The Importance Of International Incidents

International Incident

International incidents have been part of international relations from as early as the eighteenth century. Through these incidences, nations have engaged in armed conflict or the risk of conflict. In other cases, international incidents lead to long term animosity, embargos, and other forms of restrictions between nations which in turn hurt national economies and people’s freedoms. From the few early occurrences, the rate of international incidents seems to be increasing as the years go by and as nations become more protective of their citizens and boundaries.

Definition

International incidents are small incidents, on the face of it, with small pockets of actions that results into unintended disagreements between two or more sovereign countries. Normally, these incidents come about from unexpected actions by security forces, government officials, citizens, or even animals. In some few cases, the incidences occur as a result of calculative provocation by terrorists, spy agents, and other official and non-official actors. Of late, international incidents can arise out of anything, including wildlife. Of importance

The soldier, panicked, ran after the dog and Bulgarian soldiers shot him dead. What followed was "The War of the Stray Dog." In West Wales, the Hindu community kept some “holy cows” in their temple. One of the cows, Shambo, contracted Tuberculosis in 2007 and became very ill. Authorities in Wales ordered the cow killed to prevent the spread of the disease, a decision that angered the Hindu community who formed a protective human shield around the cow. Hindu leaders from all over the world pleaded with Wales to allow them ship the cow to India for treatment but the UK went ahead and killed the cow escalating the bad colonial relationship between the UK and