JONAS GAHR STØRE : IN DEFENSE OF DIALOGUE (00:00 – 05.33)
Jonas Gahr Støre is the Norwegian Foreign Minister, charged with working for Norway’s interests internationally.
BEFORE YOU WATCH
What is the difference between an interstate conflict and an intrastate conflict? What are the most common causes of the former and the latter? In your opinion, which kind of conflict is more difficult to tackle?
WHILE YOU WATCH
Listen to do the tasks:
- How does the speaker develop each of the ideas below (jot down some key words):
- Amongst all the troubling deficits we struggle with today is the deficit of political dialogue.
- But the picture is changing, and we see that there are new key players coming onto the scene.
- Very few of these domestic interstate, intrastate conflicts can be solved militarily.
- During the last decade, we’ve been in the mode where dealing with groups was conceptually and politically dangerous.
- Sometimes military intervention is necessary.
- What idea does each of the following illustrate?
- A graph on the PowerPoint slide
- Libya
- Afghanistan
- The International Committee of the Red Cross
- Prime Minister Rabin’s statement: «You don’t make peace with your friends, you make peace with your enemies.»
AFTER YOU WATCH
Comment on the quotation:
“You don’t make peace with your friends, you make peace with your enemies.”
Why does Jonas Gahr Støre say that it is hard, but necessary?
deficit of political dialogue
cross-border relations
interstate conflicts
intrastate conflicts
to feel reluctance to do something
conceptually and politically dangerous
military presence
to profoundly disagree