Chapter 5: Armed conflicts 5.1/5.2/5.3

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Armed conflict (gewapend conflict)

Ongoing struggle in which at least 25 deaths occur per year.

Autonomy (autonomie)

Some degree of self-government in an area over certain issues.

Ethnicity (etniciteit)

The identity of a people, based on culture and origin.

Geopolitics (geopolitiek)

The use of military, political, or diplomatic means to gain territory, influence or power in a region.

Internal conflict (binnenlands conflict)

Conflict between population groups within a country's borders (also: intrastate conflict).

International conflict (internationaal conflict)

Conflict occurring between two or more countries (also: interstate conflict).

Internationalised conflict (geïnternationaliseerd conflict)

Original domestic conflict with foreign interference.

Jihadism (jihadisme)

Violent struggle for an Islamic state without borders.

Nation-state (natiestaat)

State or country where the population feels a sense of belonging together.

People (volk)

Group of people who feel they belong together because of language, religion or common history.

Separatism (separatisme)

A people's desire to separate from a state and have its own territory.

Sovereignty (soevereiniteit)

Situation in which a state or territory exercises power over its own territory (also: self-determination).

State (staat)

Area surrounded by an internationally recognised border (country) where its own laws and rules apply.

Terrorism

Violence to sow fear with a political goal.

Territory (territorium)

Home territory of a people.

Transnational conflict (transnationaal conflict)

Original domestic conflict that has spread to other countries (also: regional conflict).

Dictatorship (dictatuur)

Form of government where power in a country lies with one person or a small group (also: authoritarian regime).

Fragile state (fragile state)

Vulnerable state where the government has almost no control.

Multiplier (multiplier)

Factor that causes a situation to worsen in such a way that armed conflicts are more likely to occur.

Paradox of plenty (paradox van de overvloed)

Situations where in a country with a lot of fuels and minerals the chance of armed conflict is greater than in a country without those potential resources (also: resource curse).

Youth bulge (jeugdbult)

Large proportion of 15- to 29-year-olds in the population.

Baby boom (babyboom)

Remarkably high birth rate in a specific year.

Displaced person (ontheemde)

Refugee that stays in their own country.

Genocide (genocide)

Extermination of a people, race, group or culture (or an attempt to do so).

Humanitarian disaster (humanitaire ramp)

When a population cannot be provided with sufficient food, housing and medical care in the long term.