POEC6367 - Topical Issues in Conflict and Conflict Resolution

POEC 6367 Topical Issues in Conflict and Conflict Resolution (3 semester hours) This course will examine in detail three recent international or ethnic conflicts and the national and international efforts to resolve the conflicts and/or mitigate their efforts. The course will examine theories of conflict including ethnic conflict and just war theory. It will examine the historical sources of the conflicts, the regional and international dimensions, the precipitating causes and the intensification of the conflicts. Examples of conflicts that could be used include: the former Yugoslavia, India/Pakistan, Iraq and Kuwait, North Korea, Israel/Palestine and Sudan. (3-0) T