1. Nationalism, Ethno-Nationalist Conflict
And the UN

2. Nationalism: Defined
A group of people with a collective identity with political aspirations
The Good The Bad

3. Nation-State Fit
Every country has:
State
Government
Nation

4. State

5. Government: Structure
Indian constitution
Japanese Constitution
Mexican Constitution
South African Constitution

6. Kurdish Nation

7. Canada and Quebec?

8. Independent Scotland?

9. Yugoslavia

10. Sudan and South Sudan

11. 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

12. Since WW II

13. Iraq

14. Somalia

15. Ethiopia

16. Myanmar

17. DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo

18. Afghanistan

19. Good Leadership: No Civil War: South Africa

20. Good Leadership: No Civil War: Indonesia

21. Africa after Berlin Conference 1884-1885

22. Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916
A = French B = British

23. UN Charter Chapter 6: Pacific Settlement of Disputes
Post-World War II
Ethnic conflict
Religious conflict
Bad borders
Bad leaders
Resource struggles
Hyper-nationalism

24. Peacekeeping Chapter Six UN Dept of Peacekeeping Organization Chart
Map of current Ops

25. Buffer or Inter-positioning Mission
Border
DMZ
A UN UN B

26. UNIFIL 1978-present

27. Peace Enforcement Peacemaking
Human Rights vs. Sovereignty
Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect

28. Peace Enforcement in Action
UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM)

29. Rwanda 1994

30. Bosnia 1991

31. Bosnia 1995: Dayton Accords Aftermath

32. Lessons of Recent Ethno-nationalist Conflict
Great Power IGO
Consensus Action
Examples
Libya 2011
Syria 2013

33. Transnationalism vs. Nationalism
Globalization vs. Populism