The Internationalization Of Internal Conflicts

Author : Amy L. Freedman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134904280

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The Internationalization of Internal Conflicts by Amy L. Freedman Pdf

Internal security crises, from environmental disaster, extreme poverty and deprivation, armed conflicts, or ethnic or religious conflict, provide sites of opportunity for those seeking to internationalize conflicts. Domestic conflicts in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia have started as internal problems, but have taken on regional and international dimensions as parties to the conflict within the country and sympathetic external forces have joined forces with each other for mutual gain. This book examines the international dimension to internal conflicts and asks: under what conditions do domestic conflicts become opportunities for regional or global actors to become involved? Why have some countries been able to successfully deal with this problem while others have not? Who are the actors who seek to internationalize conflicts? Why and with what means do they become involved and how do their agendas get internalized/localized? Cases include: the separatist movements in the Philippines, Southern Thailand, Aceh (Indonesia); and the civil wars in Rwanda/Congo, and Sierra Leone/Liberia, Lebanon, and Iraq. This book finds that a combination of greater democratization internally, coupled with constructive outside mediation efforts, can produce conditions necessary to prevent conflicts from escalating or diffusing, and can facilitate peace-building. Several chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Asian Security.

Author : Antonio Tanca
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004636088

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Foreign Armed Intervention in Internal Conflict by Antonio Tanca Pdf

The main aim of this book is to inquire into the system of norms regulating the `internationalization' of internal conflicts. The traditional distinction between international and internal conflict, which entails different legal consequences, is in practice very difficult to detect due to the presence, in many instances, of elements typical of both situations. Through a careful and extraordinarily useful examination of all relevant cases of `internationalized' internal conflict since 1956, the validity of the traditional framework of rules concerning foreign intervention in internal conflict is reassessed. At the same time, the applicability to these situations of the rules typical of international conflicts are analyzed with a view to providing the existence of a continuum between the two situations, not only as a matter of fact but also with respect to their legal regulation.

Author : Kubo Macak
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192551788

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Internationalized Armed Conflicts in International Law by Kubo Macak Pdf

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of factors that transform a prima facie non-international armed conflict (NIAC) into an international armed conflict (IAC) and the consequences that follow from this process of internationalization. It examines in detail the historical development as well as the current state of the relevant rules of international humanitarian law. The discussion is grounded in general international law, complemented with abundant references to case law, and illustrated by examples from twentieth and twenty-first century armed conflicts. In Part I, the book puts forward a thorough catalogue of modalities of conflict internationalization that includes outside intervention, State dissolution, and recognition of belligerency. It then specifically considers the legal qualification of complex situations that feature more than two conflict parties and contrasts the mechanism of internationalization of armed conflicts with the reverse process of de-internationalization. Part II of the book challenges the conventional wisdom that members of non-State armed groups do not normally benefit from combatant status. It argues that the majority of fighters belonging to non-State armed groups in most types of internationalized armed conflicts are in fact eligible for combatant status. Finally, Part III turns to belligerent occupation, traditionally understood as a leading example of a notion that cannot be transposed to armed conflicts occurring in the territory of a single State. By contrast, the book argues in favour of the applicability of the law of belligerent occupation to internationalized armed conflicts.

Author : Amy L. Freedman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134904358

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The Internationalization of Internal Conflicts by Amy L. Freedman Pdf

Internal security crises, from environmental disaster, extreme poverty and deprivation, armed conflicts, or ethnic or religious conflict, provide sites of opportunity for those seeking to internationalize conflicts. Domestic conflicts in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia have started as internal problems, but have taken on regional and international dimensions as parties to the conflict within the country and sympathetic external forces have joined forces with each other for mutual gain. This book examines the international dimension to internal conflicts and asks: under what conditions do domestic conflicts become opportunities for regional or global actors to become involved? Why have some countries been able to successfully deal with this problem while others have not? Who are the actors who seek to internationalize conflicts? Why and with what means do they become involved and how do their agendas get internalized/localized? Cases include: the separatist movements in the Philippines, Southern Thailand, Aceh (Indonesia); and the civil wars in Rwanda/Congo, and Sierra Leone/Liberia, Lebanon, and Iraq. This book finds that a combination of greater democratization internally, coupled with constructive outside mediation efforts, can produce conditions necessary to prevent conflicts from escalating or diffusing, and can facilitate peace-building. Several chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Asian Security.

Author : Samir Khalaf
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Lebanon
ISBN : 9780231124775

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Civil and Uncivil Violence in Lebanon by Samir Khalaf Pdf

Khalaf argues that historically internal grievances have been magnified or deflected to become the source of international conflict. From the beginning, he shows, foreign interventions have consistently exacerbated internal problems."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Manus I. Midlarsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317645221

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The Internationalization of Communal Strife (Routledge Revivals) by Manus I. Midlarsky Pdf

First published in 1992, this edited collection argues that conflicts have a growing tendency both to intensify and to lengthen, thus increasing the likelihood of external actors being drawn into the on-going violence. Here, leading experts in comparative and international politics examine this tendency of communal conflicts to spill over into the international arena. They also look at the conditions under which these processes do not occur and are mediated successfully. The authors combine theoretical perspectives with case studies, covering examples from the origins of the First World War, to state building in Iraq, and whether it was a precursor of the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf Crisis. They present both a global overview and a focus on the state as the single most important intermediary in the internationalization process. A comprehensive and relevant reissue, this volume will appeal to students and scholars of International Relations, Comparative Politics and Strategic Studies.

Author : Michael Edward Brown
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0262522098

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The International Dimensions of Internal Conflict by Michael Edward Brown Pdf

Internal conflicts threaten many countries and regions globally. The first part of this book examines the sources of internal conflicts and the ways these may affect neighbouring states and the international community. The second part covers specific problems, policy instruments and key actors.

Author : Noam Zamir
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781785367908

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Classification of Conflicts in International Humanitarian Law by Noam Zamir Pdf

Noam Zamir provides a thorough examination of the theoretical basis of classification of conflicts in international humanitarian law (IHL), with special focus on the legal impact of armed foreign intervention in civil wars. Classification of Conflicts in International Humanitarian Law enriches the discourse on IHL by providing an in-depth analysis of classification of conflicts and examining recent civil wars with foreign interventions, such as the Libyan civil war (2011), Mali civil war (2012-2015) and the ongoing civil war in Yemen.

Author : Jung-Yeop Woo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527500471

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Foreign Intervention in Civil Wars by Jung-Yeop Woo Pdf

This book identifies the conditions under which foreign countries intervene in civil wars, contending that we should consider four dimensions of civil war intervention. The first dimension is the civil war itself. The characteristics of the civil war itself are important determinants of a third party’s decision making regarding intervention. The second dimension is the characteristics of intervening states, and includes their capabilities and domestic political environments. The third is the relationship between the host country and the intervening country. These states’ formal alliances and the differences in military capability between the target country and the potential intervener have an impact on the decision making process. The fourth dimension is the relationship between the interveners. This framework of four dimensions proves critical in understanding foreign intervention in civil wars. Based on this framework, the model for the intervention mechanism can reflect reality better. By including the relationships between the interveners here, the book shows that it is important to distinguish between intervention on the side of the government and intervention on behalf of the opposition. Without distinguishing between these, it is impossible to consider the concepts of counter-intervention and bandwagoning intervention.

Author : Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:793110753

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The Internationalization of the Sudanese Conflicts by Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert Pdf

How does an internal conflict become an international issue ? The subject of this thesis is to understand the internationalization of the conflicts in South Sudan and in Darfur, understood as the process through which these two conflicts have gone from being struggles over local and national governance to becoming issues of high level international concern. Internationalization, in the sense of conflicts being set on the agenda, is far from concerning all armed conflicts on the international arena, and referring to levels of violence or strategic interests of the great powers does not explain why a conflict is internationalized and another is not. The first part of the thesis analyses the internationalization processes « from below », where activist networks mobilized outside Sudan, first and foremost in the United States and in Europe, but also the Sudanese rebel movements and other representatives of Sudanese civil society, exert pressure on various governments and international organizations, requiring them to seize themselves of the conflicts. These actors have managed to impose their qualifications of the Sudanese conflicts, and their understandings of the appropriate responses, and thus contribute to the emergence of internationalization as a norm (a conflict not resolved internally should become an issue of international concern). The responses « from above » are then studied, seeking to understand how they are affected by pressure « from below ». Lastly, the thesis shows how internationalization influences local dynamics of conflict resolution.

Author : Adam Lockyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351619912

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Foreign Intervention, Warfare and Civil Wars by Adam Lockyer Pdf

This book examines the impact of foreign intervention in the course and nature of warfare in civil wars. Throughout history, foreign intervention in civil wars has been the rule rather than the exception. The involvement of outside powers can have a dramatic impact on the course and nature of internal conflicts. Despite this, there has been little research which has sought to explain how foreign intervention influences the course of civil wars. This book seeks to rectify this gap. It examines the impact of foreign intervention on the warfare that characterises civil wars through by studying the cases of the Angolan and Afghan civil wars. It investigates how foreign resources affect the military power of the recipient belligerent, and examines how changes in the balance of capabilities influence the form of warfare that characterises a civil war. Warfare in civil wars is often highly fluid, with belligerents adapting their respective strategies in response to shifts in the balance of military capabilities. This book shows how the intervention of foreign powers can manipulate the balance of capabilities between the civil war belligerents and change the dominant form of warfare. The findings presented in this book offer key insights for policy-makers to navigate the increasing internationalization of civil wars around the globe. This book will be of much interest to students of civil wars, intra-state conflict, war and conflict studies, and security studies.

Author : S. Lobell,P. Mauceri
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403981417

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Ethnic Conflict and International Politics: Explaining Diffusion and Escalation by S. Lobell,P. Mauceri Pdf

Combining theoretical analyzes with case studies, this book increases understanding of the internationalization, diffusion and escalation of ethnic conflict. The essays stand at the nexus of comparative politics and international relations, examining the influence on ethnic conflict of the weakening of state institutional structures, the role of non-state regional and international actors, changes in the ethnic balance of power, and the degree of economic, social, and cultural integration within the regional or global system. The variety of approaches provides useful analytical tools for students, while the diversity of cases from different regions gives the reader a sense of the scope of such problems.

Author : P.S. Douma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1396885603

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Political Economy of Internal Conflict: A Comparative Analysis of Angola, Colombia, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka by P.S. Douma Pdf

Author : Roderic Alley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351926980

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Internal Conflict and the International Community by Roderic Alley Pdf

This insightful book debates whether conflict within states has emerged as the Achilles Heel of the international community. It covers a wide-range of issues including the roots of internal conflict, small arms supplies, intervention, human rights and international humanitarian law, refugees and post-conflict reconstruction. Internal Conflict and the International Community provides supplementary reading for third level undergraduates, post-graduates and scholars of international relations, comparative politics, development studies, international law and security and defence studies.

Author : Hyung-Kook Kim
Publisher : University Press of Amer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0819198684

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The Division of Korea and the Alliance Making Process by Hyung-Kook Kim Pdf

Kim skillfully argues that the Korean War was a consequence of the historical process that emerged in the summer of 1945, escalated in the period of occupation (1945-1948), and finally exploded in the summer of 1950 through a vicious circle of internalization of an external power struggle by domestic political groups and the internalization of the Korean politics by the external powers.