Lahore University of Management Sciences

POL333InternationalConflictandConflictManagement
Fall201516

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AlyZaman

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COURSEDESCRIPTION
Thiscourseattemptstoprovideageneraloverviewoftheresearchoncausesandsettlementofinternationalconflicts.
Itprovidesabriefintroductiontoleadingtheoreticalapproachestothescientificstudyofconflict.ModuleIlooksat
theconditionsassociatedwithinterstatewars.Operatingatvariouslevelsofanalysisittriestoidentifywhynation
statesgotowar.Thesecondmoduletakesanoverviewoftheemergingsubfiledofconflictmanagement.Itbegins
withdefinitionalandconceptualizationissuespertainingtoconflictmanagement.Thecoursewillsubsequentlytake
intoaccountdifferenttypesofconflictmanagementaswellasassessingtheireffectiveness.Thisisbynomeansa
comprehensiveassessmentofconflictliteratureinsteaditisabriefsurveyofmajortheoreticalandempiricalresearch
inthesecuritydomainofInternationalRelations.

COURSEOBJECTIVES
Thecourseseekstoachievethefollowinggoals:
IntroducestudentstothemostinfluentialIRconflictliterature
Enablethestudentstounderstandandcritiquemajortheoriesofwarandpeace.
Assistthestudentstodevelopacriticalinsightintothecausesofwarandprimarymeansofmanagingthem

CourseRequirements/Grading
ClassAttendance5
ClassParticipation5
Quizzes20
ResponsePaper15

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MidTerm25
FinalExam30

CLASSSCHEDULE
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Topics&RecommendedReadings
Module
Session1 Introductionandorganizationalmeeting
ModuleI:InternationalConflict
Conflict:ConceptualizationandCategorization
Sarkees,Meredith,FrankWaymanandJ.DavidSinger,2003.Interstate,IntrastateandExtrastate
Session2
wars:AComprehensiveLookattheirDistributionoverTime,18161997,InternationalStudies
Quarterly,47(1),4970.
HistoricalPatternsofInternationalConflict
Session3 Hansel,Paul.2002.TheMoreThingsChangeRecognizingandRespondingtoArmedConflict,
ConflictManagementandPeaceScience,19(1),2752.
Theory
ClassicalRealism/BalanceofPower
Morgenthau,Hans.1948.SixPrinciplesofPoliticalRealismexcerptedfromWilliamsetal.Classic
ReadingsofInternationalRelations,246249.
Session4
Organski,A.F.K.1968,CriticismofBalanceofPowerTheory,excerptedfromWilliamsetal.Classic
ReadingsofInternationalRelations,250253.
StructuralRealism
Waltz,KennethN.1988.TheOriginsofWarinNeorealistTheory,JournalofInterdisciplinaryHistory,
18(4),615528.
Session5
James,Patrick.1995.StructuralRealismandtheCausesofWar,MershonInternationalStudies
Review,39(2),181208.
PowerTransition
Kugler,JacekandDouglasLemke.2000.ThePowerTransitionResearchProgram:Assessing
Session6
TheoreticalandEmpiricalAdvances,inMidlarsky,ManusI.ed.HandbookofWarStudiesII,AnnArbor:
UniversityofMichiganPress,129163.
PsychologicalApproaches
Session7 Levy,JackS.MisperceptionandtheCausesofWar:TheoreticalLinkagesandAnalyticalProblems,
1983,WorldPolitics,36(1),7699.
SecurityDilemmas
ArmsRaces
Diehl,PaulF.andMarkCrescenzi.1998.ReconfiguringtheArmsRaceWarDebate,JournalofPeace
Research,35(1),111118.
Session8
Sample,SusanG.2000.MilitaryBuildUps:ArmingandWar,inVasquez,JohnA.WhatDoWeKnow
AboutWar,Boulder:Rowman&LittlefieldPublishers,165195.
Deterrence
Session9 Lebow,RichardNedandJaniceGrossStein.1990.Deterrence:TheElusiveDependentVariable,42
(3),336369.
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Rivalries

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Goertz,GaryandPaulF.Diehl.2000.(Enduring)RivalriesinMidlarsky,ManusI.ed.HandbookofWar
StudiesII,AnnArbor:UniversityofMichiganPress,222267.
Alliances
Christensen,ThomasJ.andJackSnyder,1990.ChainGangsandPassedBucks:PredictingAlliance
PatternsinMultipolarity,InternationalOrganization,44(2),137168.
Crises
McClleland,CharlesA.1961.TheAcuteInternationalCrisis,WorldPolitics,14(1),182204.
Leng,RussellJ.2000.Escalation:CrisisBehaviorandWar,inVasquez,JohnA.WhatDoWeKnow
AboutWar,Boulder:Rowman&LittlefieldPublishers,235258.
MidtermExamination

DomesticPolitics
Goemans,H.E.2000.FightingforSurvival:TheFateofLeadersandtheDurationofWar,TheJournal
Session
ofConflictResolution,44(5),555579.
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Morgan,CliftonT.andKennethN.Bickers,1992.DomesticDiscontentandExternalUseofForce,The
JournalofConflictResolution,36(1),2552.
Territory
Huth,PaulK.2000.Territory:WhyareTerritorialDisputesbetweenStatesaCentralCauseof
Session
InternationalConflict,inVasquez,JohnA.WhatDoWeKnowAboutWar,Boulder:Rowman&
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LittlefieldPublishers,85110.
ModuleII:InternationalConflictManagement
Session
IntroducingConflictManagement
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Butler,MichaelJ.2009.InternationalConflictManagement,LondonandNewYork:Routledge,1326.
TheoryandConflictManagement
Borg,MarianJ.1992.ConflictManagementintheModernWorldSystem,SociologicalForum7(2),
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261282.
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Kleiboer,Marieke.1994.Ripenessofconflict:AFruitfulNotion?,JournalofPeaceResearch31(1),
109116.
ConflictPrevention
Luck,Edward.2002.Prevention:TheoryandPractice,InFenOslerHampsonandDavidM.Malone,
eds.FromReactiontoConflictPrevention:OpportunitiesfortheUNSystem.Boulder,CO:Lynne
Session
Rienner,251274.
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Wallensteen,Peter.2002ReassessingRecentConflicts:Directvs.StructuralPrevention,InFenOsler
HampsonandDavidM.Malone,eds.FromReactiontoConflictPrevention:OpportunitiesfortheUN
System.Boulder,CO:LynneRienner,213228.
NegotiationI
Sebenius,JamesK.1992.NegotiationAnalysis:ACharacterizationandReview,ManagementScience
Session
38(1),1838.
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Putnam,RobertD.1988.DiplomacyandDomesticPolitics:TheLogicofTwoLevelGames,
InternationalOrganization42(3),427460.
NegotiationII
Frazier,DerrickandGaryGoertz.2002.PatternsofNegotiationinNonWarDisputes,International
Session
Negotiation7,339361.
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Jackson,Richard.2000.SuccessfulNegotiationinInternationalViolentConflict,JournalofPeace
Research37(3),323343.
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MediationI
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Gartner,ScottS.andJacobBercovitch.2006.OvercomingObstaclestoPeace:TheContributionof

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MediationtoShortLivedSettlements,InternationalStudiesQuarterly50(4),819840.
MediationII
Greig,MichaelJ.andPatrickM.Regan.2008.WhenDoTheySayYes?AnAnalysisoftheWillingnessto
OfferandAcceptMediationinCivilWars,InternationalStudiesQuarterly52(4),759781.
Greig,MichaelJ.2005.SteppingintotheFray:WhenDoMediatorsMediate?AmericanJournalof
PoliticalScience49(2),246266.
CrisisManagementandCoerciveDiplomacy
Butler,MichaelJ.2007.CrisisBargainingandThirdPartyMediation:BridgingtheGap,International
Negotiation12(2),249274.
Carlson,LisaJ.2007.Escalation,Negotiation,andCrisisType,inI.WilliamZartmanandGuyOlivier
Faure,eds.EscalationandNegotiationinInternationalConflicts.NewYork:Cambridge:213228.
Art,RobertJ.andPatrickM.Cronin.2007.CoerciveDiplomacy,inCrocker,ChesterA.FenOsler
HampsonandPamelaAall,eds.2007.LeashingtheDogsofWar:ConflictManagementinaDivided
World.Washington,DC:USInstituteofPeace,299318.
AdjudicationandArbitration
Fischer,Dana.1982.DecisionstoUsetheInternationalCourtofJustice:FourRecentCases,
InternationalStudiesQuarterly26(2),251277.
Allee,ToddL.andPaulK.Huth.2006.ThePursuitofLegalSettlementstoTerritorialDisputes,Conflict
ManagementandPeaceScience23,285307.
Peacekeeping
Greig,J.MichaelandPaulF.Diehl.2005.ThePeacekeepingPeacemakingDilemma,International
StudiesQuarterly49(4),621646.
Diehl,PaulF.,DanielDruckmanandJamesWall.1998.InternationalPeacekeepingandConflict
Resolution:ATaxonomicAnalysiswithImplications,JournalofConflictResolution42(1),3355.
MeasuringConflictManagementSuccess
Kloeboer,Marieke,1996.UnderstandingSuccessandFailureofInternationalMediation,TheJournal
ofConflictResolution,40(2),360389.
Bercovitch,JacobandJeffreyLangley.1993.TheNatureoftheDisputeandtheEffectivenessof
InternationalMediation.JournalofConflictResolution37(4):670691.
FromConflictManagementtoConflictResolution
Rothman,JayandMarieL.Olson.2001.FromIntereststoIdentities:TowardsaNewEmphasisin
InteractiveConflictResolution,JournalofPeaceResearch38(3),289305.
Werner,Suzanne.1999.ThePrecariousNatureofPeace:ResolvingtheIssues,Enforcingthe
Settlement,andRenegotiatingtheTerms,AmericanJournalofPoliticalScience(43),912934.
ConclusionandReflections