IB GloPo Peace n Conflc

Direct violence

Structural violence

Cultural violence

Positive peace

Balance of power

Feminist peace

Destructive conflict

Constructive conflict

Strategic non

violence

Non

violent resistance

Pacifism

Geneva Conventions

Primary disputants

Interstate conflict

Conflict that occurs between two or more internationally recognized sovereign states
Ex. Russia-Ukrain war

Intrastate conflict

Conflict within a single country
Against the state (gov. vs. __)

ex. Syrian civil war, Sudan

Secondary parties to conflict

Third parties to conflict

Violent state actors

Collective defense

Violent non-state actors

Non-violent state actors

Non-violent non-state actors

Track I diplomacy

Track II diplomacy

Non state conflict

Conflict between two organized groups that are not states
Three types:
- formaly organized NGOs
- Informally organized groups composed of supporters of a political party
- Informmally organized groups engaged in communal conflict based around shared identity (religion / ethnicity)

ex: Cartel violence in Mexico

Extrastate conflict

Conflict State vs Non-State actor
Wars against al-Qaeda and ISIS

Identity conflict

Conflict creates ingroups v. outgroups (focus on differences)
Myanmar - ingroup (budhist majority); outgroup (muslim minority)

Interest-based conflict

Defending group interests, usually economic or power related
Cycle of competitive begavior, groups cling to their perspectives
Ex. USA vs China tarriff war - one raises then the other raises

Human needs theory of conflict

Human needs must be satisfied to resolve conflict, threated human needs lead to conflict

Ideological conflict

beliefs, values, & ideas that form our world view & influence our actions (tied clearly to identity)
Ex. Taliban’s ideology different than others.

‘Just War’ theory

Symmetric conflict

Asymmetric conflict

Guerrilla warfare

Counterinsurgency

Terrorism

Cyber conflict

Non violent conflict

Peacemaking

Mediation

Peace treaties

Sanctions

Embargoes

Election observers

Peacekeeping

Genocide

Peacebuilding

Restorative justice

Truth & reconciliation commissions

Negative peace

Institutions as a cause of conflict

Nature, design, and quality of institutions can cause conflict because they fail to do what they’re ment to do.
UN security council VETO power