POLI 4315
Security and Conflict Resolution
Fall 2026
Topics
- dimensions of contemporary security, crime, and conflict resolution mechanism. First, it
- the nature and causes of conflict
- negotiations and mediation practices, bilateral and multilateral negotiations, conference
- diplomacy, third party intervention, the UN system, functionalism, regionalism and new
- world order
Readings
- Required: Joseph Nye, Jr and David Welch. Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation
- Required: Chapters 7 and 8
- Required: Conclusion: International Security and New World Order.
- Required: Chapters 9 and 10
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2026
- Course source ↗