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1 gru 2000 · ography, commodity chain analysis, and geographies of consumption, this article seeks to systematically explore the geographical dimensions of resource wars through a study of conflict diamonds by making three interrelated. arguments. First, the article argues that analyses of resource wars.
31 mar 2001 · Conflicts diamonds (English) Few natural resources have captured the attention of the international community as much as the conflict diamonds that have helped to sustain several African conflicts since the end of the Cold War. This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the role diamonds play in financing civil wars with a view ...
14 kwi 2008 · The first section of the article situates conflict diamonds within the broader literature on resources and conflicts, outlines three concepts relating resources and conflicts—resource curse, resource conflicts, and conflict resources—and discusses their main geographical dimensions.
In the late 1990s, natural resources such as Oil, diamonds, and timber came under increased scrutiny by conflict analysts and media outlets for their purported role in many contemporary wars....
“conflict diamonds” or “blood diamonds.” In several conflicts, diamond wealth appears not only to have been used to pay for military resources, but to have itself become a focal point for further conflict, thus contributing significantly to the depth and extended duration of hostilities.
Because of the geographic similarities between the real-world case of warlordism in Sierra Leone and model results, the model output supports the theory that distant, diffuse resources are associated with conflicts of warlordism.
that the definition of conflict diamonds needs to be broadened to include systemic violence or human rights abuses in diamond-producing and trading zones, irrespective of whether the violence is perpetrated by rebels or state actors or
