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Issues of War & Peace

Issues of War & Peace. Poli334 Spring 2008. The Basics. Reading : Richard K. Betts. 2008. Conflict after the Cold War: Arguments on Causes of War and Peace , 3rd Edition. ISBN: 0-205-58352-0. The Basics. Requirements Midterm exam take home due around spring break Final exam

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Issues of War & Peace

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  1. Issues of War & Peace Poli334 Spring 2008

  2. The Basics Reading: Richard K. Betts. 2008. Conflict after the Cold War: Arguments on Causes of War and Peace, 3rd Edition. ISBN: 0-205-58352-0

  3. The Basics • Requirements • Midterm exam • take home • due around spring break • Final exam • in class • 12 May at 7:00 p.m.

  4. The Basics • Research Project • Oral presentation to the class • 10-15 page written report • Topics due by early February • Outlines by March • Final copies early May

  5. Overview • International Political System • War • Causes • Types • Strategy • Weapons and Tactics • Peace

  6. International Political System • Basic political unit • State • Other Actors • IGOs • international orgs • multinational orgs • NGOs • interest groups • corporations • political organizations

  7. International Political System • Basic feature • anarchic “self help” system • implication? • No formal institutional means to prevent conflict • No formal institutional means to resolve conflict and that in turn means…

  8. Warfare is much more likely to occur. That is, without any real means to promote and protect peace, world politics is much more violent than its domestic counterpart.

  9. International Political System • So we can prevent war by changing the international political system • If international politics were more like domestic politics, violence would occur, but be much more manageable, right?

  10. Causes of War • We’ll study a series of explanations offered to explain why wars occur, including:

  11. Causes of War • Biological and social evolutionary theories • non human primate studies • “primitive” warfare

  12. Causes of War • Culture • beliefs, values, norms shape how we act • in group/out group oppositions

  13. Causes of War • Economic Interests • Scarcity fuels competition, competition -- in conditions of anarchy -- generates conflict

  14. Causes of War • Ideology • promote anddefend political, cultural, moraletc., ideals

  15. Types of War • “Conventional” • Non Conventional • Guerrilla • Insurgency • Civil • Nuclear • Chemical/Biological • Computer

  16. Peace • Ending War • Sources of Contention • Energy • Water • Food • Land • Immigration • Ideologies • Religion • … Peace plans…

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