Understand the Impact of War, Conflct and Terrorlsm on the Publlc Servlces
War and Conflic
The iauses of war and ionflic
Polltcs: The cwo cypes of polltis chac ian iause ionflic are lncernatonal polltiss and lncernal polltiss The
lncernatonal polltial arena ls full of pocental souries of wars for example; border dlspucess dlspuces over
cerrlcorys or dlspuces over resouriess jusc co name a fews In addltons many iouncrles are a parc of a greacer
polltial and mlllcary alllanie suih as NATOs meanlng an ataick on one iouncry may seem llcke an ataick on all
of chems iauslng greacer crouble and forilng more iouncrles lnco wars For examples baick ln che Seiond World
Wars Germany lnvaded Poland meanlng Brlcaln had co gec lnvolved as chey had an alllanie wlch Polands Wars
ian also be iaused by lncernal polltis - power scruggles becween sub-groups and dlvlslons ln soilecy ian iause
ionflics Conflic iould also be che resulc of geographlial dlspuces for example an area wantng auconomy or
even full lndependenies or lc iould be iaused by che caitis and polltis used by a governmenc agalnsc chose
who lc seecks co represencs
Natonallsm and ilstorlcal ilvalr:: Sometmes people feel so scrongly abouc chelr way of llfe chac chey wanc co
do everychlng chey ian co proceic lc from ocher iulcuress groups and soiletess When chls applles co a whole
iouncrys lc ls ialled natonallsms Natonallsm ian lead co perseiuton of chose who do noc belong co che
domlnanc iulcures and lc ian iause ionflic lf che leaders of a soilecy have a dlferenc iulcural baickground co
che people chey leads Slmllarlys hlscorlial rlvalry becween natons ian lead co ionflics Whac has happened ln
che pasc ls ofen perlodlially broughc baick ups and you ian see a repeatng patern of ionflic becween natons
chac ls never fully resolveds
iellglon and Ideolog:: Rellglon ian be a greac sourie of scablllcys and lc ofen brlngs people cogechers
promotng peaie and harmonys Howevers ionflics ian oiiur becween rellglons wlch vascly dlferlng ldeass or
becween rellglons chac are iompetngs Thls leads co hacred and mlscruscs iauslng polltial lnscablllcys The
dlscrlbuton of power becween ilvll and rellglous leaders ian also resulc ln ionflic lf somebody lsn’c happy wlch
che balanie of powers An ldeology ls a sec of ldeas abouc how chlngs should be run or organlseds A polltial
ldeology ls ldeas abouc polltiss and a rellglous ldeology governs how che bellef syscem ls sec oucs organlsed
and lmplemenceds Sometmess people have iompetng choughcs on lssuess and ionslder che lssues so
lmporcanc chey lead co ionflics For examples che Cold War was scarced when che USA and Sovlec Unlon had
iompetng polltial ldeass The mlscrusc chls resulced ln led co hostllcy chac curned lnco a wars
Land and iesources: Natons ofen beiome lnvolved ln war over nacural resouriess espeilally ones runnlng ouc
fascs suih as oll and gass These are lmmoblle assecss meanlng chey iannoc be moved from chelr nacural
loiatons and preservlng chem ls a polltial and eionomlial ionierns These resouries are a greac sourie of
lniomes and ionflic ian oiiur when one naton wancs co aiqulre che lnduscrlal wealch and lnfuenie of
anocher chrough chelr resouriess The land ln che Mlddle Easc and Afrlia ls ofen foughc over as lc ls rlih wlch
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War and Conflic
The iauses of war and ionflic
Polltcs: The cwo cypes of polltis chac ian iause ionflic are lncernatonal polltiss and lncernal polltiss The
lncernatonal polltial arena ls full of pocental souries of wars for example; border dlspucess dlspuces over
cerrlcorys or dlspuces over resouriess jusc co name a fews In addltons many iouncrles are a parc of a greacer
polltial and mlllcary alllanie suih as NATOs meanlng an ataick on one iouncry may seem llcke an ataick on all
of chems iauslng greacer crouble and forilng more iouncrles lnco wars For examples baick ln che Seiond World
Wars Germany lnvaded Poland meanlng Brlcaln had co gec lnvolved as chey had an alllanie wlch Polands Wars
ian also be iaused by lncernal polltis - power scruggles becween sub-groups and dlvlslons ln soilecy ian iause
ionflics Conflic iould also be che resulc of geographlial dlspuces for example an area wantng auconomy or
even full lndependenies or lc iould be iaused by che caitis and polltis used by a governmenc agalnsc chose
who lc seecks co represencs
Natonallsm and ilstorlcal ilvalr:: Sometmes people feel so scrongly abouc chelr way of llfe chac chey wanc co
do everychlng chey ian co proceic lc from ocher iulcuress groups and soiletess When chls applles co a whole
iouncrys lc ls ialled natonallsms Natonallsm ian lead co perseiuton of chose who do noc belong co che
domlnanc iulcures and lc ian iause ionflic lf che leaders of a soilecy have a dlferenc iulcural baickground co
che people chey leads Slmllarlys hlscorlial rlvalry becween natons ian lead co ionflics Whac has happened ln
che pasc ls ofen perlodlially broughc baick ups and you ian see a repeatng patern of ionflic becween natons
chac ls never fully resolveds
iellglon and Ideolog:: Rellglon ian be a greac sourie of scablllcys and lc ofen brlngs people cogechers
promotng peaie and harmonys Howevers ionflics ian oiiur becween rellglons wlch vascly dlferlng ldeass or
becween rellglons chac are iompetngs Thls leads co hacred and mlscruscs iauslng polltial lnscablllcys The
dlscrlbuton of power becween ilvll and rellglous leaders ian also resulc ln ionflic lf somebody lsn’c happy wlch
che balanie of powers An ldeology ls a sec of ldeas abouc how chlngs should be run or organlseds A polltial
ldeology ls ldeas abouc polltiss and a rellglous ldeology governs how che bellef syscem ls sec oucs organlsed
and lmplemenceds Sometmess people have iompetng choughcs on lssuess and ionslder che lssues so
lmporcanc chey lead co ionflics For examples che Cold War was scarced when che USA and Sovlec Unlon had
iompetng polltial ldeass The mlscrusc chls resulced ln led co hostllcy chac curned lnco a wars
Land and iesources: Natons ofen beiome lnvolved ln war over nacural resouriess espeilally ones runnlng ouc
fascs suih as oll and gass These are lmmoblle assecss meanlng chey iannoc be moved from chelr nacural
loiatons and preservlng chem ls a polltial and eionomlial ionierns These resouries are a greac sourie of
lniomes and ionflic ian oiiur when one naton wancs co aiqulre che lnduscrlal wealch and lnfuenie of
anocher chrough chelr resouriess The land ln che Mlddle Easc and Afrlia ls ofen foughc over as lc ls rlih wlch
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