1. Canadian & World Issues Chapter 22 Geopolitics Conflict in the 21 st Century

2. Geopolitics of Armed Conflict  Chiapas Mexico – natural resources, culture  Kashmir India – religion & territory  Israel – Palestine – territory, religion  Water Issues  Middle East (Jordan River)  US - Mexico (Colorado River  Bangladesh – India (Ganges River)  Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia ( Nile Basin)  1 st Gulf War (1990-1991) – led to 2 nd Gulf War Afghanistan War after 9/11 [ Natural resources (OIL)]  Landmines – used in many conflicts around the world Landmines – used in many conflicts around the world  The Nuclear Age – cost of security (haves vs. have not’s)

3. “The Guns of Butter” Analogy “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hope of its children." These are the words of Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander during World War II, five decades ago.

4. Military Expenditures

5. Military Expenditures 2000-2009

6. Spending on Weapons

7. Armed Conflicts in 2008

8. Distribution of Armed Conflicts

9. Arms Trade 2005-2009 Conventional Weapons

10. MILITARY: 54% and $1,449 billion NON-MILITARY: 46% and $1,210 billion U.S. Federal Budget 2009 Fiscal Year Where Income Tax Money Goes!

11. State of Peace

12. Nature of Conflicts Today

13. The Role of Hard & Soft Power in Conflicts

14. http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=-0vaORhA6j0 Military Spending – A Global Catastrophe: