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COURSE PLAN IR 532 CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT
BA (HONS) IIIRD YEAR AND MA (PREVIOUS)
COURSE INCHARGE: DR. MOONIS AHMAR, PROFESSOR,
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI
The study of conflicts at the inter and intra-state levels is essential for understanding the dynamics of International Relations in the world today. On these grounds, this course has been designed with a purpose for developing conceptual, theoretical and analytical skills in understanding basic aspects of domestic, national, regional and international conflicts and crises and methodology for the prevention, prevention, management and resolution of conflicts and crises at different levels. The course has two major parts viz.:
• Conflict Resolution
• Crisis management
Some of the important themes of this course, which will be discussed in detail, are about the following:-
• Conceptual tools of conflict resolution and crisis management.
• Types of conflict resolution and crisis management.
• Techniques of conflict resolution and crisis management.
• Case studies of conflict resolution and crisis management during the cold war and in the post-cold war era.
• The future of conflict resolution and crisis management, particularly in the context of South Asia.
This course has been designed to provide students the basic conceptual, technical, historical and factual knowledge about why conflicts occur and how can we strive for the management and resolution of conflicts. Impediments in a way for conflict resolution will also be discussed with the help of various case studies. Similarly, we will study about why crisis occur and what techniques could be adopted for the management of crisis in the world today. The objectives of the course are as follows:-
• To make students aware and conscious about the importance of conflict resolution and crisis management as a separate field of study.
• To impart enough knowledge about the nature of conflicts in the world today and the shape of crises and their management.
• To generate substantial interest among the course participants about the need for conflict resolution and crisis management with particular reference to the developing world and South Asia.
• To make course participants understand about the comparative study of various conflicts and crises in the past and in the present and examine in detail rational options for the future.
Given the technical nature of the course it is requested to take as much interest as possible in learning and sharing of knowledge about different pros and cons of this course. Course participants are advised to seriously go through the list of topics, along with the source materials. As in the past, there will be presentations and seminars covering important topics of this course.
Class Test 10%
Assignments 10%
Mid-term Test 30%
Final test 50%
* If you miss any test there will be no compensation.
1. July 18 Why and how to study this course?
2. 19 Definitions of Conflict Resolution (CR) Weslekar/Schellenberg/Burton/Mial
3. 20 Definitions of Conflict Management (CM)
4. 25 Types of conflict Weslekar/Schllenberg, Rupesinghe
5. 26 Basic concepts of CR. Weslekar/Schllenberg/ Avruch/Burton
6. 27 Basic concepts of CR Weslekar/Schllenberg/Avruch/Burton
7. Aug 01 Theories of CR. Schllenberg/Burton/Miall
8. 02 Theories of CR. Schllenberg/Burton/Miall
9. 03 Roads to CR. Weslekar/Schllenberg
10. 08 Negotiations, Bargaining and Mediation. Weslekar/Schllenberg
11. 09 Class Test
12. 10 Arbitration. Weslekar/Schllenberg
13. 15.CR research Schallenberg
14. 16.CR simulation exercises. Weslekar
15. 17.CR workshop. Weslekar
16. 22.Case studies of CR
17. 23. Palestinian-Israeli conflict
18. 24. Kashmir conflict
19. 29. Iraq conflict
20. 30. Afghan conflict
21. 31 Conflicts in Central Asia
22. Sept 05. Irish conflict. Kosovo conflict
23. 07. Discussion
24. 12. Mid-term test
25. 13. Major players in the resolution of conflicts
26. 14.United Nations.
27. 19.OSCE
28. 20.The future of CR. Schellenberg, Weslekar
29. 21.The future of CR. Schellenberg, Weslekar
30. 26.The definitions and concepts of crisis management. (CM) Bokhari
31. 27.The definitions and concepts of CM. Bokhari
32. 28.Types of CM. Bokhari
33. Oct. 03.a. Military/Nuclear
34. 04.b. Non-Military: Political/Economic
35. 05Case Studies of CM. Korean Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis
36. 10.1971 Indo-Pak War
37. 11. US-Iran hostage crisis, nuclear crisis
38. 12.1987 Brass-tacks military exercises, 1990 nuclear crisis
39. 17. Kargil crisis, 2001-2004 Indo-Pak crisis
40. 18. Indo-Pak water crisis
41. 19. Domestic crises in Pakistan: sectarian, water
42. 24 Domestic crises in Pakistan, 1977, 1993
43. 25. The future of CM
44. 26. Wrap-Up
Reading List
Books
1. Amstutz, Mark, R. International Conflict and Cooperation.
(Madison: Brown & Benchmark, 1995).
2. Avruch, Kevin Culture & Conflict Resolution
(Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace, 1998).
3. Avruch, Kevin. et.al. Conflict Resolution Cross Cultural Perspectives
(New York: Greenwood Press, 1991)
4. Baylis, John, et.al Contemporary Strategy: Theories and Policies .
(London: Croom Helm, 1976)
5. Banks, Michael Conflict in World Society: a new perspective on international Relations . (Brighton: Wheatsheaf Books, 1984).
6. Bartlett, C.J. The Global Conflict 1880 to 1970 . London: Longmans, 1984.
7. Bokhari, Imtiaz, H. Management of Third World Crises In Adverse Partnership
(Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1998).
8. Conflict Prevention: Strategies to sustain peace in the post- cold war world .
Report of the Aspen Institute Conference July 30-August 3, 1996
(Washington: Aspen Institute, 1997)
9. Burton, John and Conflict: Readings in Management and Resolution
(London: Dukes, Frank. Macmillan, 1990)
10. Frei, Daniel (ed.), Managing International Crises (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1982)
11. Kliot, N. The political geography of conflict and peace (London: Belhaven, 1991)
12. Krepon, Michael, and Crisis Prevention, Confidence Building, and Reconciliation
Sevak, Amit (eds.)., between India and Pakistan (Lahore: Vanguard Books (Pvt.) Ltd., 1996)
13. Lebow, R.N. Between Peace and War. The Nature of International Crisis
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981)
14. Miall, Hugh, Contemporary Conflict Resolution. The prevention, Ramsbotham, Management and transformation of deadly conflicts Woodhouse, Tom (Oxford: Polity, 2003)
15. Munro, D. A World Record of Major Conflict Areas (London: Arnold,1990)
16. Managing conflict in the post-cold war world: The role of information .
Report of the Aspen Institute Conference. August 2-6, 1995
(Washington DC: Aspen Institute, 1996)
17. Rupesinghe, Kumar, Civil Wars, Civil Peace, An Introduction to Conflict Resolution
(London: Pluto Press, 1998)
18. Schellenberg, James, Conflict Resolution. Theory, Research And Practice
(New York: State University of New York, 1996)
19. Waslekar, Sundeep, A Handbook for Conflict Resolution In South Asia
(New Delhi: Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 1996)
20. Wallensteen, Peter, Understanding Conflict Resolution, War, Peace and the Global System (London: Sage Publications, 2003)
21. Williams, Phil, Crisis Management: Confrontation and Diplomacy in the Nuclear Age
(London: Robertson, 1976)
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