Every time the television is turned on, viewers are exposed to conflicts occurring on the other side of the globe. Technology has made it so that some fights occurring in some distant land are simply the morning headline for the common person. As the world becomes increasingly connected, internal conflicts soon expand internationally. This is why it becomes increasingly important to understand how a conflict can form and how they manage to affect a population much larger than that of the parties directly involved. The objective of this paper is to address the ongoing crisis in Darfur and how it relates to international relations issues. This will be done by first updating the reader with a historical summary of the Darfur conflict so they understand what is happening there. The next section will analyze the situation in Darfur using various international relations concepts. The final section will discuss the implications of the conflict internationally, meaning: “Why should the world care? How does it affect other countries?” In the Darfur region, part of Sudan, a civil war (often called genocide) has been ongoing for about 8 years. The current conflict began in 2003, when rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and the Justice and Equality Movement, composed of the Fur, Zaghawa and Masalit tribes, took up arms against the government of Sudan because non-Arab Sudanese felt oppressed and that the government was pro-Sudanese Arab. An earlier period of conflict in Sudan-Darfur, from 1985-1988, saw just 9,000 deaths, while during the first three years of this most recent conflict, 2003-2006, over 200,000 Darfurians are believed to have been… paper ......more populous than those oppressed within its borders. Works Cited Brunk, Darren. “Assessing Darfur: Anatomy of a Genocide Debate.” International Relations 22 (2008): 25-44.Clough, Michael. “Darfur: Whose Responsibility to Protect?” World Report (2005).Goldstein, Joshua S. and Jon C Pevehouse. International Relations, Brief Fifth Edition, Update 2010-2011. Longman, 2011.Ho, Kathleen. "Structural violence as a violation of human rights". Essex Human Rights Review 4.2 (2007). Hunt, David. "The International Criminal Court". Journal of International Criminal Justice (2004): 56-70. Prunier, Gerard. Darfur: the ambiguous genocide. Cornell University Press, 2007. Quigley, John. The Genocide Convention: An Analysis of International Law. Ashgate, 2007. Wax, Emily. "Sudan, rebels reach agreement on Darfur." Washington Post, November 10, 2004: A01.