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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
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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
Government: Structure • Indian constitution • Japanese Constitution • Mexican Constitution • South African Constitution
War Today? • 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
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
Chapter Six UN Dept of Peacekeeping Organization Chart Map of current Ops Peacekeeping
Buffer or Inter-positioning Mission Border DMZ AUNUNB
Peace EnforcementPeacemaking • Human Rights vs. Sovereignty • Responsibility to Protect (R2P) • Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect
Peace Enforcement in Action • UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM)
Lessons of Recent Ethno-nationalist Conflict Great Power IGO Consensus Action Examples • Libya 2011 • Syria 2013
Transnationalism vs. Nationalism Globalization vs. Populism