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Introduction
to syllabus and books
Theory of Justice in War
Wray Johnson, PhD, Essay on Just War Hugo Grotius in Curtis (ed) Vol. 1 Can there be justice as a cause of war? Can there be justice in waging a war? How should civilians or prisoners be treated? How should women and children fighters be treated? What mechanism is there to enforce justice? How could the international community develop means of limiting dirty war? |
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Thomas Aquinas, [Wiki]
"Of
War", Question XL of the Summa Theologica,ca.1270 AD[Wiki]
Also
in HC Justice reader on Library reserve at circulation desk.
Is law sinful? Should clergy fight in war? Are ambushes, or bushwhacking, morally justifiable? |
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Sam Huntington,
"The Clash of Civilizations?" Foreign Affairs, Summer 1993 [Summary][notes][WikiPedia]
[Map]
[Archived]
Has the clash
of civilizations gone so far as to replace the clash of nation states?
Why would cultural clashes go so far as wars? Is the Islamic world actually unified as a civilization? "Maps of War" (animated timeline of religions' development) |
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| The US Awakens to Terrorism:
Al Qaeda's attacks upon the United States
9/11 Report: Summary 01. We Have Some Planes To what degree was the US vulnerable to the 9/11 attacks? In what way did the hijackers exploit US systems of public transport? To what degree did the immediate US response show preparedness? |
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| Al Qaeda's attacks upon the
United States
9/11 Report: Summary 02. Foundation of the New Terrorism 03. Counterterrorism Evolves How did AQ's new form of terrorism evolve, and from what stimulus? How did US CT evolve, and did it evolve fast enough? By Sep 2001, how did the Clinton and Bush administrations compare in their approaches to CT? |
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Responses to Al Qaeda's Initial Assaults
05. Al Qaeda Aims at the American Homeland 06. From Threat to Threat What did the US's initial responses tell us about the US CT system? To what degree is the attack upon the homeland different from attacks upon US targets in Africa or Yemen? How well did the US system prepare for a shift of targets to US soil? |
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07. The Attack Looms 08. The System Was Blinking Red 09. Heroism & Horror How long did AQ take in the planning stages of the attacks? Were there sufficient warnings for the Bush administration to take prior action? How well did initial responders cope with the assaults? |
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Clarke's memo to national security adviser Condi Rice, about Al Qaida,
on 25 Jan. 2001 - on NSA Facebook and on
NSA Web (in more depth) NEW
Did the incoming W. Bush administration have any warning of the seriousness and urgency of the threat from Al Qaida? |
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9/11 Report:
Recommendations
10.
Wartime
11. Foresight -- and Hindsight 12. What to Do? A Global Strategy 13. How to Do It? A Different Way of Organizing the Government Did the US need to make a transition from law enforcement to wartime? Should the US have foreseen terrorist attacks? Did the US need to reorganize intelligence and law enforcement agencies? Did the US need law enforcement and intelligence agencies to communicate? Did the 9/11 attacks justify infringement on civil liberties? How many of the recommendations have been implemented? |
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Violence &
Terrorism
Badey (ed)Violence
and Terrorism 08/09 Questions
UNIT
links are to 2007 notes. New readings [+] are linked to 2009 notes
1. Ghosts of Our Past, Karen Armstrong, 2002
2. Essay on Terrorism, Marc Nicholson, 2003 3. Origins of New Terrorism, Matthew J. Morgan, 2004 4. Myth of the Invincible Terrorist, Christopher C. Harmon, 2004 [+] Does the concept of terrorism predate the modern era? In what ways is AQ's terrorism a new phenomenon? What causes terrorism? How is it changing? How are millennial or religious groups different from nationalist groups? |
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Badey (ed)Violence
and Terrorism 08/09 Questions
UNIT
2. Tactics of Terrorism
5. Paying for Terror, David E. Kaplan, 2005 6. Toy Soldiers, Cheryl Barnard, 2007[+] How do terrorists prey on a target society? Who are likely targets of assassination? How have terrorist groups responded to the decline in state funding? In what ways is AQ's terrorism based on new tactics? What are the misperceptions of suicide bombing? |
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Badey (ed)Violence
and Terrorism 08/09 Questions
7.
Iran's Suicide Brigades, Ali Alfoneh, 2007 [+]
8. Hizballah and Syria, Emile El-Hokayem, 2007 [+] 9. Guerrilla Nation, Thor Halvorssen, 2005 [#] 10. The Growing Syrian Missile Threat: Syria after Lebanon, Lee Kass, 2005 [#] How do states support terrorism? With what instruments? How can a state defend against state or non-state terrorists? |
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Badey (ed)
Violence
and Terrorism 08/09 Questions
UNIT
4. International Terrorism
11. Colombia & US: From Counternarcotics to Counterterrorism, Arlene B. Tickner, 2003 12.Wounded but Still Dangerous, The Economist, 2007 [+] 13. Peace at Last? Joshua Hammer, 2007 [+] 14. Root Causes of Chechen Terror, Alon Ben-Meir, 2004 [#] 15. End of Terrorism?, Meredith Moore, 2005 [#] |
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Badey (ed)Violence
and Terrorism 08/09 Questions
16. Homegrown Terror, Michael Reynolds, 2004
17. Green Rage, Matt Rasmussen, 2007 [+] 18. Echoes of the Future, Gartenstein-Ross and Dabruzzi, 2007 [+] 20. Speaking for the Animals, or the Terrorists?, Scott Smallwood, 2005 [#] 21. José Padilla and the War on Rights, Jenny S. Martinez, 2004 [#] How do international terrorist groups connect? Is there really an alternative international society of terrorism? How do terrorist groups operate within the United States? Is it moral to set free animals imprisoned for research purposes? What US groups should be included among terrorists? |
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Violent Episode in the Virtual World, John Gray, 2005 [+}
23. Terror's Server, David Talbot, 2005 [#] 25.
Congress and the YouTube War, Cohen and Kupcu [+]
The Portuguese Waterboard Dog, cartoon by Peter Brookes, The Times (UK) online, 2009 NEW How do international terrorist groups exploit the western mass media? To protect us from terrorism, should governments restrain the communications media? How should the media cover terrorism? How will media developments of the future affect the opportunities for terrorism? |
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Badey (ed)
Violence
and Terrorism 08/09 Questions
26.
Qutbism: An Ideology of Islamic Fascism, Dale Eikmeier, 2007 [+]
27. The Madrassa Scapegoat, Peter Bergen and Swati Pandey, 2006 [#] 28. Holy Orders: Religious Opposition to Modern States, Mark Juergensmeyer, 2004 [#] What did Qutb argue, and why was he redicalized? Who did Qutb influence, and what is his role among Islamic terrorists? How are terrorist groups connected to fundamentalist religion? To what degree are fundamentalist Islamic schools a cause of terrorism? What US surveillance or restrictions should be imposed on religion to prevent terrorism? Should the US encourage separation of church and state abroad? |
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30. Cross-Regional
Trends in Female Terrorism, Karla J. Cunningham, 2003 [#]
31.
Explosive Baggage: Female Palestinian Suicide Bombers & Rhetoric, Terri
Toles Patkin, 2004 [#]
32. Bomb Under the Abaya, Judith Miller, 2007 [+] 33. Picked Last: Women and Terrorism, Alisa Stack O'Connor, 2007 [+] How do international terrorist groups exploit females? Why were so few women emploiyed as terrorists in past decades? How should counter terrorism target the genders? Do women employ a different rhetoric of terrorism? How are young girls exploited in African wars? TEST1: Thursday, Covering all the above. |
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Badey (ed)Violence
and Terrorism 08/09 Questions
35.
Port Security Is Still a House of Cards, Stephen E. Flynn, 2006 [#]
36. Are We Ready Yet?, Christopher
Conte, 2005 [#]
37. Held Without Trial in the USA, AC Thompson, 2007 How
should counter terrorist officials operate within the United States?
To what degree
has the US secured major vulnerabilities since 2001?
How should counter terrorist officials co-operate with those abroad? Is the CT war counter-productive in India & Pakistan? |
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10. Future Threats
38. From the War on Terror to Global Counterinsurgency, Bruce Hoffman, 2006 [+] 39. Terrorism to Come, Walter Laqueur, 2004 How will the war against terrorism evolve? Will the war on terrorism last a whole generation or just five years? How has Al Qaeda mutated since 2001? Can the US match its changes? How can one answer the old question, "Why us?" |
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Terrorism
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Howard, Presentation to AWAC,
Tue 8 Nov. '05, on modern terrorism.
What (before 2001) would be needed for the US to face up to terrorism? How are modern international terrorists better than their predecessors? In what sense are Americans part of the problem for CT? |
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Beslan:
Siege of School No.1 (PBS, Wide Angle film) NEW
PBS notes on the film [massacre, 1 Sep. 2004, Ingushetia, the Caucasus] For detailed map, click here and use zoom (e.g. can see Beslan in Ingushetia, just up & to left of label "North Ossetia") What is the cause of this conflict? What are the stakes? Who tries to negotiate, and with what authority? What is the prospect for a negotiated solution? What CT response techniques go wrong or are missing? |
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Lewis [Slide] Legal
constraints on Interrogations
Notes on US policy on interrogations and torture How does US and international law constrain the US from using torture? Pew global attitudes survey, July 2005, attitudes to Islamist terrorism. [Chart and summary by Dr. Lewis] How do nations support or oppose Islamist terrorism? Should the Bush administration have assuaged world opinion? Has the Bush administration's war in Iraq been counter-productive? |
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8: Current and Former Communist Regimes | Discussion
Notes
Thinking About Communism Socialism, Marxism, Leninism The Marxist-Leninist State The Crisis of Communism: Suicide by Public Policy Transitions Troubled Transitions: The Former Soviet Union Questions based on the text: Why should there be any nostalgia for past communist regimes? Why should former communist parties attract voters in new democracies? What was the role of Gorbachev in the transition from communism? What did perestroika and glasnost mean to Russians? Are there any truly Marxist countries left? In what way does thinking about communist regimes expose our assumptions about government? What are the tenets of Socialism, Marxism and Leninism? What was democratic centralism? A command economy? How did Orwell's Animal Farm satirize Stalin? How are liberals and socialists divided on the means of production? equality of outcome? the spread of democracy? What to Marx are the economic base? contradictions? superstructure? need for revolution? -------------------------------------------- More general questions: How do Socialism, Marxism and Leninism differ? What was missing from Socialism that Marx sought to add? What was missing from Marxism that Lenin sought to add? How did Lenin seek to turn theory into practice? Why did communist regimes decline and fall in the 1980s? Why did Russia not develop smoothly (economically and politically) post 1989? |
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communist countries, using CIA World Factbook:
Which types are richer (higher per capita income at PPP)? India is a large, capitalist country and China a large, officially 'communist' country: compare them. See GDP per cap table Which are more unequal in incomes? Is equality a goal of states? See Gini index rankings: 25 is low inequality, 50+ is high |
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| Hauss 9: Russia | Discussion
Notes | Maps of Asia | --
still needs maps of Russia page
Russia's rankings in CIA World Factbook Thinking About Russia The Evolution of the Russian State Between Dictatorship and Democracy Political Culture and Participation The Russian State Public Policy What was the history of Russian political institutions before 1917? Why did Bolsheviki overturn the Russian state? How did Stalin replace Lenin in control of the state? Who should control the nation state? If the State works for the people, why is there a need to restrain it? Why did Marxist-Leninist regimes fail to develop economically alongside other regimes? |
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10: China | Asian Maps | Discussion
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Questions on Joseph's textbook (discontinued) China's rankings in CIA World Factbook Thinking about China Evolution of Chinese Politics Political Culture Political Participation Chinese State Public policy Comparing Chinese and Russian communism in power: Discussion Notes How does China's heritage affect development? How did China awake to the modern age? How did Maoism take root in China? What were the effects of the civil war on China? How did communism constrain China's modern development? How did the CCP open up economics to market forces? |
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| Hauss 11: Less Developed Countries
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Thinking about Less Developed World Evolution of LDC Politics Political Culture Political Participation Weak States Public policy: Myths and realities of Development How can we properly compare nations and states? What are the proper units and benchmarks of comparison? How can we analyze a moving target? What themes can we use for comparison? What neutral point is there to begin our comparison? |
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| Hauss 12: India
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India's rankings in CIA World Factbook Thinking about India Evolution of Indian Politics Political Culture Political Participation Indian State Public policy How does India's heritage affect development? How did India achieve independence? How did India forge a nation? What were the after effects of colonialism? What resources could India exploit for development? Does India show that development is compatible with open democracy? |
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| Hauss 16: Latin America |
Maps
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Discussion Notes
Mexico | Maps | Discussion Notes Mexico's rankings in CIA World Factbook Thinking about Mexico Evolution of the Mexican State Political Culture Political Participation The Mexican State Public Policy How does Mexico's heritage affect development? How did Mexico achieve independence? How did Mexico forge a nation? What were the after effects of colonialism? What resources could Mexico exploit for development? Does Mexico show that development is compatible with open democracy? How is Mexico affected by proximity to the US? |
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Nigeria | Maps | Discussion Notes Nigeria's rankings in CIA World Factbook Thinking about Nigeria Evolution of the Nigerian State Political Culture and Participation The Nigerian State Public Policy How does Nigeria's heritage affect development? How did Nigeria achieve independence? How did Nigeria forge a nation? What were the after effects of colonialism? What resources could Nigeria exploit for development? Does Nigeria show that development is compatible with open democracy? |
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| The Middle East | Maps
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Notes
Wide Angle or Frontline World documentary film Are the issues and problems very different outside the US? PBS, The House of Saud | Maps of Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia's rankings in CIA World Factbook Why did Saudi Arabia become Wahhabist? By what bargain did the US exploit Saudi oil? What tensions have occurred in the US-Saudi relationship? |
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| Speech of Amb. Ryan
Crocker to AWAC, 3 Nov. '09
(Amb. Crocker has been envoy to Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan) How can we define the Middle East? How do Middle Eastern countries view our engagements in the region? How should we begin -- or end-- any engagement? |
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Iran's
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| Hauss 14: Iraq | Maps
of Iraq | Discussion Notes
Iraq's rankings in CIA World Factbook Fiasco Thinking About Iraq Basics Evolution Iraq Under Saddam The State Under Saddam Public Policy The Third War and the New Iraq |
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Great
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Hauss 17:
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7-11 Dec
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Comprehensive Final Exam: Exam 08:30 F 11 Dec |
