SEPTEMBER 5TH -- SESSION 1 (INTRODUCTION)
Preventing Deadly Conflict: An Introduction
Required Readings--
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. Final Report, xvii- xlvi.http://www.ccpdc.org
� Ignatieff, The Warrior's Honor, 3-71.
THEORY (Sessions 2-5) These sessions will focus on the thinking on war and peace and international relations before and after the cold war. Readings in this unit also explore the debate among scholars about the peaceful nature of democracies.
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SEPTEMBER 12TH -- SESSION 2
Old Wars and New Wars
Required Readings--
� Kaldor, New Wars, Old Wars, Chapters 2-5
� Ignatieff, The Warrior's Honor, 72-190.
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SEPTEMBER 19TH -- SESSION 3
Peace, Non-Violence, and the Democratic Peace Debate
Required Readings--
� Young, Nigel. �Peace Movements in History.� In Approaches to Peace, edited by Barash, 228-237.
� Mead, Margaret. �Warfare is Only an Invention�Not a Biological Necessity.� In Approaches to Peace, edited by Barash, 19-22.
� Friedman, Thomas L. The Lexus and The Olive Tree. Farrar, Straus & Giroux: 2000, 195-218.
� Snyder, Jack. �Democratization and War.� Foreign Affairs (Summer 1995): 79-
� Allison, Graham and Owada, Hisashi. The Responsibilities of Democracies in Preventing Deadly Conflict. New York: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1999. Available in the publications section on the Carnegie Commission web site at http://www.ccpdc.org. * Optional viewing of PBS documentary A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict
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SEPTEMBER 26TH -- SESSION 4
Roots of Violence
Required Readings--
� Ayoob, Mohammed. �State Making, State Breaking, and State Failure.� In Managing Global Chaos, edited by Crocker, Hampson, and Aall, 37-51.
� Collier, Paul and Hoeffler, Anke. �Greed and Grievance in Civil War,� World Bank paper, (2001) Available on World bank web site http://www.worldbank.org/research/conflict/papers/greedandgrievance.htm
� Gurr, Ted Robert. �Minorities, Nationalists, and Ethnopolitical Conflict In Managing Global Chaos, edited by Crocker, Hampson, and Aall, 53-78.
Guest Speaker: Kazuhide Kuroda, Post Conflict Unit, The World Bank (confirmed)
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OCTOBER 3RD � SESSION 5
Perspectives on Conflict Prevention
Required Readings--
� Bedjaoui, Mohammed. � The Fundamentals of Preventive Diplomacy.� In Preventive Diplomacy, edited by Cahill, 29-50.
� Baker, Pauline. �Conflict Resolution versus Democratic Governance: Divergent Paths to Peace?� In Managing Global Chaos, edited by Crocker, Hampson, and Aall, 563-572.
� Rubin. Blood on the Doorstep, chapter 7. � Stedman, Stephen John. �Alchemy for a New Order: Overselling �Preventive Diplomacy�� Foreign Affairs (Spring 1995).
� Carment, David and Schnabel, Albrecht. �Conflict Prevention: Naked Emperor, Path to Peace, Grand Illusions or Just Difficult?� Paper presented at 41st Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Reflection, Integration, Cumulation: International Studies Past and Future, Los Angeles, March 2000.
TOOLS (Sessions 6-10)
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OCTOBER 10TH -- SESSION 6
Tools of Conflict Prevention�Early Warning Introduction to the Scenario Exercise
Required Readings--
� Lund, Michael. �Early Warning and Preventive Diplomacy.� In Managing Global Chaos, edited by Crock, Hampson, and Aall, 379-402.
� Rubin, Blood on the Doorstep, Chapter 8.
� George, Alexander L. and Holl, Jane E., The Warning Response Problem and Missed Opportunities in Preventive Action. New York: Carnegie Corporation, 1997. Available on web site www.ccpdc.org
� Gurr, Ted Robert, �Early Warning Systems: From Surveillance to Assessment to Action.� In Preventive Diplomacy, edited by Cahill, 243-262.
� Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, "Background Paper on Macedonia." Developed for Macedonia scenario exercise, New York, July 2001. To Be Handed Out in Class.
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OCTOBER 17TH -- SESSION 7
Wrap up of scenario exercise Tools of Conflict Prevention �Operational/The Sanctions Debate
Required Readings--
� Skidelsky, Lord Robert and Mortimer, Edward, �Economic Sanctions as a Means to International Health.� In Preventive Diplomacy, edited by Cahill, 144-161
� Cortwright, David and Lopez, George. �Carrots, Sticks, and Cooperation: Economic Tools of Statecraft.� In Cases and Strategies, edited by Rubin, 113-134.
� Human Rights Watch, Explanatory Memorandum Regarding the Comprehensive Embargo on Iraq Humanitarian Circumstances in Iraq (2000), Available at http://www.hrw.org/press/2000/01/iraq-memo.htm
� Rubin, Michael, �Food Fight,� The New Republic (June 18, 2001): 18. To Be Handed Out in Class. Guest Speaker: Michael Rubin, Fellow, Washington Institute of Near East Policy and Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs 2000-2001 Fellow (confirmed)
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OCTOBER 24TH --SESSION 8
Tools on Conflict Prevention � Operational/The Use of Force
Required Readings--
� Has, Richard N. �Using Force: Lessons and Choices for U.S. Foreign Policy.� In Managing Global Chaos, edited by Crocker, Hampton, and All, 197-208
� Betts, Richard. �The Delusion of Impartial Intervention.� In Managing Global Chaos, edited by Crocker, Hampton, and All, 333-342.
� George, Alexander. �The Role of Force in Diplomacy: A Continuing Dilemma for U.S. Foreign Policy.� In Managing Global Chaos, edited by Crocker, Hampson, and All, 209-222.
� Smith, Tony. �Morality and the Use of Force in a Unipolar World: The Wilsonian Moment?� Journal of Ethics and International Affairs (2000): 11-22.
� Caplan, Richard. �Humanitarian Intervention: Which Way Forward.� Journal of Ethics and International Affairs (2000): 23-38.
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OCTOBER 31ST -- SESSION 9
Tools of Conflict Prevention�Structural/Development Aid
Required Readings--
� Lancaster, Carol. �Redesigning Foreign Aid.� Foreign Affairs (September-October 2000) � OECD DAC. �Guidelines on Conflict, Peace and Development Co-operation on the Threshold of the 21st Century,� (1995): 9-29. Available on OECD/DAC website at http://webnet1.oecd.org/oecd/pages/home/displaygeneral/0,3380,EN-document-63-2-no-24-4515-0,00.html
� Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Conflict Prevention Project. The Role of Foreign Assistance in Conflict Prevention, Conference Report (January 2001), Sections I-IV. Available at http://wwics.si.edu/cp/janrptoc.htm
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NOVEMBER 7 �SESSION 10
Tools of Conflict Prevention�Structural/Creating International Norms and Law
Required Readings--
� Barash, David P.,� International Law,� Approaches to Peace. New York: Oxford University Press (2000): 107-113. � Farer, Tom J., �Restraining the Barbarians: Can International Criminal Law Help? Human Rights Quarterly 22.1 (2000): 90-117.
� Urquhart, Brian, �The Rusty Tools of Peace,� World Policy Journal 17 (Winter 2000/2001): 2-5.
� Rivkin, David B. and Casey, Lee A., �The Rocky Shoals of International Law,� National Interest 62 (Winter 2000/2001): 35-45. 4.) ACTORS (Session 11-13)
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NOVEMBER 14TH --SESSION 11
Actors: States, Regional Security Organizations
Required Readings--
� Wedgewood, Ruth. �Regional and Subregional Organizations in International Conflict Management.� In Managing Global Chaos, edited by Crocker, Hampson, and All, .275-286.
� Graeger, Nina. �Security Organizations in Europe �Lessons Learned from the European Experience,� http://www.accord.org.za/publications/papers/99-7.htm (1999)
� Muyangwa, Monde and Vogt, Margaret A. An Assessment of the OAU Mechanism for Conflict Prevention, Management, and Resolution 1993-2000. International Peace Academy, 2000. Available on web site of International Peace Academy http://www.ipacademy.org/Publications/Publications.htm (2000)
Guest Speaker: Margaret Vogt, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Political Affairs (tentatively confirmed)
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NOVEMBER 21ST �SESSION 12
Actors: United Nations
Required Readings--
� Annan, Kofi. Preventing Armed Conflict, Report of the Secretary General, 2001. http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/reports/2001/574e.pdf
� Boutros-Ghali, Boutros.� Reflections on the Role of the UN and its Secretary General.� In Preventive Diplomacy, edited by Cahill, 189-204.
� Cater, Charles K. and Wernester, Karin. �From Reaction to Prevention: Opportunities for the UN System in the New Millennium.� International Peace Academy (2000). www.ipacademy.org/Publications/Publications.htm
Guest Speaker: Dr. Khan, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations (confirmed)
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NOVEMBER 28TH �SESSION 13
FINAL PAPERS DUE
Actors: A Role for Civil Society
Required Readings--
� Anderson, Mary B. �Humanitarian NGOs in Conflict Intervention.� In Managing Global Chaos, edited by Crocker, Hampson, and All, 343-354.
� Aall, Pamela. �Nongovernmental organizations and Peacemaking.� In Managing Global Chaos, edited by Crocker, Hampson, and All, 433-443.
Guest Speaker: Andy Loomis, Project Manager, Search for Common Ground in Macedonia (confirmed)
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DECEMBER 5TH -SESSION 14
Final Paper Presentations Conclusions and Evaluation
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[1] Michael Lund, A Guide to Conflict Prevention,
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