International Conflict (session 22)

There are a number of reasons for the outbreak of any war. But the major reason for it is a Conflict. The conflict may be religious, territorial or international in nature.

Some of the great wars fought, like the Cold war have been due to an international conflict of ideology. Where the US wanted a capitalist form of the world, whereas the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism. It was the conflict of thought or idea that led the two nations to fight for decades.

While this war was a cold one, which did not involve military use, other conflicts like conflicts of interests can in fact involve military. These usually lead to hegemonic wars for example the Iraq war. These kinds of war usually require occupying territory to avail resources.

In the world we live in, with globalization at its peak, international conflict is inevitable. The whole world is in competition to be on the top. That eventually almost, always leads to war.  A lot of wars occur, on religious grounds too. If you look at the one happening in present day Yemen, it is believed it is due to be a sectarian conflict.  The reading talks about Islamic movements which also lead to war to spread Islam and to defend it.   War also happens due to ethnic conflict and the biggest example of this is in Germany, when they Jews were killed because of their ethnicity. Another example close to home is the genocide against the Bangladeshi folk, which was purely on ethnic conflict.

The conflict begins with a difference in opinion and eventually turns extreme and converts into a war, whose cause can be one of the many reasons mentioned above.