International Conflict and Peace (CONF 500)

2024 Fall
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Conf. Analysis Res.(CONF)
3
10
Ayşe Betül Çelik bcelik@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Doctoral, Master
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Interactive lecture,Seminar
Interactive,Task based learning,Case Study
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Programs\Type Required Core Elective Area Elective
Computer Science and Engineering - With Master's Degree *
Conflict Analysis and Resolution - Non Thesis *
Conflict Analysis and Resolution - With Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Biological Sciences and Bioengineering - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Industrial Engineering - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Materials Science and Engineering - Non Thesis *
Leaders for Industry Mechatronics Engineering - Non Thesis *
Political Science - Non Thesis *
Political Sciences - With Bachelor's Degree *
Political Sciences - With Master's Degree *
Political Science - With Thesis *

CONTENT

This course provides an overview of the related fields of peace studies and conflict resolution by exploring different definitions, perspectives, actors, and tools available to practitioners and scholars. It is a survey of the theoretical and empirical literature on the causes and conditions of international conflict and peace. It examines the history and development of contending approaches to conflict and peace, their basic assumptions and methodologies, and their application to current conflict situations, with particular emphasis upon the following: peace through coercive power; peace through nonviolence; peace through world order; and peace through personal and community transformation.

OBJECTIVE

1. Objective: To become more knowledgeable concerning the role of peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peacebuilding during all phases of conflict: pre-conflict, conflict, and post-conflict.
2. Objectives: To examine the steps involved in putting a conflict resolution plan to work and methods of dealing with ambiguity and change in such contexts.
3. Objectives: To understand theories and concepts of peace and conflict and their application to global, regional and local contexts.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

1. Develop and deepen the current and advanced knowledge in the field with original thought and/or research and come up with innovative definitions based on Master's degree qualifications 5

2. Conceive the interdisciplinary interaction which the field is related with ; come up with original solutions by using knowledge requiring proficiency on analysis, synthesis and assessment of new and complex ideas. 3

3. Evaluate and use new information within the field in a systematic approach. 5

4. Develop an innovative knowledge, method, design and/or practice or adapt an already known knowledge, method, design and/or practice to another field; research, conceive, design, adapt and implement an original subject. 5

5. Critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation of new and complex ideas. 4

6. Gain advanced level skills in the use of research methods in the field of study. 2

7. Contribute the progression in the field by producing an innovative idea, skill, design and/or practice or by adapting an already known idea, skill, design, and/or practice to a different field independently. 5

8. Broaden the borders of the knowledge in the field by producing or interpreting an original work or publishing at least one scientific paper in the field in national and/or international refereed journals. 3

9. Demonstrate leadership in contexts requiring innovative and interdisciplinary problem solving. 4

10. Develop new ideas and methods in the field by using high level mental processes such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making. 4

11. Investigate and improve social connections and their conducting norms and manage the actions to change them when necessary. 4

12. Defend original views when exchanging ideas in the field with professionals and communicate effectively by showing competence in the field. 5

13. Ability to communicate and discuss orally, in written and visually with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio C1 General Level. 5

14. Contribute to the transition of the community to an information society and its sustainability process by introducing scientific, technological, social or cultural improvements. 5

15. Demonstrate functional interaction by using strategic decision making processes in solving problems encountered in the field. 5

16. Contribute to the solution finding process regarding social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems in the field and support the development of these values. 5

1. Develop the ability to use critical, analytical, and reflective thinking and reasoning 5

2. Reflect on social and ethical responsibilities in his/her professional life. 5

3. Gain experience and confidence in the dissemination of project/research outputs 5

4. Work responsibly and creatively as an individual or as a member or leader of a team and in multidisciplinary environments. 5

5. Communicate effectively by oral, written, graphical and technological means and have competency in English. 5

6. Independently reach and acquire information, and develop appreciation of the need for continuously learning and updating. 5

1. Develop a thorough knowledge of theories, concepts, and research methods in the field and apply them in research design and data analysis. 5

2. Assess the impact of the economic, social, and political environment from a global, national and regional level. 4

3. Know how to access written and visual, primary and secondary sources of information, interpret concepts and data from a variety of sources in developing disciplinary and interdisciplinary analyses. 5

1. Begin to grasp historical evolution and contemporary character of world politics. 4

1. Analyze current and persistent conflict situations with an emphasis on perceptual and cultural aspects of social conflicts. 5

2. Conduct research in sources of conflicts and possible conflict resolution methods such as negotiation, third-party intervention, cooperative decision making, peace building, track-two and citizens' diplomacy applied to various social contexts. 5

3. Design and implement conflict resolution process to policy issues related to disputes in or among identity groups, governments, organizations, civil society or corporations. 5

4. Develop and sustain arguments in a variety of forms, formulating appropriate questions and utilizing evidence. 5

1. Analyze current and persistent conflict situations with an emphasis on perceptual and cultural aspects of social conflicts. 5

2. Conduct research in sources of conflicts and possible conflict resolution methods such as negotiation, third-party intervention, cooperative decision making, peace building, track-two and citizens' diplomacy applied to various social contexts. 5

3. Design and implement conflict resolution process to policy issues related to disputes in or among identity groups, governments, organizations, civil society or corporations. 5

4. Develop and sustain arguments in a variety of forms, formulating appropriate questions and utilizing evidence. 5

1. Begin to grasp historical evolution and contemporary character of world politics. 4

ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA

  Percentage (%)
Final 35
Assignment 45
Participation 20

RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS

Readings

Contemporary Conflict Resolution, Chapters 1 and 3.
Jack Levy, ?Theories of Interstate and Intrastate War: A Levels of Analysis Approach,? in Chester A. Cracker, Fen Osler Hampson & Pamela Aall (eds.). Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict. Washington D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press.
Rasmussen, J. Lewis (1997) ?Peacemaking in the Twenty-First Century: New Rules, New Roles, and New Actors,? in Zartman, I. William and J. Lewis Rasmussen, eds. Peacemaking in International Conflict: Methods and Techniques. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press.
Bercovitch & Jackson, Chapter 1.
Bercovitch and Jackson, Ch. 7
Stedman, Stephen J. (1995) "Alchemy for a New World Order." Foreign Affairs 75(3), pp. 14-20.
Jentleson, Bruce W. (2001) "Preventive Statecraft: A Realist Strategy for the Post-Cold War Era." Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, eds. Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict. Washington: United States Institute of Peace, pp. 249-26.
John N. Clarke (2005) Early Warning Analysis for Humanitarian Preparedness and Conflict Prevention, Civil Wars, 7(1), pp. 71-97
Bercovitch & Jackson, Chapter 8
Walling, Carrie Booth (2015). ?Human Rights Norms, State Sovereignty, and Humanitarian Intervention,? Human Rights Quarterly, 37(2), pp. 383-413.
Averre, Derek and Lance Davies (2015). ?Russia, Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect: the case of Syria,? International Affairs, 91(4), pp.813-834.
Bercovitch & Jackson, Chapter 2, 3
Contemporary Conflict Resolution, Chapter 6.
Saadia Touval and William Zartman, ?International Mediation in the Post-Cold War Era.? Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, eds. Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict. Washington: United States Institute of Peace.
Paul Meerts (2020). ?Diplomatic Negotiation at the Crossroads?? International Negotiation, 25(1) pp.18-30.
Zartman, I. William (2020). ?Structuring in a Vacuum: Negotiating in the Current World Disorder,? International Negotiation, 25(1) pp.5-17.
Bercovitch & Jackson, Chapter 4
Gent, Stephen E. and Megan Shannon (2010). ?The Effectiveness of International Arbitration and Adjudication: Getting Into a Bind,? The Journal of Politics, 72(2), pp. 366-380.
Dixon, William J. (1996). ?Third-Party Techniques for Preventing Conflict Escalation and Promoting Peaceful Settlement,? International Organization, 50(4), pp. 653-681
D. M. Malone (2003). ?The Security Council: Adapting to Address Contemporary Conflicts?. Negotiation Journal, January 2003.
Doyle, Michael W. (2001) "War Making and Peace making: The United Nations' Post-Cold War Record." Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall, eds. Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict. Washington: United States Institute of Peace, pp. 529-560.
Bercovitch & Jackson, Chapter 6.
Howard, Lise Morje (2015). ?Peacekeeping, Peace Enforcement and UN Reform,? Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 16(2), pp. 6-8.
Karlsrud, John (2015). ?The UN at War: Examining the Consequences of Peaceenforcement Mandates for the UN Peacekeeping Operations in the CAR, the DRC and Mali,? Third World Quarterly, 36(1), pp. 40-54.
Bercovitch & Jackson, Ch.10
Janice Gross Stein (2001). ?Image, Identity, and the Resolution of Violent Conflict,? in A. Chester Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall (ed.s) Turbulent Peace: The Challenge of Managing International Conflict Washington D.C. United States Institute of Peace Press, pp. 189-208.
Ronald Fisher (2002). ?Historical Mapping of the Field of Interactive Conflict Resolution,? in John Davies and Edward Kaufman. Second Track/Citizen?s Diplomacy: Concepts and Techniques for Conflict Transformation. Rowman& Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Stedman, Stephen J. (2002) "Introduction." Stephen J. Stedman, Donald Rothchild, and Elzabeth M. Cousens, eds. Ending Civil Wars: The Implementation of Peace Agreements. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., pp. 1-40.
Downs, George and Stephen J. Stedman. (2002) "Evaluation Issues in Peace Implementation." Stephen J. Stedman, Donald Rothchild, and Elizabeth M. Cousens, eds. Ending Civil Wars: The Implementation of Peace Agreements. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., pp. 43-69.
Dicker, Lisa K. and C. Danae Paterson (2020). ?Covid-19 and Conflicts: The Health of Peace Processes During a Pandemic? Harvard Negotiation Law, 25, pp.101-136.
Greener, B. K. (2011) ?Revisiting the politics of post-conflict peacebuilding: reconciling the liberal agenda?? Global Change, Peace & Security, 23(3), pp. 357-368
Muggah, Robert (2006). ?Emerging from the shadow of war: A critical perspective on DDR and weapons reduction in the post-conflict period,? Contemporary Security Policy, 27(1), pp. 190-205.
Jennings, Kathleen M. (2007). ?The Struggle to Satisfy: DDR Through the Eyes of Ex-combatants in Liberia,? International Peacekeeping, 14(2), pp. 204-218
Johannes M. Botes, Structural Transformation
Priscilla Hayner, ?Why a Truth Commission?? in Lederach, Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies.
Joanna Santa-Barbara, Reconciliation
Putnam, Tonya L. (2002) "Human Rights and Sustainable Peace." Stephen J. Stedman, Donald Rothchild, and Elizabeth M. Cousens, eds. Ending Civil Wars: The Implementation of Peace Agreements. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., pp. 237-271.
Lekha Sriram, Chandra & Johanna Herman (2009) DDR and transitional justice: bridging the divide? Conflict, Security & Development, 9:4, pp. 455-474