IDST 1000Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Structural Adjustment, Postdevelopment Theory, Democratic Peace Theory
15 Dec 2016
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Idst 1000y 14th january, 2015 relationship between conflict and development. 37% of military expenditure in 2013 was done by the us. Us, russia, germany, france, china profit from war. Throughout history about 14, 400 wars have taken place- 3. 5 billion people lost. Since 1815 224-559 wars have occurred. 51 million people killed between 1945 and 2000. Led to suggestions that a revolution of military affairs was underway. Places under warfare were characterized by war fare in which non-state actors have been prominent military technology employed was unsophisticated. Until very recently the primary objective of conflict was the destruction of the military capacity of the opponent now civilian targets are a specific object. 90% of the deaths in combat are of non-combatants. Violent conflict is now rarely inter-state but is either internationalized internal or purely internal in character. Conflict tension between opposing views, interests, or wills.
