International politics in a global age III

Lecture are planned to include:

The problem of defining terrorism
A31/B31 The difficulties of reaching a generally agreed definition of terrorism
C31 Changes in organization and methodology

Types of terrorism
A31 Ideological terrorism
B31 Ethnic and religious terrorism
C31 The issue of state terrorism

Countering terrorism
A31 The problems involved in the use of force
B31 The role of intelligence
C31 The possibility of negotiation with terrorists

Post-conflict state-building process: security, reconstruction, rule of law and economic development; case studies including Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and selected others
A31 State collapse: Yugoslavia – story of economic and societal breakdown
B31 Post-conflict reconstruction: who switched off the lights?
C31 “Kick-starting the economy” – a group discussion exercise of challenges facing state-building actors

A31 Recovery of the state: from stalemate to sustainability
B31 Civil society and reconciliation: searching for understanding
C31 “Building the peace” – a group discussion exercise of challenges facing state-building actors

International politics in a global arena
A31 Making sense of the 21st century world: actors, arenas and dynamics
B31 How is order established and maintained? Power, authority and legitimacy
C31 Interests, values and human security

A31/B31/C31 Global security: equity, stability and sustainability

A31/B31/C31 The possibilities and limitations of global governance

Foreign policy and ideology
A31 Democracy and foreign policy
B31 Political Islam
C31 Diplomacy under the shadow of the bomb

Challenges to the international order
A31 Russia
B31 Middle East
C31 China