1. Issues of War & Peace Poli334 Spring 2008

2. The Basics Reading: Richard K. Betts. 2008. Conflict after the Cold War: Arguments on Causes of War and Peace, 3rd Edition. ISBN: 0-205-58352-0

3. The Basics Requirements –Midterm exam take home due around spring break –Final exam in class 12 May at 7:00 p.m.

4. The Basics Research Project –Oral presentation to the class –10-15 page written report –Topics due by early February –Outlines by March –Final copies early May

5. Overview International Political System War –Causes –Types –Strategy –Weapons and Tactics Peace

6. International Political System Basic political unit –State Other Actors –IGOs international orgs multinational orgs –NGOs interest groups corporations political organizations

7. International Political System Basic feature –anarchic “self help” system –implication? No formal institutional means to prevent conflict No formal institutional means to resolve conflict and that in turn means…

8. Warfare is much more likely to occur. That is, without any real means to promote and protect peace, world politics is much more violent than its domestic counterpart.

9. International Political System So we can prevent war by changing the international political system If international politics were more like domestic politics, violence would occur, but be much more manageable, right?

10. Causes of War We’ll study a series of explanations offered to explain why wars occur, including:

11. Causes of War Biological and social evolutionary theories –non human primate studies –“primitive” warfare

12. Causes of War Culture –beliefs, values, norms shape how we act –in group/out group oppositions

13. Causes of War Economic Interests Scarcity fuels competition, competition -- in conditions of anarchy -- generates conflict

14. Causes of War Ideology –promote and defend political, cultural, moral etc., ideals

15. Types of War “Conventional” Non Conventional –Guerrilla –Insurgency –Civil –Nuclear –Chemical/Biological –Computer

16. Peace Ending War Sources of Contention Energy Water Food Land Immigration Ideologies Religion … Peace plans…