello: the justice of how a war is fought
Jus post bellum- a just termination of the war once its objectives have been largely met
Jus in bello: the justice of how a war is fought
Jus ad bellum
the justice of entering into a war or the laws governing conditions for going into war
Jus in bello
the justice of how a war is fought or laws governing conduct during war
Jus post bellum
a just termination of the war once its objectives have been largely met
Wars fought to protect and save the lives of civilians abroad
Humanitarian intervention
Distinction between combatant and non-combatant- acts of war should be directed towards enemy combatant and not civilians.
An example of
a) Jus ad bellum- the justice of entering into a war
b) Jus in bello: the justice of how a war is fought
c) Jus post bellum- a just termination of the war once its objectives have been largely met
Jus in bello: the justice of how a war is fought
leaders generate foreign policy crises to divert the public's attention away from the discontent with their rule
Diversionary War
Wars involving multiple great powers to take over a country.
Total War
the objective of this war is not surrender and occupation of enemy territory, but rather to attain limited goals.
Limited War