EXAMPLES OF HOT SPOTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Hot spots in Middle East:
Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
- tensions between Israel and Palestine
- Neither side is willing to negotiate peace
- conflict continues to spill over into Lebanon. They have experienced 30 years of Bloodshed
- continues to harass its neighbors and pose a potential threat to stability of Middle East
- U.S, Great Britain etc. kept military forces in regions since end of Gulf War (1991)
Hot Spot of North Korea:
North Korea:
North Korea:
- One party communist dictatorship
- Spent bunch of money building up military (rumored to possess nuclear weapons)
- Maintains hope of uniting both Koreas one day (Nor and South Korea)
- This is a threat to nations allied with South Korea such as United States.
Hot Spot of India and Pakistan:
India & Pakistan:
India & Pakistan:
- hostile towards each other due to religious differences (ex. Kashmir: a region divided between the two in 1949)
- threat of nuclear war. Both sides tested such weapons
Hot Spot of China:
China:
China:
- one party communist dictatorship
- wishes to grow economically
- human right abuses prevents economy from advancing
- Taiwan “rebellious Chinese state”
- Taiwan maintains independence from support of western nations
Terrorism:
- unpredictable violence against villains to gain political means
- used by groups or individual who don’t have military of their own
- Seen in Northern Ireland, Middle East, and America