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Lesson 10: Causes of Conflict – IB Global Politics

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We can see that conflicts around the world have different causes. Put very simply, it is obvious that not all conflicts occur for the same reasons. For example, the root causes of the conflict in Rwanda in 1994 were different to the causes of the current conflict in Syria. The subject guide for Global Politics gives the examples of greed vs. grievance (as in Columbia and Sierra Leone), territorial control, material interest, resource scarcity, ideology, threatened identity and perception. In this double lesson we will look at two case studies in more detail. The first, in Sierra Leone, was arguably caused by grievance but continued for so long due to greed. The second, in Northern Ireland, was arguably caused by a combination of threatened identity and greed. You will notice the use of the word ‘arguably’. This is because it is can be difficult to say, with any certainty, what exactly the causes of a conflict are as it involves some measure of perception by the different parties to a c

Lesson 10: Causes of Conflict – IB Global Politics Skip to content Lesson 10: Causes of Conflict We can see that conflicts around the world have different causes. Put very simply, it is obvious that not all conflicts occur for the same reasons. For example, the root causes of the conflict in Rwanda in 1994 were different to the causes of the current conflict in Syria. The subject guide for Global Politics gives the examples of greed vs. grievance (as in Columbia and Sierra Leone), territorial control, material interest, resource scarcity, ideology, threatened identity and perception. In

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