|
Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction to Conflict Management |
• Ramsbotham et. al. "Introduction to Conflict Resolution”, 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-mymUJRULs (10 conflicts to watch in 2022)
|
2) |
Sources of Conflict |
• Mitchell, “Compulsion & Formation”, 2014.
• Smith, Trends and Causes of Armed Conflict, 2004.
• Avruch and Black, “The Culture Question and Conflict Resolution”, 1991.
• Agbiboa, “Peace at Daggers Drawn? Boko Haram", 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1_qXlLGX8k (The causes of war and conditions of peace by Dr. David Cortright)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlglQFGY64 (Why we go to war? by Noam Chomsky)
|
3) |
Escalation of Conflict |
• Mitchell, “Perpetuation”, 2014.
• Sørensen and Johansen, “Nonviolent Conflict Escalation”, 2016.
• Shain, “The Role of Diasporas in Conflict Perpetuation or Resolution”, 2002.
• Moon and Suh, “Historical Analogy and Demonization of Others", 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iHfSR3_zIs (Diaspora mobilisation during conflicts: Armenian, Albanian and Palestinian diasporas compared)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJdErHQGEHM (Mahatma Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu and others during the Salt Satyagraha (Salt March), April 1930)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpGWkPBpMaY (Serbia: The Legacy of Otpor)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVu9eawb1QY (Greenpeace: Inspiring Action)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2att1HJqH2o (Pussy Riot sentenced for Putin protest)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIPmvoHWPFU (China & Japan: History of tensions)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKblujiRyk (Why is Russia invading Ukraine?)
|
4) |
Conflict Prevention |
• Mitchell, “Prevention”, 2014.
• Ackermann, “The Idea and Practice of Conflict Prevention”, 2003.
• Eralp and Beriker, “Assessing the Conflict Resolution Potential of the EU", 2005.
• Clubb, “From Terrorists to Peacekeepers: The IRA", 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M83fUUEqA9g (What is conflict prevention?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OceStgzIHc (Preventing conflict, making peace)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4hlnZFdClA (Iran: The impact of conflict prevention)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMA6QyuhrsU (Nicosia: The world's last divided capital)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82edi9VJrn8 (Brexit, dissidents and the Irish border)
|
5) |
Conflict Mitigation |
• Mitchell, “Mitigation”, 2014.
• Tir and Stinnett, “Weathering Climate Change: Can Institutions Mitigate International Water Conflict?” 2012.
• Dukalskis, “Why Do Some Insurgent Groups Agree to Ceasefires While Others Do Not?", 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ-K4rlz8mo (Conflict mitigation in informal settlements: Kenya Tuna Uwezo Program)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9CgvK0J5ww (Somali youth participation in conflict mitigation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04axDDRVy_o (The “ethnic cleansing” of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, explained)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdizU0arrJ0 (Nile River dispute)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rqjz6qXRo (Mekong Transboundary Dialogue)
|
6) |
WRAP UP AND Q&A MIDTERM EXAM |
|
7) |
Containing Conflict: Peacekeeping |
• Mitchell, “Termination I: Stopping the Violence”, 2014.
• Diehl, “With the Best of Intentions: Lessons from UNOSOM I and II”, 1996.
• Howe, “Lessons of Liberia: ECOMOG and Regional Peacekeeping”, 1996/97.
• Karlsrud, “The UN at War: Examining the Consequences of Peace-enforcement Mandates", 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2xOe22dwi4 (Peacekeeping, peacemaking, peacebuilding)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyJULAN7-so (UN Peacekeeping: Challenges from the field today and tomorrow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VONdAkDZTUI (Why wealthy "peacekeeping nations" are rejecting UN missions)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDUAEegImXY (Patrolling the lawless Sahara Desert with The Blue Helmets)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-2uMYBSL68 (Under the Blue Helmet: Life as a UN peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBEERS2JvuU (China’s growing role in UN peacekeeping missions in Africa)
|
8) |
Ending Conflict: Peacemaking |
• Mitchell, “Termination II: Addressing the Issues”, 2014.
• Bercovitch and Jackson, “Negotiation or Mediation?", 2011.
• Lundgren, “Mediation in Syria", 2016.
• Böhmelt, “The Effectiveness of Tracks of Diplomacy Strategies in Third-party Interventions”, 2010.
• Alonso, “Why Do Terrorists Stop? Analyzing Why ETA Members Abandon or Continue", 2011.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ziw8ojM7g (Track II Diplomacy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyV7mAdnwYk (Track I.5 Diplomacy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrC30Tlsf2I (International Peace Summit: Resolving conflicts through mediation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZNH49ujKcw (Brief history of ETA & peacemaking efforts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhBqx2clQd4 (The art of peacemaking: Can women solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?)
|
9) |
Post-conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding |
• Ramsbotham et. al. "Postwar Reconstruction”, 2016.
• Baxter and Ikobwa, “Peace Education", 2005.
• Tom, “Building a Liberal Peace in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone”, 2017.
• Linabary, Krishna et al., “The Conflict Family: Storytelling as an Activity and a Method", 2016.
• Chandler, “The Twenty Years’ Crisis”, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHaMoUZv4_A (Peacebuilding starts small)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaKcKTIUkXY (UN to stand behind Sierra Leone peacebuilding efforts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI_WP2Hijz0 (The future of peacebuilding: Lessons from Afghanistan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBEevCiQM4o (Politics of reconstruction)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cid9OiYUIOU&t=52s (Rethinking gender in peacebuilding)
|
10) |
Post-conflict Reconciliation |
• Mitchell, “Reconciliation", 2014.
• Mutua, “Never Again: Questioning the Yugoslav and Rwanda Tribunals”, 1997.
• Rafferty, “Engaging with the Violent Past in Northern Ireland”, 2017.
• Hassauna, “Spaces for Dialogue in a Segregated Landscape: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”, 2016.
• Schliesser, “The Politics of Reconciliation in Post-genocide Rwanda”, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DajmN6zQrGE (Rwanda’s gacaca courts questioned 10 years on)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99HhGu5kwJg (Genocide’s legacy: A reconciliation village in Rwanda)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdCR9N8v9XY (Two decades after peace pact, reconciliation still lags in Northern Ireland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBP_O6OhlCc&t=53s (What does a "Jerusalem Hug" look like?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGYMOLj3mSM (Jews, Muslims and Christians form "peace circle" in Jerusalem)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P15U1sXJ5xM (Establishment of Peace and Conflict Studies for Reconciliation in Iraq)
|
11) |
Institutionalization |
• Mitchell, “Institutionalization”, 2014.
• Fixdal and Smith, “Humanitarian Intervention and Just War”, 1998.
• Plessis and Pete, “Who Guards the Guards? The ICC and Serious Crimes Committed by the UN Peacekeepers", 2004.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcBovmGZSPU (Michael Walzer on Just War Theory)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR8qPyCrrsM (ICC - I)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz7fOtThE6E (ICC - II)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDQepfY3igM (ICC - III)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjD95gmn87c (ICC - IV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBSP3GCLNQo (ICC - V)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxhyGQpdVME (Does the ICC target African states?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5kup8zyxks (Will the ICC probe into Palestinian Territories achieve anything?)
|
12) |
Gender Issues |
• Ramsbotham et. al. "Gender and Conflict Resolution”, 2016.
• O'Reilly, "Contextualising Gendered Agency in War and Peace”, 2018.
• Parashar, “Gender, Jihad, and Jingoism", 2011.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI2AZdl-2O8 (Gender analysis of conflict: Why is it important?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaukupIWOL0 (The importance of women in peace processes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ps1eiGL_6Y (Women at the negotiating table: The missing piece in peacebuilding)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhFLJJPWT9M (Gender dynamics in conflict-affected Middle East and North African countries)
|
13) |
Vaka Çalışması: Dağlık Karabağ Anlaşmazlığı |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKoxiCE_ozE (Armenia-Azerbaijan | The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict explained)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNyh1VDrVlQ (The Nagorno-Karabakh disputed region: old conflict and new players)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GUncACmm8s (The gendered face of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict)
|
14) |
Review |
|
|
Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. |
|
2) |
Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. |
|
3) |
Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. |
|
4) |
Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. |
|
5) |
Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. |
|
6) |
Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. |
|
7) |
Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. |
|
8) |
Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. |
|
9) |
Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. |
|
10) |
Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. |
|
11) |
Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. |
|
12) |
Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |
|