Juan VelazquezBenjamin Fordham, Josh WhaleyPLSC 1179 December 2014Rwanda, Terrorism and failed states.It only takes the single unforeseen death of a political figure in a struggling statefor havoc to ensue. In this case it would be two deaths, of the two presidents who had been in charge of two very struggling states. Burundi and Rwanda. Both presidents had died in a plane crash, which meant that tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi’s would soon rise and have the potential for a gruesome conflict. Colonel Théoneste Bagosora, a firm Hutu army staff director had seized control and stated that since the president had died, the government had fallen and that it was now the militaries job tomaintain control and what little there had been.A curfew had swiftly been put in place by the Rwandan authorities. Governmentsoldiers and militias of the Hutu’s were the ones to enforce these rules as well as place blockades around and near the capitol. Those who would be targeted by these blockades and affected by the curfews would be the Tutsi’s. It was known by many that once president Habyarimana was dead, this would allow and set the stage for the genocide of those or opposed him and the Tutsi’s. It only took a few hours before thekillings would start and once they did, it became apparent that an end was nowhere seen in the near future.Switching gears just a tad will bring us to terrorism. This thing, terrorism, is a large contributor to why some states struggle so greatly. The old age answer, or really what would have been done prior to World War II to those who opposed a larger state would have been to imperialize that smaller, weaker state. However, since the post WWII era, when European countries started to fall apart, imperialization has not beena viable response. Evidence of this is that wars post 1980 have generally continued onfor two to three times longer than pre 1980. Because of this, government officials and anybody with a political or monetary goal in mind forget about resolving the situationand instantaneously think about self profit and their own agendas. When a state has failed, is currently failing or even on the brink of a slight decline, terrorism is only a small percentage of what can happen within that state. Foreign aid, the largest substitute to Imperialism is being used by two institutions thathad been set up post World War II by the World Bank and the UN. There have been many different approaches to preventing poverty in developing countries since the 1950s. First it was assumed that by simply giving the capital to poor states, it would promote growth. Then it was presumed that in order to minimize poverty, building hospitals and education centers was the next thing to do. Finally it was noted that while all of these previously implemented ideas and reforms had made some progress, there was still one large roadblock. Corruption. Without corruption beingtaken into account and handled in such a manner as to rid this states of it, the physicalaid and capital would only help so