Provide a broad overview of the nature of global conflict in the 21st century and investigate conflict prevention, conflict intervention and management, and post-settlement operations. The course incorporates studies of the origins and nature of modern diplomacy, and the art of negotiations as a means to conflict settlement. The course also includes individual and team negotiation practical exercises which allow students to develop individual mediation and negotiation skills. Requirements include two WPRs, one negotiation strategy paper written in preparation for the team negotiation exercise, and a final term paper and presentation in which the students investigate an international conflict and critique and/or develop a strategy for managing the conflict utilizing the theory, methodology and tools discussed in class.
Lessons
40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
Particpation in a three week long negotiation practical exercise run in the afternoons, overlapping the course hour, generally during lessons 10-17.
