causes of war

● what is a war

● War is one of the most important topics in international relations. Why is a relationship involving the military of two or more independent countries: over 75% of wars occur between only two countries, but 20% create over 75% of war related casualties. Oftentimes, disputes involve "shows" of force like moving their troops up against the border and "threats" that don't escalate into war. In rare occasions, on the other hand, a war will happen like a missile being shot over those borders. Wars end with the result of at least 1000 battle casualties. These disagreements might stem from two neighboring States arguing about people crossing their borders.

● Some would argue that because there were at least a thousand battle casualties, then a war occurred. In spite of this, analysts argue that in a course of a disagreement that doesn't escalate into war, you can still see casualties on the ground as a result of militarization. In order to define what a war is, we have to distinguish those cases and the more intentional set of war related situations. So one example of what a war is refers to the most obvious example: World War II that occurred between 1939 and 1945 (lasted almost 6 years) that thought across multiple regions all over the world that resulted In tens of millions of deaths between combatants and civilians. This war involved our competition between authoritarian Germany, Japan, Italy and the mix of capitalist and communist states like the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom.

● Another example of a war on a smaller scale is the Falklands war in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Margaret Thatcher declared war In response to what she viewed as aggressive behavior from Argentina. At the time, maybe to divert attention away from domestic protest, Argentina was looking to reclaim what it thought was its authority over the small Falklands Islands that is just off the coast of Argentina and even very distant from central British territory.

● exploration of some recent trends in wars

● The biggest general recognition is a decline in the tendency for states to fight against each other in wars in the international system. Various books and articles have been written claiming that we're now more peaceful and more pacific towards one another then at any time in history prior to now. From the 1500 to 2015, we aimed to compare data from those extremely different time periods. What we found is a precipitous or steep decline in the quantity of major powers that are fighting each other year after year over the last few centuries that might give us some hope. This trend it's true not only when we look at major powers but when we look at the percentages of states and countries from all over the world that are involved in wars between countries every year from 1820. This is roughly around the post Napoleon era where there are spikes for the Crimean War, First World War, Second World War, and a little spike for Vietnam and Korea. Towards the end of 2014, however, we see little to no wars between countries. This is also related to the decline of casualties coming from the wars.

● general causes of wars

● The following list includes common reasons for war, not a full and exhausted list:

● Disagreements over National policy: imagine two countries separated from each other by a border. If one country changes their border policy allowing more immigration or less immigration, that affects the goals of the neighboring state that can view the border policy change as dangerous.

● Regime types and ideological differences: it would be easy for us to guess that's Democratic states or more likely fight in a war against autocratic states. It's the tensions between these different ways of developing politics have generated wars often in the past a mini argue that it can possibly generate more wars in the future.

● Ethnic or religious divisions

● Security dilemmas: One country may choose to construct it's defense capabilities like building fortifications on the border or putting in an anti-missile system so any missile shot at them will be blocked. No, their counterparts overseas might not see that as a defensive position; they might perceive it as a form of aggressive posturing.

● (important) Competing claims over territory: this involves states arguing over who can control a piece of land they having common at their border. This is something that caused conflict in the 20th century between Germany and France that led the second World War. They disagreed over what to do with Alsace Lorraine or the Rhineland.