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Sources of conflict (Within a country - recurring factors (Ethnic, racial…
Sources of conflict
Within a country - recurring factors
Ethnic, racial or religious tensions
Instrumentalisation of differences
Lack of job prospects
Lack of access to political representation
Discrimination
Historical roots
Past grievances never acknowledged
Past grievances whose commemoration revives tensions
Corruption
Injustice
Bad public services
Megalomania of the leader
Nepotism
Demographic stress
Uncontrolled birth rates
Massive immigration
Bad governance
Incompetent governments
Weak institutions
Leaders clinging to power
Lack of democracy
Climate issues
Flooding, droughts, sea level rises
Fertile land scarcity, destruction of crops, water shortages
Middle East - geopolitical issues
The Sykes-Picot Treaty (1916)
The Sunni-Shia divide
Kurdish minorities and their hypothetical nation
Conflicts connected to oil
Covert colonialism
Proxy wars
Similar situations in other regions
Water (climate change)
Energy (oil and gas, hydroelectric power)
Mineral resources
Trade routes (choke points, pipelines, ports, access to sea)
Strategic interests (access to military bases, protection/expansion of your sphere of influence)
Electoral interests (revive nationalist feelings, us VS them concept)
Financial/business interests (= Why We Fight)
How to start a war
Create intelligence/secret services
Repeat a lie
Create an incident
Don't declare a war at all
Define your enemy