The fear of escalating to a nuclear conflict was viewed as a pillar of stability and is credited with helping deter the larger Soviet-led conventional force throughout the cold war.
Much of the public opposition to Syria strikes reflects the fact that the conflict there is viewed as a confined event -– a humanitarian disaster, yes, and a potentially dangerous regional crisis, but not a direct threat to people living in the countries being asked to marshal a military response.
However, from a realistic point of view, the conflict can be viewed as a broader struggle between mainly Russia and Western countries which attempt to advance their national interests.
Instead, the minister contended, the Darfur conflict must be viewed as a complex regional struggle between different tribes and political constituencies.
Any large-scale conflict can be viewed through several lenses, with subtly different results.
"We make these videos to help people understand that the Syrian conflict must be viewed as a humanitarian crisis; a humanitarian disaster," said Alolaiwy.
Cowen went on to show how the current conflict could be viewed in terms several notions of game theory described by Nobel laureate Thomas C. Schelling and others: "nuclear deterrence," "tipping points," "market deterrence" and "credibility and consequences".
If the imposition of liberal values on stable, non-democratic cultures is unjustifiable, then the imposition of such values upon compromised groups involved in low intensity conflict may be viewed as equally unacceptable, as follows.
Mock et al. ([ 2004]) state that vulnerability factors (i.e. poverty, malnutrition, lack of health services), and exposure opportunity factors (i.e. increased sexual violence and physical violence) are the basic determinants of population-level HIV risk and that, seen in this way, conflict should be viewed as a key determinant of HIV vulnerability [ 11].
