Nationalism EthnoNationalist Conflict And the UN Nationalism Defined

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: 1. State 2. Government 3. Nation

State

Government: Structure • Indian constitution • Japanese Constitution • Mexican Constitution • South African Constitution

Kurdish Nation

Canada and Quebec?

Independent Scotland?

Yugoslavia

Sudan and South Sudan

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

Since WW II

Iraq

Somalia

Ethiopia

Myanmar

DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo

Afghanistan

Good Leadership: No Civil War: South Africa

Good Leadership: No Civil War: Indonesia

Africa after Berlin Conference 18841885

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

Peacekeeping • Chapter Six • UN Dept of Peacekeeping • Organization Chart • Map of current Ops

Buffer or Inter-positioning Mission Border DMZ A UN UN B

UNIFIL 1978 -present

Peace Enforcement Peacemaking • Human Rights vs. Sovereignty • Responsibility to Protect (R 2 P) • Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect

Peace Enforcement in Action • UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM)

Rwanda 1994

Bosnia 1991

Bosnia 1995: Dayton Accords Aftermath

Lessons of Recent Ethno-nationalist Conflict Great Power Consensus Examples • Libya 2011 • Syria 2013 IGO Action

Transnationalism vs. Nationalism Globalization vs. Populism