IS404 Review §

• 90 minutes exam
• Define key term
  • by understanding instead of by text book or lecture slides
• Comprehension question
  • based on own understanding: from textbook
  • paragraph format
  • can be short, just convey needed information, straight the point
  • 2, 3 supporting ideas, examples
• Critical thinking question
  • 5 paragraph essay
• Conflict Resolution
• Chapter 4 to chapter 11

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1. What are the alternative conflict resolution mechanisms?
   • negotiation
     • Enhance an understanding of the significance and the evolution of negotiation as a tool in international relations
   • mediation
   • facilitation
   • reconciliation
2. explain theoretical perspectives on conflict resolution:
   • Identity can be formed around differentiating factors such as discriminated groups or inter-group rivalry ¹
     • Culture: religion, language, beliefs
     • Elites shape common identity, represent to int. community as one
     • Identity can be constructed, deconstructed, and reconstructed through the reinterpretation of shared experiences
   • Power Dimention ²
   • Structural Dimension ³
3. analyze the nature of different types of conflict and processes of conflict resolution
   • Understand how to structure and classify conditions and problems on different levels of analysis (local, national, regional, and global level)
   • in different stages of the conflict resolution process
4. Under what conditions and factors parties in conflict can move from violent interactions to perpetual peace?
5. Policy recommendation: apply effective strategy responses in order to prevent, manage, and resolve numerous types of conflict that take place on the ground in different inter-organization and interstate levels
   • Formulate and propose appropriate mechanisms for a peaceful conflict resolution
6. Case Studies
   • 2021 Myanmar Military Coup
   • War in Afghanistan
   • Iraq & Kuwait War

References §

• course syllabus: basic structure of what’s important

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Final Exam §

1. What is the difference between Arbitration and court-based adjudication.
   1. What are the ICJ’s weaknesses?
   2. How do you solve these ICJ weaknesses?
2. how Structure affect conflict
3. explain win-win policy in conciliation dynamic

• Critical Thinking Questions:
  • Recite video project analysis
    • Actors involved, causes, consequences of conflict
    • What are the mechanism already applied for this

Footnotes §

1. Conflict From Identity ↩

2. Power ↩

3. CMRAI-C6 Structure ↩