DIP-411: International Conflicts: Theory and History

This course discusses the theory, causes and history of international conflicts and warfare.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1- Is There an Enduring Logic of Conflict in World Politics?

Chapter 2- Origins of the Great Twentieth-Century Conflicts

Chapter 3- Balance of Power and World War I

Chapter 4- The Failure of Collective Security and World War II

Chapter 5- The Cold War

Chapter 6- Intervention, Institutions, and Regional and Ethnic Conflicts

Chapter 7- Globalization and Interdependence

Chapter 8- The Information Revolution, Transnational Actors, and the Diffusion of Power

The overall objectives of this course are:

– To review the causes and history of major conflicts

– To understand resource-based conflict as well as other causes

Upon completion of this course, the student is expected to able to:

– Understand theoretical approaches to conflict

– Understand resource-based conflict as well as other causes

• [do_widget_area ca-sidebar-55]
• [do_widget_area footer_bottom_left]
• [do_widget_area footer_bottom_right]
• [do_widget_area footer_column_1]
  • [do_widget id="media_image-2"]
  • [do_widget id="text-3"]
• [do_widget_area footer_column_2]
  • [do_widget id="tag_cloud-3"]
• [do_widget_area footer_column_3]
  • [do_widget id="widget_sp_image-3"]
  • [do_widget id="widget_sp_image-4"]
• [do_widget_area footer_column_4]
  • [do_widget id="pages-2"]
• [do_widget_area footer_text]
• [do_widget_area fullscreen_above_menu]
• [do_widget_area fullscreen_menu]
• [do_widget_area header_bottom_center]
• [do_widget_area header_bottom_right]
• [do_widget_area header_fixed_right]
• [do_widget_area header_left]
  • [do_widget id="search-3"]
  • [do_widget id="text-4"]
• [do_widget_area header_right]
  • [do_widget id="text-5"]
• [do_widget_area mega-menu]
• [do_widget_area sidearea]
  • [do_widget id="wdm_instructor_widget_bio-3"]
  • [do_widget id="sfwd-lessons-widget-3"]
• [do_widget_area sidebar]
  • [do_widget id="search-2"]
  • [do_widget id="custom-posts-3"]
  • [do_widget id="categories-2"]
  • [do_widget id="tag_cloud-5"]
  • [do_widget id="meta-2"]
• [do_widget_area sidebar_page]
  • [do_widget id="ldcourseprogress-6"]
  • [do_widget id="text-6"]
  • [do_widget id="widget_ldcoursenavigation-2"]
  • [do_widget id="text-8"]
  • [do_widget id="wdm_instructor_widget_bio-5"]
  • [do_widget id="text-7"]
  • [do_widget id="fac_promotion-3"]
  • [do_widget id="fac_promotion-9"]
  • [do_widget id="fac_promotion-11"]
  • [do_widget id="fac_promotion-12"]
  • [do_widget id="fac_promotion-13"]
• [do_widget_area smartslider_area_1]
• [do_widget_area vertical_menu_area]
• [do_widget_area widgets_for_shortcodes]
  • [do_widget id="wdm_instructor_widget_bio-6"]
  • [do_widget id="fac_promotion-4"]
  • [do_widget id="fac_promotion-5"]
  • [do_widget id="fac_promotion-6"]
  • [do_widget id="fac_promotion-7"]
• [do_widget_area wp_inactive_widgets]
  • [do_widget id="ldcourseprogress-2"]
  • [do_widget id="widget_ldcoursenavigation-3"]
  • [do_widget id="wdm_instructor_widget_bio-7"]
  • [do_widget id="fac_promotion_slider-3"]
  • [do_widget id="categories-3"]
  • [do_widget id="ldcourseprogress-4"]
  • [do_widget id="archives-2"]
  • [do_widget id="recent-posts-2"]