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~Contemporary International Relations~


Unit IV: Conflict Avoidance and the International System


                       Assignments - April 4-15, 2011


Monday











Go back to Unit III: Economics and the International System
Tuesday

Wednesday

Range of Soviet ICBMs in Cuba - 1962
Thursday Friday











Go ahead to Unit V- Military Intervention in the International System

Complete Video-
Commanding Heights -
on the currency crisis and
Globalization!



5
Review for test!

6
.Test Unit 3-
Economics and the
International System

After test- Start reading
Conflict Since the Cold War- End of the Cold Wa



7
Begin Unit 4-
Conflict Avoidance
and the International
System


8
US Institude of Peace (USIP)
Read Dr. Kevin Lund's The Curve of Conflict.
  • Durable Peace
  • Stable Peace
  • Unstable Peace
  • Crisis
  • War
Homework:

Study for test!!!

Homework:

Homework:
Review pages 35-43 in text on the Cold War and post-Cold War history.  We went over this in January!
Homework:
Complete reading Conflict Since the Cold War.
Read and outline pages
242-245 in text on UN
peacekeeping missions


Homework:
Reading: India and Pakistan
Nuclear Risk Reduction Measures

11
Assignment: Arms Control Chart!

Types of UN Peacekeeping Missions - 
Peace keeping
Peace Enforcement
Mandates

Chapter VI vs Chapter VII missions
Chapter VI 1/2 ?
Case Studies:

  • UNEF 1956-1967
  • UNOSOM- 1992-1993
  • UNMIK- 1999 to present
  • UNMIS- 2005
12
Collect review of a UN peacekeeping mission!

Nuclear Weapons

Historic Overview
  • Manhattan Project
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Modern Nuc Weapons
    • tactical
    • imtermediate
    • strategic ICBMs
    • MIRV
  • MAD strategy
  • US TRIAD
  • USSR
  • Counterforce Targeting
  • Countervalue Targeting
  • First Strike
13
Quiz! Conflict since Cold War, Curve of Conflict & UN Peacekeeping!

Review WMD reading.

Introduction to Cuban Missile Crisis

FILM: Missiles of October
Analyze how President Kennedy and Premier Khruschchev worked the crisis to avoid a nuclear World War III

14
Arms Control Chart due!

Continue Missiles of October...


Missiles of October
Assignment - click here!

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Missiles of October
Consider the role of 'face' in these negotiations.




Missiles of October
Assignment - click here!

Homework:
1. Download Arms Control Treaty Chart - Complete it using pages 160-171 in your text! Due Thurs.

2. Briefly research one
UN peacekeeping
mission

 (after clicking on this link).
1. What was the purpose of the mission? (What is its mandate?)
2. Is it complete?  Was it successful? - due tomorrow!


Homework:
1. Review pages 35-43 on Cold War and post-Cold War history!

2. Review the following clips:
History Channel – The Atomic Bombs - Fat Man and Little Boy
History Channel  - Nuclear Test 1955
History Channel – Most ICBMs

3. Review reading on INFOSHEET: Weapons of Mass Destruction.


4. Work on Arms Control Treaty Chart using pages 160-171.


Homework:
1. Missiles of October Assignment
2. Arms Control Chart is due tomorrow
3. Complete review of pages 35-43.

Homework:
Work on Missiles of October Assignment

Read: Face in Negotiations.
How did this effect the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Homework:
Work on Missiles of October Assignment

Study UN peacekeeping
Nuclear Arms Treaties
Nuclear Weapons and targeting


See you April 26th!!


CLICK HERE FOR MORE OF CONFLICT AVOIDANCE AND OUR NEXT UNIT- Military Intervention!


Enjoy break! 
The final assessment for Conflict Avoidance will be a test plus project.  More when we return!!!

CLICK HERE FOR THE NEXT UNIT- Military Intervention

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TENTATIVE TEST SCHEDULE 2011 adjusted!

                                                                                                                      
Unit 4 Test Conflict Avoidance: April 27, 2011

Unit 5: Test Military Intervention: May 12, 1011

Unit 7: Terrorism: May 25, 2011

Unit 6 Test Conflict Resolution:  As part of the final examination.

     
                                 
                   





Educational Links for Curious Students

Conflict Resolution
UN Peacekeeping Missions

Peacekeeping Best Practices
UNMIS - UN Mission in Sudan
Global Forum Policy- Peacekeeping
Active UN Peacekeeping Missions
Negotiation Tactics
The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention
The Clinton Global Initiative
The Berlin Airlift
FRONTLINE: Kim’s Nuclear Gamble 
Iran-Iraq War
Why biological weapons present the greatest danger
Chemical and Biological weapons- Could it happen here?

History Channel – The League of Nations is formed
History Channel – The signing of the Charter of the United Nations
History Channel – The signing of the 1979 Camp David Accords
History channel – JFK announces resumption of nuclear tests
History Channel – Signing of the 1993 Israeli-Palestinian Agreement

DOWNLOADABLE ASSIGNMENTS
Arms Control Chart!
Missiles of October Assignment
Download InfoSheet on Weapons of Mass Destruction
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Missiles of October Assignment Sheet
Audio Files From the Oval Office During the Cuban Missile Crisis
Avalon Project- Primary Sources from the Cuban Missile Crisis
13 Days
Arms Control Agreements
AtomicArchives - Arms Control Treaties
India and Pakistan- Can NRRC's help strengthen the peace?
Frontline: Russian Roulette

Frontline: Loose Nukes

History Channel – Dean Rusk on nuclear proliferation
History Channel – Reagan and Gorbachev sign INF nuclear arms treaty
History Channel – The Atomic Bombs - Fat Man and Little Boy
History Channel  - Nuclear Test 1955
History Channel – Most ICBMs

History Channel: President Carter on Human Rights and nuclear arms races
America's Anthrax Outbreak of 2001-->
The Camp David Accords
Kosovo: A frozen-conflict zone


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