The seminar begins with a reexamination of major traditions in international political theory as seen through the eyes of classical and modern political philosophers both from the global "North" and "South." We will discuss their insights into the issues of peace and war, cooperation and conflict, intervention and independence and international equality and inequality. In the last quarter of the seminar, students will present and discuss their papers that address the differences and similarities across philosophers or philosophies, focusing on questions that explore global issues.
Reading, analysis, and research on modern Japan. Field(s): EA
An introduction for graduate students to major issues in the political economic history of early and late developing economies, focusing on comparative institutional, legal, and monetary/financial transformation.
Prerequisites: Instructor's permission prior to registration.
This course will delve into how states infer what others are likely to do in the future and how they try to project desired images of how they will behave. This involves both purposeful or intended communication, as in diplomacy, and the ways in which perceivers try to discern others' capabilities and intentions from attributes and behaviors that the senders cannot readily manipulate. Substantive areas to be covered--or at least touched on--include how states try to open negotiations without appearing weak, how promises and threats can be orchestrated, and the use of peace feelers.
No other institution in world history has been granted by its near universal membership the authority to mandate coercive measures, including sanctions and the use of force against sovereign states. Has the Security Council fulfilled the dreams of its founders? The course will define the Security Council's authority and powers through the provisions of the charter. It will discuss in detail the issue of collective security, sovereignty, threat to international peace and security, the use of force and non intervention. Through various case studies, it will examine the array of tools the Council has at its disposal from persuasion and diplomatic tools to peace keeping, economic sanctions, military enforcement and use of force.
In recent years, civil wars have been five times more frequent, and more than five times deadlier, than international wars. How can we understand violence in civil wars? Why do nearly half of the countries that emerge from war lapse back into violence after five years? Why do most international interventions fail to bring peace to affected populations? This seminar focuses on recent conflict and post-conflict situations as background against which to understand the distinct dynamics of violence and peace settlements in civil wars.