Factors That Cause International Conflict

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“When diplomacy ends, War begins.” ― Adolf Hitler. I strongly disagree with the point that competition for scarce natural resources such as fish is the most important factor that leads to international conflict. Other factors that I believe equally contributes to international conflict includes competing claims over territory and lack of resources. I believe religious beliefs is the most important reason that leads to international conflict because of the impact it has. One factor that lead to international conflicts was competing claims over territories. This is clearly noticeable in a conflict over territories between India and China. Both countries claimed that the Aksai chin plateau on the western end of the India-China frontier was …show more content…

Just like the one that happened before world war II when Korea was under the Japanese control before they surrendered causing Korea do be divided into two halves. Known as the 38 parallel having Russian troops occupy the north of parallel 38 and the south to be occupied by the American troops. In 1947, UN called for an election to establish a single government to reunite Korea. The USSR refused to allow an election therefore the north become a communist country. In 1949 both the the Americans and Russian troops withdrew from the North and South Korea which made each government of Korea claim the right to rule the whole Korean peninsula. Korean war, June 150-1953. The North was supported by the communist People’s of China whilst the South was supported by USA and the Western allies. Then in 1953 both sides signed an agreement to put an end to their war and created a demilitarized zone between the two places. This clearly shows how simply a small issue between values and beliefs of two countries ended up in a severe war which then got worse as countries joined to help on another defeat opponents. In the end a dispute between two countries it ended up into a war among several countries, this shows how different values and beliefs has the most impact on international

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