War and Conflict

‘War’ can be defined as a continuous state of violence between two or more armed and organized groups. The groups can be either nations or some transnational groups. War usually involves mobilization of armies to fight for land or resources (Heuser, 2008).

‘Conflict’ on the other hand is a state of hostility which does not involve any armed fight but only results in strained relations between the two groups in conflict( Heuser, 2008).

The causes for way may be broadly classified as (1.) Religious causes,(2.) Dynastic causes, (3.) Political causes, and (4.) Economic causes. Religious causes are historical in the sense those wars were fought for the spread of religion like Islam. They lost their relevance in the modern world (Heuser, 2008).

Regarding other three reasons, it is difficult to pinpoint any particular factor as a cause for a war. For example, a monarch might have invaded a country citing hereditary family rights on that country. Prima facie it is a dynastic reason but the real reason may be that he might have set his eye on the resource of that country. Wars though usually are fought on some prima facie reasons, the main reason might be a combination of all the four above mentioned reasons (Heuser, 2008).

The causes for conflict are not as broad based and complex as those for war. These causes are mostly based on disagreements between the connected parties. Apart from this, conflict is different from war in another important context. While war can occur between nations or bigger groups, conflict can occur between individuals also like conflict in workplaces. But where ever they occur, they occur due to difference of opinion only (Heuser, 2008).

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Reference

Heuser,B.(2008,October). "Misleading Paradigms of War: States and Non-State Actors, Combatants and Non-Combatants", War and Society ,27 (2),1-24.

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