Intergovernmental Organizations do many different things for the international world. They make collective goods, mediate, provide information and even authorize retaliation. One of the fundamental ideas behind IGO’s is that states will value their membership, and want to comply and contribute to ensure their membership and alliance to the IGO as well as the other members. Thus, in a perfect world if all states complied with IGO guidelines, there would be very little to no conflict. Naturally this doesn’t always happen and unfortunately conflict can arise from a lack of compliance. A recent example of this is Russia and their invasion and attempt to annex Crimea.
To understand how this situation is an example of how IGO’s do not always reduce conflict, we need to fully understand the problem at hand. Crimea is the southern peninsula part of Ukraine that is surrounded by the black sea. Recently Kremlin forces took control over the Crimean Peninsula, and later this area’s “Russian speaking majority, voted to join Russia in a referendum the Ukraine and the West deem illegal” ("Crimea profile," 2014). This would not be the first time that Crimea was a part of Russia. Back in 1783, Crimea was annexed by the Russian empire and was a part of Russia for nearly 200 years. In 1954 Russia was constructing two large canals through the border of Ukraine and Crimea. In an attempt to speed up and organize the process Russia gave control of Crimea to Ukraine so that Ukraine could easily oversee the project to completion. Because of the transfer from a Ukrainian state, to a Russian State and back to a Ukrainian state the people of Crimea identify themselves differently. Crimea’s population is roughly two million, “58 percent identify as ethnic...
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...ll make the smart decision and pull out of Crimea, saving what little allegiances they may have left. On the other hand if Russia continues to act as it has been, and goes through with its invasion and attempt at annexation, the seriousness could end up as a major contradiction to the statement that “IGO’s reduce conflict”. The seriousness Russia’s actions if they do not choose to stop, are wide spread because who knows if Russia will be satisfied with obtaining Crimea alone. The US fears that Russia’s “military intervention may soon expand to eastern Ukraine” (Arutunyan & Resneck, 2014) and possibly even further.
Russia choosing to continue along this path may lead to a lack of credibility and faith in Intergovernmental Organizations. If a permanent member of the Security Council is willing to act against the advice of the council what are they not willing to do?
...h case the government will be more inclined to respond to it because of this (Robinson 1-2). With Crimea now part of Russia, perhaps the people of Ukraine can have some self-determined actions.
While many see Russia’s movement to admit Crimea as an attempt recreate a communist USSR-like ‘supercountry’ and the Russian government and their Pro-Russian Ukrainian counterparts have committed multiple crimes against humanity, the United States should not intervene in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Tight sanctions risk severing ties with Russia and military intervention may very well ignite World War III. This may be seen as even more democratic imperialism, which the United States has been trying to avoid recently.
The current events showed that there are far more potential shatterbelts in the World that it may seem at first. The Ukrainian shatterbelt although is still potential, it created a deterioration in international relations that they have not seen since the Cold War. Russia’s economy cannot potentially last another Cold War. The current events will most likely lead to Russia’s relative isolation from the international community and lead its economy to stagnation, because there is no sight that Russia will give up Crimea. The “sanction war” between Russia and The West will continue on until a consensus is reached.
The system the UN currently has offers some perspective on the idea of conducting and participating in war. But...
International organizations such as NATO and the UN are essential not only for global peace, but also as a place where middle powers can exert their influence. It is understandable that since the inception of such organizations that many crises have been averted, resolved, or dealt with in some way thro...
The book, “Blood Done Sign My Name”, has a lot of parallels to the world and how the world deals with issues such as oppression, discrimination, racism, and separation. One of the situations that is happening in the world today that can relate to the situations in the book are the invasions in of the Ukraine by Russia. This has been a pretty big global issue involving Russia threatening to take over parts of the Ukraine, such as Crimea and Kiev, which Russia believes rightfully belongs to them.
The big crisis in Ukraine is starting to get out of hand. The government cannot even figure out what to do, and is getting kicked out of office. There are street protests happening all over Ukraine especially at Kyiv’s Independence Square. There is civil unrest against Yanukovych because he did not do what the people wanted to have. After everything is starting to cool down, Russian troops start to enter the country. The crisis was getting so far out of hand that the US and the EU had to figure out how to help, so they got involved in the crisis. The Ukraine conflict was triggered by Yanukovych declining the EU deal, and when everything was getting settled down in Ukraine, Russia invades Ukraine.
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"Why Crimea Is so Dangerous." BBC News. N.p., 11 Mar. 2014. Web. 05 Apr. 2014. .
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...international issue involving Russia, The United States, and the European Union. Russia has gotten permission from its parliament to send troops over to Ukraine to “Keep the Peace” and even recognized Crimea as a member of the Russian Federation after a highly fraudulent, contested election voted for Crimea to break away from Ukraine and join Russia. The United Nations has failed to recognize this act of annexation and has threatened economic sanctions along with a reluctant threat to possibly use military involvement if Russia did not back off and leave Ukraine to settle its political issues itself. So the question if Ukraine will spiral into another devastating Civil War and possibly lead to bigger more serious global issues is yet to be seen, however there is no doubt that the root of all Ukraine’s problems has been its ethnic division, and Russian influence.
The conflict between the Ukraine and Russia is the Ukraine's most long-standing and deadly crisis; since its post-Soviet independence began as a protest against the government dropping plans to forge closer trade ties with the European Union. The conflict between Russia and the Ukraine stems from more than twenty years of weak governance, the government’s inability to promote a coherent executive branch policy, an economy dominated by oligarchs and rife with corruption, heavy reliance on Russia, and distinct differences between Ukraine's population from both Eastern and Western regions in terms of linguistics, religion and ethnicity (Lucas 2009).
...ment and well-being. It is clear that without the ongoing presence and work of international organisations, the international system would be in a far worse and more chaotic state, with a far greater chance for a civil war to breakout. They also are a major player in helping develop states political and economical systems.
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