CAS IR 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Army, Rwandan Patriotic Front, Tutsi

• School: Boston University
• Department: International Relations
• Course: CAS IR 352
• Professor: Michael Woldemariam

Document Summary

Twa <1: same language, integrated across territory, but transformed into ethnic identities during colonial rule, political context: Invasion by tutsi refugees rwandan patriotic front (rpf) Regime uses war to regain popular support by scapegoating. Targeting killings begin after assassination of president. Targeted killings of opposition figures and prominent tutsi large-scale massacres of tutsi. Clean up operations with roadblocks and patrols to find survivors. There was no vested us interest in rwanda. Pervious humanitarian intervention in somalia had been terrible pr for us: somalia was a failed state, rwanda was well- organized, lack of public support and political will. Why has us consistently failed to stop genocide: strategic considerations security and economic interests, political considerations lack of public support and political will. North-south civil wars: prior to colonial rule, south was source of slaves, mostly christian and animist. Head of south sudan will become vp of sudan. There would be some autonomy: july 9, 2011 partition.