Iran conflict - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

In-depth summaries of all the readings (excluding the last lecture's readings on Iranian cinema) and detailed lecture notes.

Types of conflict - Answer- Non-violent -peaceful demonstrations, strikes, political campaigns, diplomacy, trade war- and violent -terrorist attacks, civil war, interstate war (between states), insurgency or guerrilla war, genocide. Conflict Misconceptions - Answer- 1. conflict is caused by a single factor - its all about oil 2. conflict party are unitary actors - they are involved for the same reason/aim 3. conflict is always visible Conditions that make conflict MORE likely - Answer- ...

Conflict of interest No ongoing crisis/war between states, but they disagree on important issues and might prepare for possible war National level conflicts of interest disagreements on important issues between the groups within the state (racial, ethnic, sectarian, ideological groups) Crisis/militarized interstate dispute (MID) Threat, display or use of military force short of war by one state towards another state or states (not at national level) MID examples -India and Pakis...

Global Issues GSU Exam 1 with 100% Correct Answers 2023 In an era of globalization, the media may lead us to believe that global conflict is increasing, but in reality there is evidence that: ANS - The number of wars and war deaths has been decreasing Usage of the internet ANS - Is undertaken by a significant majority of the populations in Europe and North America Is almost half in Asia as a percentage of worldwide internet use (because such a large percentage of the world's population l...

According to the introduction, what stereotypical image is Satrapi trying to dispel? ~~> The stereotype that Iran is filled with nothing but terrorists and extremists The author indicates two motives for writing Persepolis. What are they? ~~> Just because a few extremists have done terrible things does not mean that they represent an entire nation; the Iranians who made great sacrifices should be remembered Obligatory ~~> required or demanded Decadence ~~> deca...

WCC Test 3 (9-13) Review Exam 168 Questions with Verified Answers Justice Louis Brandeis of the United States Supreme Court said that governmental lawlessness was: - CORRECT ANSWER Contagious At the core of the Nazi atrocities was eugenics, which includes: - CORRECT ANSWER Selective breeding and compulsory sterilization In the Tuskegee Study, what population was used in the study? - CORRECT ANSWER African Americans In the Tuskegee Study, study subjects failed to receive treatment for...

IB GLOBAL POLITICS LATEST UPDATE ALREADY PASSED Power (decision making) "A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do." (Dahl) Power (agenda setting) "Real power is about deciding or limiting what is discussed and, more importantly, what is not discussed" (Bachrach and Baratz) Power (manipulating desires) "The most effective and insidious use of power is to prevent such conflict from arising in the first place." (Lukes) ...

Iran-Iraq War () - ️️After Iran's 1979 Islamic (Shia) Revolution, Hussein resurrected disagreements with Iran over control of the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, and Iraq invaded Iran in 2980. The war initially went poorly for Iraq, but the other major Arab states did not want the radical Shia regime under Khomeini in Iran to win the war, nor did the US. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia gave massive amounts of monetary aid to Iraq and the US began sending secret (And illegal) arms shipments to Saddam...

IB Global Politics Peace and Conflict Latest Update Graded A+ negative peace the absence of violence (in the form of e.g. racial tensions ) positive peace the presence of attitudes, institutions and structures that create and sustain peaceful societies Galtung's peace formula equity and harmony must be increased whilst violence and trauma are decreased trauma emotional shock following conflict or violence unipolarity one hegemon which cannot be challenged bipolarity two p...