GOV 312L 1st Edition Lecture 12 Outline of Current Lecture I. TMFPQII. Civil WarIII. Civil War and Third party interventionIV. What is genocide?V. Responsibility to protectVI. Discussion of PaperCurrent Lecture-Outbreak of civil war-Obama felt he had to escalate the war in Afghanistan-Obama trying to resist escalation-A no fly zone is something Turkey has been interested in-US is facing multitude of threats from ISIS, Iran, Asad regime and can’t fight them all at the same time because these threats are in conflict with each other- Degrading ISIS helps the Asad regime- PKK in the past has been aligned with the Asad regime- US is trying to downplay what very likely will be an ISIS take over of Cobanio Isis has already taken over half of Cobani; could take over other villages and citiestoo- War is a means to a larger political endo The bargaining and politics continue even after it ends- Turkey is facing internal rebellion because of conflict with ISISo There was a ceasefire between Turkey and ISISo Turkey has to worry about its own interests before USo Turkey is a key part of NATOo Crisis against ISIS creates new problems with the allianceo Reminiscent of European opposition of US invasion of Iraq-End of the Cold WarThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Dissatisfaction of international order - Russian intervention in the civil war of Ukraine is parallel to this- Shift from national war to civil war-Can the US limit these wars with intervention?-How does expansion of these civil wars inhibit US interests?-Globalization of cold war- Cold war moves out of Europe and into periphery- End of Cold war brings end of American and Soviet support for these regimeso Absence of foreign support and diminished expectation of great power intervention creates local incentives to challenge their
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