issues of war & peace poli334 spring 2008. the basics reading: richard k. betts. 2008. conflict...
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Issues of War & Peace
Poli334
Spring 2008
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The Basics
Reading:
Richard K. Betts. 2008. Conflict after the Cold War: Arguments on Causes of War and Peace, 3rd Edition.
ISBN: 0-205-58352-0
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The Basics
• Requirements– Midterm exam
• take home• due around spring break
– Final exam• in class• 12 May at 7:00 p.m.
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The Basics
• Research Project– Oral presentation to the class– 10-15 page written report – Topics due by early February– Outlines by March– Final copies early May
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Overview
• International Political System• War
– Causes– Types– Strategy– Weapons and Tactics
• Peace
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International Political System
• Basic political unit– State
• Other Actors– IGOs
• international orgs• multinational orgs
– NGOs• interest groups• corporations• political organizations
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International Political System
• Basic feature– anarchic “self help” system– implication?
• No formal institutional means to prevent conflict• No formal institutional means to resolve conflict
and that in turn means…
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Warfare ismuch morelikely to occur.
That is, withoutany real meansto promote andprotect peace,world politics ismuch more violent than itsdomesticcounterpart.
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International Political System
• So we can prevent war by changing the international political system
• If international politics were more like domestic politics, violence would occur, but be much more manageable, right?
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Causes of War
• We’ll study a series of explanations offered to explain why wars occur, including:
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Causes of War
• Biological and social evolutionary theories– non human primate
studies– “primitive” warfare
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Causes of War
• Culture– beliefs, values,
norms shape how we act
– in group/out group oppositions
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Causes of War
• Economic Interests• Scarcity fuels
competition, competition -- in conditions of anarchy -- generates conflict
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Causes of War
• Ideology– promote and
defend political, cultural, moraletc., ideals
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Types of War
• “Conventional”• Non Conventional
– Guerrilla– Insurgency– Civil– Nuclear– Chemical/Biological– Computer
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Peace
• Ending War• Sources of Contention
• Energy• Water• Food• Land• Immigration• Ideologies• Religion• …
Peace plans…