GlobalStudies06

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• 1    globalspartan // Sep 25, 2006 at 2:23 pm

  1.) The Power politics main function is to prevent increasing conflict between greater powers. They would promote the stability of a friendly regime, and secure their economic interests. The power politics is the conflict stabilizer. Where on the other hand the problem-solving model is a conflict resolver.
  2.) This peacekeeping theory seems reasonable. One part used for resolving conflicts. The other part is used to stabilize the conflict. This theory has been offered the five continents, in certain occasions. But the main problem we face is through terrorism. Others don’t see this theory as a conflict resolution tool. Therefore it is not applied.

  Shawna Owens

• 2    globalspartan // Sep 25, 2006 at 8:05 pm

  1. The “Power Politics model” of peacekeeping is used by the great powers. It is used to alleviate conflicts between the greater powers and to protect the Western economic interests. The “Problem Solving model” of peacekeeping is when the influences of power politics has remained the same and the interests of the world powers have conflict resolution.

  2. I don’t really understand how the “Power Politics model” of peacekeeping relates to Rwanda. There was not much conflict between the superpowers during the genocide in Rwanda. Many of the superpowers agreed that it would not be worth it to put their armies and money into the genocide. Also the Western economic interests were not protected at all time, if anything they were hurt.

  Alli B.

• 3    globalspartan // Sep 25, 2006 at 8:53 pm

  1.Power Politics model, is a tool of conflict containment that help stabilizes a conflict before it becomes worse. Also promoting the stability of friendly regimes and securing their economic interests. Problem Solving model is were the conflict is specifically addressed and resolved.
  2.I also don’t see how “Power Politics model” of peacekeeping applies to Rwanda. The U.N is linked problem solving model but I do not feel like they did that successfully. I am confused because in our readings we see how in depth the conflict was in Rwanda and the security failed. And I agree with Alli because the other superpowers did not step up and send in security when if they were to have a genocide they probably would expect other super-powers to help.
  Monica C

• 4    globalspartan // Sep 25, 2006 at 9:13 pm

  1. The power politics model of peacekeeping was to stop conflict between the powerful Countries. The Western Countries main goal was to have stable regimes that were at peace with on another. They also wanted to secure the economy within their nations. The powerful countries wanted to stop conflict from arising. On the other hand the problem solving model of peacekeeping’s main goal was for the great powers to talk out their powers and take responsibility for making peace. They also want the great powers to get dividing to unite again.
  2. The three main similarities between Rwanda and the politics model of peacekeeping was that the great powers were only protecting their own interests. The Security council would not get involved because it was not in their own interests. The politics model of peacekeeping was concerned with their economic status. Also the politics peacekeeping model serves as a third non-violent party and that was what the U.N was considered in Rwanda. Third the politics model peacekeeping goal was to contain conflict and so was the U.N’s in Rwanda. They had formed and peace treaty and come to Rwanda to make sure that peace was kept. This is the politics model of peacekeeping job. There are many similarities of between the politics model of peacekeeping and our studies of Rwanda.
  Jamie I.

• 5    globalspartan // Sep 25, 2006 at 9:14 pm

  1. The power politic model of peacekeeping main job was to keep the “great powers” from fight or starting conflict with one another. The western powers felt that they need to keep the countries being friendly with each other while keeping their own money issues secure and out of harms way. The power politics tool was the first creation for peacekeeping. The problem solving model for peacekeeping was like a third party. The powerful countries need to take responsibility for creating peace as well as to talk out their problem instead of fixing them in other ways. These powers also need to help to get divided countries or community to become one again. This was the main goals of the problem solving peacekeeping model.
  2. One way the power politic conflict model is related to Rwanda is the fact that the international community did not want to help the Rwandan people because it was not in their own interest. Such as a lot of the other countries decided to pull their troops out because it was not in their own interest. They also waited a long time to send troops into Rwanda because it was not in their own interest. The political powers states that the countries need to secure their own interest first which is what they did for Rwanda. The U.N also tried to contain conflict by getting the two groups the Tutus and the Hutus to sign the peace treaty to keep peace in Rwanda which was on of the main focus on the power politic model. Lastly, the U.N could be in some ways like the third party trying to keep the peace. The power politic model also acted as a tried party just like Rwanda. The power politic model related to the Rwanda conflict in many ways.
  Erika I.

• 6    globalspartan // Sep 25, 2006 at 9:43 pm

  1. The Power Politics model was a tool to keep the fighting between the greater powers from getting too out of control. It was used by the Western powers to promote friendly regimes and keeping the economic interests secure in colonies. The Problem Solving model was the second approach to the peacekeeping practice. It was used to address certain problems and come to a conclusion of the problem.
  2. I don’t really understand the power of politics but I think the three examples that lead the Power Politics model to Rwanda would be how the Western powers were concerned with their own economic issues sort of how the Security Council was about their safety. They did not want to get involved where they could hurt themselves. Also how the US did not send help to Rwanda because they were thinking on themselves and did not want to risk their troops. I dont know a third example.
  Jamie W

• 7    globalspartan // Sep 25, 2006 at 10:08 pm

  1. The Power Politics model is a way to keep conflicts between the main powers stable. Its purpose was to stabalize friendly regimes and to make sure that their economic interest are secure. The Problem solveing model was used to address that the peace between the countries was becoming active.

  2. This question stumped me big time. I didnt fully understand what the Power Politics plan was to begin with but if I had to guess it would be that the conflict between the superpowers was involved in the genocide in Rawanda and not that it is all over they are trying to rebuild their communities and fundamentals.

  this was a tricky one mr. mac…
  Alex S

• 8    globalspartan // Sep 25, 2006 at 10:09 pm

  1. The difference between the “Power Politics model” of peacekeeping and the “Problem Solving model” of peacekeeping is that the power model is to prevent the great powers from fighting. Peacekeeping was used to also protect the Western economic interests. A goal the nations wanted to achieve was to keep the peace going in the countries that already had peace. The problem solving model was a third party to the situation. This model was able to take action by having the nations discuss their issues and hopefully make peace.
  2. The power politics model does relate to what happened in Rwanda. One reason is that the non-violence approach is similar to what the U.N did, or didn’t do. Another reason is that if this model was suggested, maybe fighting wouldn’t have happened if other countries were intervening to just keep the peace. However I think their hatred for each other was so strong that maybe talking wouldn’t have done it. The last reason is how selfish each power is. It is similar how each power only cares about the best outcome for themselves, rather then the best for everyone.

  ~Carly S.~

• 9    globalspartan // Sep 26, 2006 at 9:37 am

  1. The difference between the Power Politics model and the Problem Solving model was that the power politics model was to make sure that there were no problems between the main powers. The problem solving model was about addressing the countries about the peace that was starting to work in their contry.
  2. I dont really know how the power politics model would be applied to the situation in Rwanda but my guess would be that it didnt apply to it because none of the powers were having problems. Its just that no one really decided to help the Rwandans.

  -Christina Newsome

• 10    globalspartan // Sep 26, 2006 at 9:48 am

  1. The difference between the “Power Politics model” and the “Problem Solving model” would be that the power politics model influenced the United Nations to stop conflict from brewing or growing between the more powerful countries. Whereas, the problem solving model was used by the U.N. to resolve conflicts throughout the alienated communities as well as problems throughout common responsibilities of power holding.

  2. The power politics model could have helped in Rwanda because if the United Nations had not ignored the problem that the Hutus and the Tutsis were having in the beginning and had helped them to resolve the problems then it wouldn’t have escalated into a genocide. The United Nations should be using tactics like both the power politics model and the problem solving model to stop such bad things from happening.

• 11    globalspartan // Sep 26, 2006 at 9:49 am

  Yeah. I must be really bad at this. Sorry I had to repost it once again!

  1. The difference between the “Power Politics model” and the “Problem Solving model” would be that the power politics model influenced the United Nations to stop conflict from brewing or growing between the more powerful countries. Whereas, the problem solving model was used by the U.N. to resolve conflicts throughout the alienated communities as well as problems throughout common responsibilities of power holding.

  2. The power politics model could have helped in Rwanda because if the United Nations had not ignored the problem that the Hutus and the Tutsis were having in the beginning and had helped them to resolve the problems then it wouldn’t have escalated into a genocide. The United Nations should be using tactics like both the power politics model and the problem solving model to stop such bad things from happening.

  —Brynley Q.

• 12    globalspartan // Sep 26, 2006 at 10:05 am

  1)The Power Politics model of peacekeeping is to prevent the greatly powerful countries from having conflict with one another. The Problem Solving Model of peacekeeping was to create discussions of the problem and come to a conclusion by the third party.

  2) I Have no idea how the power politics model could have applied to the situation in Rwanda because the major powers had nothing to do with the Genocide.

  (Jay Long)

• 13    globalspartan // Sep 26, 2006 at 3:40 pm

  1. The difference between the “Power Politics model” of peacekeeping and the “Problem Solving model” of peacekeeping is that the “Power Politics model” of peacekeeping used the great powers to control fights and conflicts by the superpowers and to protect Western economic interests. However, during the Cold War, they used the “Problem Solving model” of peacekeeping because many conflicts between the superpowers were long and drawn out. They wanted to superpowers to stay friendly with one another.

  2. The “Power Politics model” of peacekeeping applies to our studies of Rwanda because it shows that the superpowers were mainly worried about their own countries. They did not give Rwanda enough troops to maintain peace between the Hutus and Tutsis because they were not looking in the interest of Rwanda but of themselves. The superpowers did not help Rwanda’s economic issue either because they did not want to take part in what was happening in Rwanda. If they just helped Rwanda before the actual genocide happened, the United Nations could have saved a large number of lives.

  -Maggie L.

• 14    globalspartan // Sep 26, 2006 at 10:41 pm

  1. The “power politics model” of peacekeeping is aimed towards keeping conflicts from getting worse between the major powers. The “problem solving model” of peacekeeping is turning conflict into peace via “societal accountability of power holders.”

  2. The “power politics model” of peacekeeping relates to our studies of Rwanda in that the U.N. tried to “avert conflict escalating between the greater powers.” Also, the idea “conflict containment” was in effect because the U.N. realized the problem in Rwanda had to be contained before it could be ended. Finally, the Western powers worked to during the Rwanda situation seemed only concerned about economics.

  -Dylan L.

• 15    globalspartan // Sep 26, 2006 at 11:53 pm

  1-The former is a means of refereeing between two super-powers and the latter is a means of reolving the actual conflicts. Power Politics is associated with the delicate balance of power between the First and Second world (Capitalist and Socialist, respectively.) In that Cold war era, the U.N. mediated between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. and treated the symptoms of this rivalry. These symptoms include proxy wars where groups were backed by global powers to further their own ideals, as well protect their economic intrests.
  Problem Solving theory is based upon the idea that the actual conflict must be addressed since the traditional world view of east/west is over. In this model the existing powers will weigh the cost and potential benefits of entering a conflict and then implement the most compatible program to the conflict. For example, if the benefits of free-flowing oil in Libya outweigh the immediate cost of conflict resolution, then the existing powers will afford a generous mission to the outpost.
  2- Rwanda was not an important fiscal venture on the global playing field. This one factor is directly linked to how little international intervention was present. Belgians were the last to leave, and coincidentally they were leaving their former colony, where decades of authority had carved out an important amount of money tied up in Rwanda’s economy. I don’t see how much of the classic America vs. Russia cliché plays out in Rwanda.

  peter roman

• 16    globalspartan // Sep 27, 2006 at 6:37 am

  1. The power politics model entails keeping off conflict between two major powers. It is also about keeping good relations between major countries and their former colonies, especially protecting the economic ties that connect the two. The problem-solving model proposes third party intervention and conflict resolution. This not only tries to ensure that there will be no fighting, but that finding a working solution. The problem-solving method also encourages accountability of those in power for protecting the rights of its citizens.
  2. The power politics model explains why, in Rwanda, the U.S. and other great powers did not intervene during the occurrence of the genocide. I greatly agree with what Erika and Jamie were responded, that, because Rwanda was not of great use to us we chose not to employ the power politics model. Three of our reasons were
  -Rwanda provides no major import to the US, therefore we have no economic need for them
  -Rwanda is not strategically relevant to anywhere the US wants to be and has no access to waterways
  -Finally, any involvement would have ended up only costing us money and human lives with no guarantee of rewards ever. And the US government likes to have payoff on the horizon.

  -Kara B.

• 17    globalspartan // Sep 27, 2006 at 9:31 am

  1. Power politics was based on two superpowers just stabilizing and not solving the problems needed to keep the peace, while problam solving would actually make peace last in the long run.
  2. The UN used power politics by standing in the middle for while in Rwanda, but not doing anything to solve the problem. The Zairian army and the rebel Kabila both also tried to stabilize the problem, mostly in the refugee camps without trying to solve the problems that would keep the peace.

  -Torri C

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