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  • Essay / The analysis of armed conflicts - 628

    IntroductionWars can be very chaotic. If you have lived in a turbulent context or in a situation of armed conflict, you will know that it is sometimes difficult to make sense of what is happening. In this lesson, we will learn some tools to analyze the conflict scenario. , to help make sense of what is happening. There are many tools we could use, and some are quite technical. However, we will start with tools that are simple to use, but very useful for understanding armed conflict. Warm-up Activity: Group Discussion Ask trainees to think about and share their answers to this question: “Why should we analyze the conflict scenario?” » Possible reasons are to discover the following: • How did this conflict arise? …what is the story behind this? • Who are the different groups involved, major and minor players? …what are their points of view? …how do they relate to each other? • what are some of the key factors in the conflict? …are they political, social, economic, cultural, etc.? ? …and how are these factors related? Some may say: “We are j...