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DEPARTMENT
OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI
COURSE PLAN IR 532
CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT
SECOND SEMESTER
JULY-NOVEMBER 2006 MTW, 9.30-10.20 A.M.
BA (HONS) IIIRD YEAR AND MA (PREVIOUS)
ABOUT THE COURSE
Conflict resolution is a sub-field of International
Relations. With the emergence of new states after the end of the
Second World War, the shape of conflicts also began to change. The
transformation of conflicts from colonial and imperial rivalries
to the post-independence conflicts changed the dynamics of world
politics. In this perspective, the study of conflicts at the inter
and intra-state levels is essential for understanding the dynamics
of International Relations in the world today. Likewise, the nature
of crisis also began to transform resulting into the formulation
of scientific techniques for crisis management. 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.:
a. Conflict Resolution
b. Crisis management
Some of the important themes of this course, which
will be discussed in detail, are the following:-
1. Conceptual and theoretical tools of conflict
resolution and crisis management.
2. Types of conflict resolution and crisis management.
3. Techniques of conflict resolution and crisis management.
4. Case studies of conflict resolution and crisis management during
the cold war and in the post-cold war era.
5. The future of conflict resolution and crisis management, particularly
in the context of Pakistan and 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:-
a. To make students aware and conscious about the
importance of conflict resolution and crisis management as a separate
field of study.
b. To impart enough knowledge about the nature of conflicts in the
world today and the shape of crises and their management.
c. 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.
d. 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.
Division of marks*
Class Test 10%
Assignments 10%
Mid-term Test 30%
Final test 50%
* If you miss any test there will be no compensation.
Lecture/Discussion schedule
1. July17 Why and how to study this course?
2. 18 Definitions of Conflict Resolution (CR) Weslekar/Schellenberg/Burton/Mial
3. 19 Definitions of Conflict Management (CM)
4. 24 Types of conflict Weslekar/Schllenberg, Rupesinghe
5. 25 Basic concepts of CR. Weslekar/Schllenberg/ Avruch/Burton
6. 26 Basic concepts of CR Weslekar/Schllenberg/Avruch/Burton
7. 31 Theories of CR. Schllenberg/Burton/Miall
8. Aug01 Theories of CR. Schllenberg/Burton/Miall
9. 02 Roads to CR. Weslekar/Schllenberg
10. 07 Negotiations, Bargaining and Mediation. Weslekar/Schllenberg
11. 08 Class Test
12. 09 Arbitration. Weslekar/Schllenberg
13. 15.Why CR Research? Schallenberg
14. 16.CR simulation exercises. Weslekar
15. 21.CR workshop. Weslekar
16. 22.Case studies of CR
17. 23. Palestinian-Israeli conflict
18. 28. Kashmir conflict
19. 29. Iraq conflict
20. 30. Afghan conflict
21.Sept.04.Conflicts in Central Asia
05. 05 Irish conflict. Kosovo conflict
23. 06. Discussion
24. 11. Mid-term test
25. 12. Major players in the resolution of conflicts
26. 13.United Nations.
27. 18.EU/OSCE
28. 19.The future of CR. Schellenberg, Weslekar
29. 20.The future of CR. Schellenberg, Weslekar
30. 25.The definitions and concepts of crisis management. (CM) Bokhari
31. 26.The definitions and concepts of CM. Bokhari
32. 27.Types of CM. Bokhari
33. Oct.02.a. Military/Nuclear
34. 03.b. Non-Military: Political/Economic
35 04.Case Studies of CM. Korean Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis
36. 09.1971 Indo-Pak War
37. 10. US-Iran hostage crisis, U.S-Iran nuclear crisis
38. 11.1987 Brass-tacks military exercises, 1990 nuclear crisis
39. 16. Kargil crisis, 2001-2004 Indo-Pak crisis
40. 17. Indo-Pak water crisis
41. 18. Domestic crises in Pakistan: sectarian, energy
42. 30 Domestic crises in Pakistan, 1977, 1993
43. 31. The future of CM
44. Nov. 01. 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:1991)
Belhaven,
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, Management
Ramsbotham,
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)
22. SIPRI Year Book, 2005 (Stockholm:
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2005) Available
at the Library of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs
Visit the Website of Program on Peace Studies and
Conflict Resolution at: www.ppscr.org
(DR. MOONIS AHMAR)
PROFESSOR & COURSE INCHARGE
July 15, 2006
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