War between Nations: Mars and Venus Fictitious Nations (Essay Sample)

War between Nations: Mars and Venus Fictitious Nations Author’s name Author’s affiliation Snail mail address Email address [Optional: draft date or version number] [Optional: Prepared for presentation at Conference Name, location, dates] The author wishes to acknowledge…. List anyone you need to thank for providing data, funding or research assistance here (librarians, etc.), as well as any peers or colleagues who read and provided feedback on the draft paper. This page is normally single-spaced and does not get a page number. Introduction War is described as armed conflict between states, nations, groups or even organizations. There are many reasons that could lead to a war, but most of the reasons are based on certain misunderstandings between the parties involved. Some of the most popular wars that have happened globally include the first and second world wars. Recently, there has been the war on terror in which the United States declared against groups such as the al-Qaida and Taliban in the Arab world. Today, there is also a war on terror which is ongoing which is on terrorism against the Islamic state in the Middle East especially in Iraq and Syria. There are also other wars which are ongoing across the world in different parts of the world (Al Jazeera, 2015). Nations are provoked to go to war in most cases when there is a breach in the agreements between them and more importantly when there is a threat to the sovereignty of these nations. In this paper, an analysis is conducted on two fictitious states Venus and Mars and their interaction for a period of twenty years to determine the possibility of these countries going to war. Possibility of Venus and Mars going to war Mars and Venus are neighboring countries but they have had some confrontations on a number of times. In most cases, the wars have been triggered by a show of might by Venus which has a larger army and which has been militarized in a better way than Mars. Additionally, Venus is a more democratic country as compared to Mars, and, therefore, some of the crashes are based on the very foundation of lack of commitment by Mars to respect the sovereignty of Venus (Daase 2006:74). A peninsular that is owned by Mars has great military advantage for Mars and hence Venus sees that peninsular as a threat to its security. Additionally, the peninsular also contains minerals and oil. Although the amounts of minerals and oil are insignificant in terms of economical benefits, Venus can still benefit from them. The two countries share a large border which is more than 200 miles suggesting that there are many illegal entry points in which people from the two countries can enter. Since Venus is more democratic, it can deal with some of the illegal trades which happen between the porous borders but the same cannot be said for Mars. It is common sense that Mars being an autocratic nation will turn a blind eye for trades and smuggling exercises which happen through those borders and, that is a sure provocation into war. Another reason why the two countries are likely to go to war follows the fact that these countries have a history of war, and in most cases, the countries size each other up and flex their military might against each other (Fearon 1995:379). Wars in many cases happen because of revenge and for show of power and glorification of that power. Both Venus and Mars have initiated the series of ten wars that have already happened simply to show force or to use force against each other with leaders from both countries citing obscure reasons for the war. Venus is said to have a nuclear weapon site although its leaders vehemently deny the existence of such a site. However, it cannot be overruled simply because the leaders claim they do not have the weapons. Mars would feel threatened by presence of such weapons in the hands of an enemy they engage in war. It would thus be a move for Mars to start a war aimed at destruction of the nuclear weapons site to ensure that when the two countries go into war or any confrontations, the weapons cannot be used against them. Mars does not have any military pacts and agreements with any nations, but by suggesting the possession of such weapons for Venus and showing how much of a threat the weapons are for countries in that region, Mars can have other states globally showing concern and even helping it in destroying those weapons. Unfortunately, Venus has signed many pacts with its neighboring countries and other collective defense pacts with more than twenty countries including ententes. The fact that Venus has joined these pacts makes it both strong and vulnerable. First, the pacts prevent member nations from engaging into a war with other countries for any dispute without exhausting other channels to solve the conflict (Ashley, 2014:30). Additionally, there must be enough reason for any war to be fought by a member country. This means that there is a chain of command to be followed before Venus can engage into a war with Mars. Unfortunately, Mars does not have such pacts, and as a standalone country, starting a war does not require so much red tape. As long as the commander in chief wants a war, the war happens. Mars could take advantage of the vulnerability of Venus caused by such pacts to go to war. Unfortunately, the pacts could also help Venus by logistics, weaponry and other instruments of war. Mars is seen to be a nation whose leadership is not stable and does not perform well according to survey conducted on its citizens. There is thus a great possibility that with its autocratic rule and underperformance, many of its citizens either come to work or stay in Venus as illegal immigrants or as political refugees (Jackson & Morelli, 2011:34). The burden of these refugees could be weighing heavily on Venus and the only way that Venus can effectively solve the crisis is removing the leadership which is failing and installing a different leadership which would be friendly to Venus, and which would share the same ideologies as Venus. When a new government is installed, the political refugees from Mars who are in Venus could go back home and hence remove the heavy burden of holding those refugees (Mearsheimer & Walt, 2003:50). Many democratic countries in the world have constantly gone to war with other nations with the sole purpose of removing dictatorial autocratic leaders from power to make the lives of the citizens of those nations bearable (Johnson, 2015:1240). Venus could feel obligated to take that step for its interests. According to the history of war between the two nations, most of the wars ended without a proper settlement. In war, if a country started a war based on something that they believe in, the end of the war should either be a resolution where that issue is accepted or denied (Stoessinger, 2010). For instance, if Venus started a war with Mars with the intension of bringing in the same political ideologies that Venus has and the installation of a more democratic leadership, the end of the war would either be a defeat for Venus to attain its goals or success. However, if the war ended with the outcome being negative and the issue remained pending and unresolved, there is a chance that the country which had initiated the war will reorganize and reinitiate the same war so that in the end a solution for the issue is found. There are so many wars that ended without proper closure (Poznansky, 2015). Some were started by Venus and some by Mars. To get closure for these disputes, wars must happen. When a nation invades another nation, it violates the sovereignty of that nation. This is a wrong doing which creates a grudge between nations. As shown by the history of war in the region, both Mars and Venus have disrespected the sovereignty of each other on many accounts. If a country knows that another does not respect its authority and sovereignty, that country will always be on the lookout for any aggression or even some subtle communications which they deem insulting to the sovereignty and a war will happen to protect that sovereignty (Prest, 2014). It is thus clear to say that Venus and Mars both have an untold hostility for each other which could trigger a war between them at the slightest provocation. Economically, Venus is doing much better as compared to Mars. Mars, however, can take advantage of the situation by exploiting a port at the peninsula. Venus knows that it has resources that can be mobilized to take the peninsular and thus make its port there. Unfortunately, the title of the land belongs to Mars and the only way that Venus could take it is by a war. Such a conflict can never end since even when Venus may succeed in taking the peninsular; Mars would go to lengths to retake it leading to a series of wars until the situation is resolved (Walter, 2014). The GDP Venus has grown quite well meaning that lifestyles of people in Venus is better and hence there is potential for an influx of individuals from Mars to come and live in Venus or even to trade illegally from Venus as a way of dealing with the economic hard times in Mars (Gutmann, 2014). Such actions pose a threat to the nation and an imminent reason for war. Sometimes, war is the only war that a country can get justice for its people and respect within the region. There are obviously no diplomatic ties between Mars and Venus. If there was a diplomatic relationship, the two countries would not have gone to war with each other so many times as they would have taken diplomacy in dealing with the menace. In lieu of this, it is possible that the two countries have cross border relationships that are not healthy and perhaps either nation feels that its people are violated by the administration of the other country and that could lead to a war. For instance, if there are Venusians arrested by Mars working illegally through the porous borders could be jailed in Mars. Normally, countries that have diplomacy have criminals w...