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~Contemporary International Relations~

Conflict Avoidance and the International System

Assignments - April 22 -May 8, 2013

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 Terrorism Unit
22 Unit 4- Conflict Avoidance & the International System 1. Start reading Conflict Since the Cold War- End of the Cold War 2. US Institute of Peace (USIP) Read The Curve of Conflict. Discuss and takes notes.. Read Dr. Kevin Lund's The Curve of Conflict. Durable Peace Stable Peace Unstable Peace Crisis War 3. Download InfoSheet on Weapons of Mass Destruction	23 Test Unit 3- Economics and the International System After test- Start reading Conflict Since the Cold War- End of the Cold War	24 US Institute of Peace (USIP) Read Dr. Kevin Lund's The Curve of Conflict. Durable Peace Stable Peace Unstable Peace Crisis War 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 ASSIGNMENT: Due Tuesday. Briefly research one UN peacekeeping mission (after clicking on this link). 1. Classify the mission. 2. What was the purpose of the mission? (What is its mandate?) 3. Is it complete? Was it successful? - due Tuesday.	25 Assignment: Download Arms Control Chart! Due Thursday. 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	26 Quiz! Conflict since Cold War, Curve of Conflict & UN Peacekeeping! Nuclear Weapons Historic Overview MAD strategy US TRIAD USSR Counterforce Targeting Countervalue Targeting First Strike
Homework: Study for test. You may use one 3 X 5 index card of notes	Homework: Complete reading: Conflict Since the Cold War- End of the Cold War Download InfoSheet on Weapons of Mass Destruction	Homework: Review pages 35-43 in text on the Cold War and post-Cold War history. We went over this in January! ASSIGNMENT: Write a summary of one UN peacekeeping mission. Classify it. Explain. Due Tuesday.	Homework: Complete reading Conflict Since the Cold War. Read and outline pages 242-245 in text on UN peacekeeping missions Study for quiz! Download InfoSheet on Weapons of Mass Destruction	Homework: Reading:India and Pakistan Nuclear Risk Reduction Measures ASSIGNMENT: Due Tuesday.Briefly research one UN peacekeeping mission (after clicking on this link). 1. Classify the mission. 2. What was the purpose of the mission? (What is its mandate?) 3. Is it complete? Was it successful? Assignment: Download Arms Control Chart! Due Thursday.
29 Introduction to Cuban Missile Crisis FILM: Missiles of October Analyze how President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev worked the crisis to avoid a nuclear World War III Missiles of October Assignment - click here! Consider the role of 'face' in these negotiations. Review WMD reading.	30 Assignment Due: Collect review of a UN peacekeeping mission! FILM: Missiles of October Analyze how President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev worked the crisis to avoid a nuclear World War III Missiles of October Assignment - click here!	MAY 1 Happy May Day former Soviet Union! FILM: Missiles of October Analyze how President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev worked the crisis to avoid a nuclear World War III Missiles of October Assignment - click here! Consider the role of 'face' in these negotiations.	2 Arms Control Chart due! FILM CONCLUSION: Missiles of October Analyze how President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev worked the crisis to avoid a nuclear World War III Missiles of October Assignment - click here!	3 Quiz: Cuban Missile Crisis and Conflict Avoidance Case Study: UNAMIR and the Rwandan Genocide Example of a civil war Ethnic conflict Since 1992, most conflicts have been intrastate ethno-religious wars!
Homework: 1. Download Arms Control Treaty Chart - Complete it using pages 160-171 in your text! Due Thurs. 2. Read: Face in Negotiations. How did this effect the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis? 3. 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. Arms Control Chart is due tomorrow 2. Complete review of pages 35-43.	Homework: Review the following clips: History Channel – The Atomic Bombs - Fat Man and Little Boy History Channel - Nuclear Test 1955 History Channel – Most ICBMs	Homework: Review
6 Case Study: UNAMIR and the Rwandan Genocide Example of a civil war Ethnic conflict Since 1992, most conflicts have been intrastate ethno-religious wars! Rwandan Genocide Memorial	7 Case Study: UNAMIR and the Rwandan Genocide Example of a civil war Ethnic conflict Since 1992, most conflicts have been intrastate ethno-religious wars!	8 Test- Conflict Avoidance and the International System	9 Go ahead to Terrorism Unit	10
			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	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 Arms Control Chart! Missiles of October Assignment Download InfoSheet on Weapons of Mass Destruction

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