GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Slavic Orthodox, Hague Conventions Of 1899 And 1907, Humanitarian Intervention
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Part iv: armed con ict in the 21st century. 9/11 and the global war on terror combines themes of economics, culture and political clashes. Guerrilla wars / militias civil wars of people in country. Realism and the quests for power need for conquest idealism and the clash of cultural values. Nationalism and elite manipulation using patriotism for the interests of the elite. War is good for business: military industrial complex. A religious account of human nature and war. Behold thy lord said to the angels: i will create a vicegerent on earth. He said: i know what ye know not. Us versus them ; a clash of civilizations self declaring prophecy of the clash of civilizations . Huntingtons list of civilizational blocs: western, confucian, japanese, islamic, hindu, slavic- orthodox, latin american, and possibly african. Each one has its own civilizational values and practices (some overlap, but many are unique)
