IS409 International Security §

• Lecturer: Nhem Boraden (NBR)

Notes §

File	created
Strategic Culture	May 08, 2022
Coercive Diplomacy	April 14, 2022
Deterrence	April 13, 2022
Ethnic Conflicts	April 04, 2022
Genocide	-
IS409 Orientation	-
War	-
Why Do States Build Nuclear Weapons__ Three Models in Search of a Bomb by Scott D. Sagan (1995)	-
Terrorism	-
War	-
WMD	-

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Assignments §

• IS409 Major Assignment on Motivations of States for Nuclear Weapons
• Impacts from State Failure and Intervention over Sovereingty

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Review on 2022-06-27 §

• 3 Comprehension questions (69 marks)
  • Can be very easy
    • Ex: What is terrorism?
  • Harder
    • Ex: Explain right definition of genocide.
    • Compare and contrast
• 1 Essay (31 marks)

Chapters to focus on (may or may not appear) §

• War: 5 traditions of war
  • Eschatological, political, Cataclysmic, New War, Spectator-Spot/Western Way of war
  • Clausewitz or Political Tradtions of War
    • Trinity and political objectives ( the picture)
    • Limited vs Total War
      • Demand of something another party won’t ever give up
      • Who wins
  • Mary Kaldor’s criticism of Clausewitz: her is not the best definition of new war
  • Case study: Ukraine-Russia Conflict
• Terrorism
  • Characteristics of Terrorism
  • Types of Counter Terrorism
  • Current Event
    • Examples of terrorist groups and tactics, non specific group (you can bring your own example)

• What are the major terrorist groups in the world?

• WMD

  • What are the difference btween them in terms of characteristics and effectiveness
  • What are the effects of nuclear weapons?
  • Why do states wnat to have nuclear weapons
    • Realism
    • Bureaucratic theory
    • Constructivism
    • Example of each theory and assessment
    • Bring up a case, and pick whichever the best theory to explain this case

• Why new war occurs, why we should pay attention?

  • Trick question
  • Technology
  • Politics/Diplomacy

• Characteristics of New War, if it occurs what does it look like?

  • Asymmetricalization of war: small groups fights large opponent, guerilla tactics, blend in with population
  • Privatization
  • De-militarization

• Result of new war

  • Counterinsurgency/War of pacification
  • War of Devastation: destroy everything
  • Resource war
  • Definition of genocide and conceptual discussion of failed states (not really needed, can skip)
  • What is ethnicity (important)
    • Borderline definition by Anthony Smith
  • Where does ethnicity come from?
    • Ancient Hartred, Instrumental, Mth0symbol complex
    • Entrenched hatred turns into ethnic discrimination
  • How to resolve ethnic conflict
    • Power-sharing: don’t work, but they still do it
    • Partition
    • Social construction of peaceful ideas

• Coercion Strategies Deterrence

  • Status quo
  • Use of force
  • Timing

• What are the ingredients of successful ocercive diplomacy

  • Credinbility of the coercer
  • Target
  • …

• Nuclear deterrence

  • First strike
  • Case study: Russia’s nuclear threats, did it work?