PART II: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

NO Class Wednesday, July 4

Class 5 (Friday, July 6): International Security: Conflict and War

* Possible Debate:

* Map Quiz: Middle East

* IR, Chapter 4, “Conflict and War,” pp. 121-173.

* Taking Sides, ISSUE 10: “Was the War with Iraq Justified”       

* JFK on “Cuban Missile Crisis”

* Vietnam: “My Lai Massacre”

* The Gulf of Tonkin Incident--Two Classified NSA Installments released to public

Class 6 (Monday, July 9): Post-Cold War Security

* Map Quiz: Asia

* GWP, Michael Cox, “From the Cold War to the War on Terror,” pp. 131-156 (reserve)

* Taking Sides:  Clashing Views in World Politics

o        ISSUE 14 “Is Preemptive War an Unacceptable Doctrine”

o        ISSUE 15 “Is the War on Terrorism Succeeding”

 * Cases in IR, “The Perils of Proliferation: Iran and North Korea,” pp. 188-205 (reserve)

* Munson, “Lifting the Veil: Understanding the Roots of Islamic Militancy,” pp. 125-127 (reserve)

* Zakaria, “Why Do They Hate Us?”

* 9/11 Commission Final Report (Read Chapter 2: The Foundation of the New Terrorism)

* World Press Online, "The UN, International Law, and the War in Iraq"

Recommended/Debate Readings

* A&W, “Terror, Islam and Democracy,” pp. 299-319

* Carothers, “Promoting Democracy and Fighting Terror,” in Understanding the War on Terror, pp. 248-261

* Dobriansky, “Response: Democracy Promotion,” in War on Terror, pp. 262-269

* Roth, “The Law of the War on Terror,” in War on Terror, pp. 302-310

* Wedgewood, “Response: Combatants or Criminals?”, in War on Terror, pp. 311-317

* Larry Diamond, “What Went Wrong in Iraq,” Foreign Affairs, September/October 2004.

* Tony Smith and Larry Diamond’s Response, “Was Iraq a Fool’s Errand?” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2004.

* Harold Hongju Koh, “On American Exceptionalism.” Stanford Law Review 55 (2003): 1479-1527.

* Hans Kelsen, “Recognition in International Law: Theoretical Observations.” American Journal of International Law 35, 4 (1941): 605-617.

* White House, The National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, 2003

* White House, "Winning the War on Terror" (Outline)

* Hawkins, "George Bush's Wildly Successful War on Terrorism"

* Paul Savoy, "The Moral Case Against the Iraq War," The Nation

* Richard Falk, "A Roadmap for War: A Flawed Debate"

* Truth Laid Bare, "Cross Blog of Issues on the Iraq War"

* Washington Post, "US Figures Show Sharp Global Rise in Terrorism"

* Global Policy Forum--Iraq Report

Class 7 (Wednesday, July 11): International Law and Human Rights

* Debate I: Should the US force Democracy Abroad?

* IR, Chapter 6, pp. 263-283

* Taking Sides:  Clashing Views in World Politics

o        ISSUE 17 “Is the United Nations Fundamentally Flawed ”

o        ISSUE 18 “Should the United States Ratify the International Criminal Court Treaty”

Class 8 (Friday, July 13): Human Rights, Intervention and War Crimes

* Short Genocide Paper Due

* Midterm Review

* Global Issues, "Human Rights," pp. 76-107 (reserve)

* Cases in IR, "War Crimes: The Past in the Present in the Future," pp. 55-73 (reserve)

* Prunier, "The Politics of Death in Darfur," pp. 131-138 (reserve)

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