Managing Intrastate War

Question 1

Why is managing intrastate war a difficult task?

Answer 1

Participants often have to live together after the end of the conflict and is thus difficult to negotiate.

Question 2

Foreign intervention

Answer 2

In the form of diplomatic support, military security, economic aid, etc.

Question 3

Power sharing

Answer 3

• Power is decentralised and shared between hostile groups.

- Called consociationalism (e.g. in Iraq).

Question 4

Physical separation

Answer 4

• Self-explanatory, e.g. Greece and Turkey after WW1.
• Can be detrimental (e.g. N Ireland finds segregation sows distrust and perceptions of threats).
• Also, some groups might have to be forcibly removed from home areas.