Causes of Conflict
Causes of conflict:
1) Competition for scarce natural resources
1) As countries need natural resources as a source of revenue and income for the country.
2) Natural resources are very important to a country as it could be sold for money, use in trade or as raw materials in furthering industrialization.
3) Thus it ensures the survival for the nation and thus countries would fight for it to ensure their own survival
4) this can be clearly seen from the Iceland-Britain conflict.
5) Iceland and Britain had been fighting for years over natural resources
6) Iceland has very few natural resources and depends on its fishing industry for survival.
7) However, in the 1970s, fish stocks especially cod fell by 1/3 because of the over fishing by Belgian, German and British fishermen in the seas around Iceland.
8) Thus Iceland wanted other countries to reduce the volume of their fish catches and suggested several ways to regulate fishing to the un conference on the law of sea even though most suggestions were ignored.
9) As 79% of Iceland’s total export comprises of fresh fish and fish products, it is very important for them to maintain sustainable levels of fish stocks in the seas around Iceland.
10) Thus when their source of economic survivals is threatened, Iceland had to fight to ensure that this source of natural resource is sustained. This conflict resulted in Iceland breaking off diplomatic ties with Britain
11) Thus showing that countries fight for natural resources as this natural resources could be their main form of revenue and survival. Losing their main source of revenue would mean jobs and livelihood at stake, possibly resulting in poverty and economy being negatively affected,
2) Different values and benefits
1) Countries come into conflict when hey feel that their value system is being threatened to protect their own value systems.
2) This is evident in the case of Korean
1) Competition for scarce natural resources
1) As countries need natural resources as a source of revenue and income for the country.
2) Natural resources are very important to a country as it could be sold for money, use in trade or as raw materials in furthering industrialization.
3) Thus it ensures the survival for the nation and thus countries would fight for it to ensure their own survival
4) this can be clearly seen from the Iceland-Britain conflict.
5) Iceland and Britain had been fighting for years over natural resources
6) Iceland has very few natural resources and depends on its fishing industry for survival.
7) However, in the 1970s, fish stocks especially cod fell by 1/3 because of the over fishing by Belgian, German and British fishermen in the seas around Iceland.
8) Thus Iceland wanted other countries to reduce the volume of their fish catches and suggested several ways to regulate fishing to the un conference on the law of sea even though most suggestions were ignored.
9) As 79% of Iceland’s total export comprises of fresh fish and fish products, it is very important for them to maintain sustainable levels of fish stocks in the seas around Iceland.
10) Thus when their source of economic survivals is threatened, Iceland had to fight to ensure that this source of natural resource is sustained. This conflict resulted in Iceland breaking off diplomatic ties with Britain
11) Thus showing that countries fight for natural resources as this natural resources could be their main form of revenue and survival. Losing their main source of revenue would mean jobs and livelihood at stake, possibly resulting in poverty and economy being negatively affected,
2) Different values and benefits
1) Countries come into conflict when hey feel that their value system is being threatened to protect their own value systems.
2) This is evident in the case of Korean