PSCI 225
International Security Fall 2014
Division II
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This course examines when, why, and how military threats and military force are used to obtain political objectives. We will discuss the many methods through which states and non-state actors attempt to convince their opponents to meet political demands, including military coercion, economic coercion, forced migrations, terrorism, guerrilla warfare, nuclear blackmail and all-out conventional warfare. We will also explore how the organizational attributes of these actors–for example, leadership structures, military cultures, and bureaucratic politics– may affect their decisions to use force and the effectiveness with which they do so. The course focuses on the period from the end of World War II until the present.
The Class: Format: lecture
Limit: 25
Expected: 25
Class#: 1593
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: class participation, two 4- to 5-page papers, and a final exam
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: Political Science majors
Distributions: Division II
Attributes: INST Borders, Exiles + Diaspora Studies Electives
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