IB GLOBAL POLITICS - CASE STUDIES (ALL UNITS) WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS.
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IB GLOBAL POLITICS
UNIT 1 POWER AND SOVEREIGNTY - CRIMEA, UKRAINE 2014 - Answer--Crimea originally belonged to Russia until 1950s
Given to Ukraine
Putin's Russia annexed it in 2014 - 60% of Crimeans of Russian descent agreed
Themes: sovereignty, hard power, nation state, IGOs, international laws, ethnicity
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IB GLOBAL POLITICS - CASE STUDIES
(ALL UNITS) WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS .
UNIT 1 POWER AND SOVEREIGNTY - CRIMEA, UKRAINE 2014 - Answer--Crimea originally belonged to Russia until 1950s
Given to Ukraine
Putin's Russia annexed it in 2014 - 60% of Crimeans of Russian descent agreed
Themes: sovereignty, hard power, nation state, IGOs, international laws, ethnicity
UNIT 1 POWER AND SOVEREIGNTY - CHINA SOFT AND ECONOMIC POWER - Answer--China pledged $1.4 trillion in infrastructure in Africa
In return, China received favorable access to natural resources in Africa
Other soft power used by China is the spread of their culture (such as food) all over the world
Economic power in China /muslim camps:
Despite the documented human rights violations and other countries trying to intervene it has not been successful because of the economic leverage that China has on the world . A letter by the European Union was signed by 22 countries that condemned China's treatment of Uighur muslims. However, the letter was not signed by any countries in the Balkans because of the infrastructure projects that are reliant on Chinese investment which "probably ties those countries economically and politically," which is an example of economic threats for countries in close relations with
UNIT 1 POWER AND SOVEREIGNTY - US HARD POWER IN IRAQ - Answer--Hard power USA - IRAQ intervention:
For instance, in 2014 the US military intervention in Iraq against ISIL is an example of hard power. At first
they supplied the Iraqi Kurds with weapons to fight back. They also contributed in the humanitarian aspect by giving aid (food, water, and medicine) to civilians escaping this massacre which is a use of soft power. But when needing to make real prominent change the United States fired airstrikes aimed at ISIL.
Which were followed in coalition by nine other countries. The use of soft or smart power was not an option because ISIL would not cooperate.In 2015 ISIL had lost 25% of their territory that they had taken in Iraq and by 2017 they had none left
UNIT 1 POWER AND SOVEREIGNTY - BOKO HARAM, NIGERIA - Answer--BH = extreme islamic terrorist group which has disputed Lagos's central authority and western influence since 2002
2014 BH kidnapped 274 school girls and control some areas of northern Nigeria with Sharia Law. Active in terrorist attacks on the Nigerian army.
Themes: ethnicity, borders, religion, human rights, hard power, terrorism, non-state actors, gender, IGOs, international law, sovereignty, nation state
UNIT 1 POWER AND SOVEREIGNTY - CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES - Answer--China needs access to Pacific Ocean and South China Sea to guarantee supply chains and trade routes
Islands that make up Philippines stand in the way of this access, so China wants to control those islands/influence rulers of those islands
Complication - U.S. military is security guarantor for Pacific water traffic + Philippines relies heavily on U.S. for trade and security cooperation
China doesn't want direct conflict with US
Key tactic - channeling large investments and other trade deals to win over Manila
Not working so far - Manila has decisively sided with US for trade/security purposes
Themes: ethnicity, borders, religion, human rights, hard power, soft power, IGOs, international law, sovereignty, nation state
UNIT 1 POWER AND SOVEREIGNTY - SYRIA - Answer--Began with protests against President Assad's rule
Islamic State began taking control of parts of Syria in 2013
Also expanded into Iraq
Used it as base to launch terrorists attacks across Europe in 2015
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