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IB GLOBAL POLITICS - CASE STUDIES(ALL UNITS)
UNIT 1 POWER AND SOVEREIGNTY - KOSOVO 2008 - ANS-Kosovo was a province
of Serbia
Muslim Albanians are 90% of population
Wanted to separate from Serbia - claimed persecution by Serbia Unilaterally declared
independence
International Court of Justice upheld their decision
Themes: hard power, human rights, ethnicity, terrorism, IGOs, international law, nation
state, sovereignty
UNIT 1 POWER AND SOVEREIGNTY - CRIMEA, UKRAINE 2014 - ANS-Crimea
originally belonged to Russia until 1950s
Given to Ukraine
Putin's Russia annexed it in 2014 - 60% of Crimeans of Russian descent agreed
Themes: sovereignty, hard power, nation state, IGOs, international laws, ethnicity
UNIT 1 POWER AND SOVEREIGNTY - ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT 1948- -
ANS-Israel = sovereign nation but contains occupied territories of Palestinians (Gaza
strip, west bank of the Jordan, etc.) and Golan Heights (belonged to Syria)
UN Resolution 242 (1967) wants Israel to withdraw from these areas but Israel refuses
for security reasons
UNIT 1 POWER AND SOVEREIGNTY - CHINA SOFT AND ECONOMIC POWER -
ANS-China pledged $1.4 trillion in infrastructure in Africa
In return, China received favorable access to natural resources in Africa
Other soft power used by China is the spread of their culture (such as food) all over the
world
Economic power in China /muslim camps:
Despite the documented human rights violations and other countries trying to intervene
it has not been successful because of the economic leverage that China has on the
world . A letter by the European Union was signed by 22 countries that condemned
China's treatment of Uighur muslims. However, the letter was not signed by any
countries in the Balkans because of the infrastructure projects that are reliant on
Chinese investment which "probably ties those countries economically and politically,"
which is an example of economic threats for countries in close relations with
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