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| Shatterbelt Characteristics |
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-complex ethnic cultural mosaic
-global resources
-history of local conflict
-attracts attention from world powers
-global local alliances
-EX: Congo, Iraq |
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-where military equipment is shipped
from Pakistan to Afghanistan
-connects Kabul (Afghan capital) to
Peshawar (NWFP capital) |
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| International Crisis Group suggestion to Obama for Afghan involvement |
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| strengthen civilian rule in Pakistan |
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opposing powers use third parties instead of fighting directly.
-EX: Afghanistan 80's Cold War
-Ex: Vietnam |
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incontiguous part of a country
EX: Bangladesh (East Pakistan) |
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| country under formal control by a foreign power |
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| Afghanistan Ethnic Geography |
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-Pashtun East Afghanistan & West Pakistan
-Tajik & Uzbeks north |
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| Pakistan govt security services |
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| funded and trained by Pakistani Intelligence Agency (ISI) |
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Pakistan-Afghanistan border that splits up the Pashtun population
-leaves Afghanistan as a buffer state
-1893 |
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-no education for girls, mandatory burkahs
-no work outside home for women
-public executions
-no TV
-no white socks or sneakers |
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Buddhist statutes that Taliban destroyed
-example of Taliban's policies |
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| Division of British Indian colonies 1948 |
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-resulted in India, Pakistan, East Pakistan (exclave)
-drone strikes |
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| Ethnic Groups in Pakistan |
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-Sind (south)
-Punjab (east)
-Baluchistan (west)
-Pushtun (north) |
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-1 million died
-population transfers
-displacement |
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| Cleavages leading to internal turmoil in Pakistan |
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-Secular v. Religious Islamists
-Sindhs v. others |
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Jammu and Kashmir
control zones |
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-1/4 West Pakistan rule
-rest Indian |
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India, Pakistan
-stopped at Hindu Kuslt |
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-1993 Founded
-1996 Gained Control
-2001 Booted |
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| Congress Party: Gandhi/Nehru |
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-more egalitarian society
-help the poor
1948-1977 |
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| BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) |
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-economically liberal
-opposed to Pakistan
-in favor of nuclear India
-uses Russia as balance
-1996-2004
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Separatism and fundamentalism
as challenges to
India's democracy |
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-1948 1 million dead, 17 million refugees
-Pubjab (Sikh majority): 3000 killed at Delphi after Gandhi assassination
-Mujahaddin: supported from Pakistan
-Assam: lowland/highland tribal conflicts (Hindu against periphery, Muslim immigrants)
-Naxalites: Maoist, rural, north-east India, growing |
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diffusion of western agricultural practices to developing world
-India takes this up and remains self-sufficient in food. |
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India's Silicon Plateau
(Bangalore) |
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very western, but not as prominent
as Friedman makes it out to be |
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-violence over temple/mosque
-ownership of site
-fence built to divide Hindus & Muslims |
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1. United States
2. India
3. Pakistani Taliban |
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| Military v. Health Spending |
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-Pakistan spends 8 times more on Military
-Indonesia opposite
-countries with higher Health spending have higher growth and health rates |
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| Global Resources in Congolese War |
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-diamonds
-coltan
-timber
-gold
-NOT OIL
-Angola most involved in conflict since 1996 |
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division of African states decided by
European colonial powers
*do not line up ethnically |
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Demographic Transition Model
(Africa) |
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1. stable birth & death rates
2. death rates decrease, pop +
3. pop flattens out (AIDS)
4. low birth & death rates, low pop. growth
-Africa in stages 2 & 3 |
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| resource economies in Africa |
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-Gambia & Peanuts
-Nigeria & Oil
-Sierra Leone & diamonds |
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| pattern of continent-wide growth |
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-70's (+14%/year)
-80's (-3%)
-90's (+3%) |
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| biggest slum in Asia, lots of entrepreneurial activity |
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region around Lake Victoria
-Congo, Rowanda, etc |
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| Africa's "Malthusian Problem" |
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over-population, can lead
to war |
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| spillover into Congo from Rwanda conflict |
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-HUTUS killed TUTSIS
-Rwanda leaders fled to Congo and
continued genocide |
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Nigeria's internal ethnic
geography |
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-Yaruba, Hausa, IBO
-conflict between Muslims & Christians |
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keeps people alive but keeps
them dependent on aid
*wheat trap |
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North = Muslims
South = Christians |
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Geography of Desertification
Risk in Africa |
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-Nigeria & to the west
-North border
-South East border |
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linking local and global
in the sahel:
effects of commodification
of agriculture |
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END RESULT:
-food dependency & desertification
-coping mechanisms for drought destroyed
-famine effects worsened |
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oil exports for food imports
dumped by US & other states |
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| Darfur: climate conflict? |
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-less rainfall, war 3 years later
-multiplier
-other causes more important |
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-colonization by UK & Italy
-2 parts gain independence 1960
-Dictator Siad Barre (1969-1991)
-Ethiopian coup
-1978 Ogaden War w/ Ethiopia
-2 de-facto states (Puntland & Somaliland
-Mogadishu Government |
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Somalia & Ethiopia
Cold War Alliances |
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-Ethiopia backed by Soviet Union
-Somalia backed by US
-(switched) |
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desire for Jewish homeland, Jewish
nationalist movement |
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| Made by the British government, states that the government wants a national home for the Jews in Palestine |
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Status of Arabs
inside Israel |
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-less than 20%
-1/2 are poor
-mostly in Galilee
-welfare payments not equal
-not welcome in army
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British Mandate
in Palestine
1918-1948 |
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attempt to stop Jewish immigration
that changed balance of population |
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| Ended in WWI, it was replaced by the republic of Turkey |
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-Kibbutzim = communal
-Moshavim = private |
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| settlements by Israel on West Bank |
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| a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. |
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| Similar to Kibbutzim, except that the farms are usually individually owned |
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| Orthodox Jews, some are against the formation of the state of Isreal, and against Zionism views |
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| an Israeli messianic and political movement committed to establishing Jewish settlements in the West Bank, they believe that god gave that land to the Jewish people |
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| Parties in the Israeli government, which is currently led by a Likud (right wing) prime minister |
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| a secularist political party, mixing Arab nationalist and Arab socialist interests, opposed to what it sees as "Western imperialism" and calling for the "renaissance" or "resurrection" of the Arab World and its unity in one united state |
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| the peace treaty between the Ottoman Empire and Allies at the end of World War I |
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| an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the modern Turkish state. |
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| States where Shia are the majority |
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upgrade status of non-Jews,
downgrade status of Jews |
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| Kurdish areas - division among 3 major states |
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Turkey 24%
Iran 12.5%
Iraq 24% |
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Colonial Divisions by
Sykes-Picot Agreement
(1916) |
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-Syria (France)
-Lebanon (France)
-Iraq (UK)
-Palestine (UK) |
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"internal colony" for Arabs
with lookout settlements |
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-Persian 54%
-Azeri 24%
-Kurds 7%
-Baloch 3%
-Arabs 2% |
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-Natanz is most important nuclear facility
-3-5 years away from nuclear weapons
-facilities are spread out around country |
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