This course provides a broad overview of the nature of global conflict in the 21st century and investigates conflict prevention, conflict intervention and management, and post-settlement operations. The course also provides students an introduction to the field of conflict resolution and inter-cultural communication, and is centered around hands-on skills-building with individual and team negotiation practical exercises which allow students to develop individual mediation and negotiation skills. In addition to graded role-play simulations, requirements include a WPR, and a final conflict analysis 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.
