Riots can be in response to a range of issues, from sports results (e.g., the Detroit riots following the 1968 World Series win) to perceived mistreatment by authorities (e.g., the 2011 London riots). Riots involve protests, often simultaneous, that turn violent and lead to property damage. They’re common in Mexico, for example, where gangs compete for influence over areas of the country. Whereas civil wars and armed insurgencies involve recognized authorities in a direct conflict with an insurgent rebel group, gang wars involve conflicts between illegal non-governmental groups. An example of a 21st Century genocide is the Myanmar military’s systematic targeting of Rohingya Muslims who are a minority population within the country. Genocide occurs when a body of people, usually an army or militia, attempt to deliberately engage in the mass killing of a group of people due to their ethnicity. They often use guerilla warfare tactics to attempt to disrupt and undermine the functioning of society. Rather, they involve small militia groups actively revolting against the established government and civil services. Armed InsurgenciesĪrmed insurgencies do not reach the scale of civil wars because they are not symmetrical conflicts between two factions of the nation. Examples include the Korean civil war, which led to the fracturing of the country into the north and south, as well as the American civil war that was won by the north.
Its occurrence represents nation-state failure and the breakdown of the balance of power within the country.
Civil WarsĬivil wars occur within countries when two factions who share the same nationality engage in armed conflict in a battle for control of the country. For example, the battle between North and South Korea in the 1950s was a proxy war between China and the United States, who supplied their preferred sides of the conflict.
It occurs when one or more countries act as a proxy for the two superpowers. Proxy wars involve violent battles between two superpowers without the direct interaction between those nations. They’re often thrust into a war because of conflicts between people in power who fail to respect people’s rights to peace, democracy, and freedom. Sadly, war is rarely something individual people enthusiastically participate in. Wars can disrupt the lives of millions of people and lead to death on a large scale. War is one of the most extreme examples of conflict. I’ve also split them into violent and non-violent types of conflict. To categorize the conflict examples I’ve explored in this article, I’ve developed this table which explores them from big to small (international, national, workplace and school, and interpersonal).
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