Nationalism, Ethno-Nationalist Conflict And the UN
Nationalism: Defined A group of people with a collective identity with political aspirations The Good The Bad
Nation-State Fit Every country has: State Government Nation
State
Government: Structure Indian constitution Japanese Constitution Mexican Constitution South African Constitution
Kurdish Nation
Canada and Quebec?
Independent Scotland?
Yugoslavia
Sudan and South Sudan
War Today? Nation-State Fit Most wars are not nation-state wars Civil wars Ethno-nationalist wars Religious wars Traditionally, nation-states fund and participate in these wars Today nation-states sometimes cooperate to try to end these wars Nation-State Fit
Since WW II
Iraq
Somalia
Ethiopia
Myanmar
DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo
Afghanistan
Good Leadership: No Civil War: South Africa
Good Leadership: No Civil War: Indonesia
Africa after Berlin Conference 1884-1885
Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916 A = French B = British
UN Charter Chapter 6: Pacific Settlement of Disputes Post-World War II Ethnic conflict Religious conflict Bad borders Bad leaders Resource struggles Hyper-nationalism
Peacekeeping Chapter Six UN Dept of Peacekeeping Organization Chart Map of current Ops
Buffer or Inter-positioning Mission Border DMZ A UN UN B
UNIFIL 1978-present
Peace Enforcement Peacemaking Human Rights vs. Sovereignty Responsibility to Protect (R2P) Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect
Peace Enforcement in Action UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM)
Rwanda 1994
Bosnia 1991
Bosnia 1995: Dayton Accords Aftermath
Lessons of Recent Ethno-nationalist Conflict Great Power IGO Consensus Action Examples Libya 2011 Syria 2013
Transnationalism vs. Nationalism Globalization vs. Populism