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General causes of war

The war is of two types
1. external
2. internal
again these are divided into two types
a. Traditional
b. Economic

The general causes of war can be stated as

  • Political and economic dominance
  • Conflict over resources
  • Ideological differences
  • Rise of ethnic groups
  • Rise of nationalism
  • governmentality
Political and economic dominance:
The conventional wars were fought for the political and economic dominance of one state over other. The most visible example for this type of war is WWI and WWII where capitalistic states fought for the economic and political influence over the world market.

Conflict over resources:
The conflict over resources may lead to unfriendly relations between the countries and they would be vulnerable for any trigger to get into war. Iraq- Kuwait war was fought on the lines of resources.

Ideological differences:
Ideological differences make the states to veto any agreements between them and this usually pave a way to war. In the aftermath of world wars the vivid example of war due to ideological difference is US-USSR cold war.

Rise of ethnic groups:
With the rise of ethnic groups the already existing political power feels as if it is loosing its grip on the state and denies the ethnic representation and eventually resentment grows among the groups and leads to civil wars. Rise of Islamic fundamentalism is a major cause for the civil wars in the middle east and islamic republics of Africa.
eg. Arab spring, ISIS

Rise of nationalism:
Balkanisation is best example for the war due to rise of nationalism. These actually lead to civil wars and rebellions within the state.

Governmentality:
Due to the oppressive rule of a state, people feel resented and rise against the state. This was very common in the colonial era and now the world knowing this governance has been taken up carefully.


IN the 21st century economic warfare has become so common that every nation has voluntarily or involuntarily has entered into this war so as to secure their national interest. Unfortunately,  the grounds for this war are international organisations where developed countries can twist the arm of the organisations and impose all kinds of sanctions, conditionalities on the developing and least developing countries. 



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