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Summary War & Peacebuilding
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Table of Contents
Lecture 1: What are War & Peace? ............................................................................................... 5
War, Chapter 1 – Freedman 2007 .......................................................................................................... 5
Security Studies – Williams 2013 ........................................................................................................... 5
War, Peace, and International Relations, Chapter 1 – Gray 2012 ...................................................... 7
Notes – Lecture 1: What are war and peace ......................................................................................... 8
Course lab 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 12
Lecture 2: The Causes of War ...................................................................................................... 12
The Causes of War and The Conditions of Peace – Levy 1998 ......................................................... 12
What Causes War – Schake 2017 ......................................................................................................... 14
Racism and Global War in World Politics – Henderson 2023 .......................................................... 15
Notes – Lecture 2 ................................................................................................................................... 16
Lecture 3: Justifying War: War & International Law ................................................................. 22
The Justification of War and International Order – Brock & Simon 2021 ..................................... 22
Self-Defense as a Justification for War – Chinkin & Kaldor 2017 ................................................... 23
Notes – Lecture 3 ................................................................................................................................... 25
Lecture 4: War & Society.............................................................................................................. 29
War Making and State Making as Organized Crime – Tilly 2017 ................................................... 29
Gender, race, militarism and remembrance – Basham 2016 ............................................................ 30
Notes – Lecture 4 ................................................................................................................................... 32
Lecture 5: War, Race, and Gender ............................................................................................... 36
Security Council Resolution on women and peace and security....................................................... 36
Peace and Security from a Feminist Perspective – Tickner 2019 ..................................................... 37
Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense – Cohn 1987 ......................................................... 38
Notes – Lecture 5 ................................................................................................................................... 39
Lecture 6: Decentering War & Peace Studies ............................................................................. 43
Global International Relations and Regional Worlds – Acharya 2014 ............................................ 43
What can we learn from the African philosophy of Ubuntu – BBC Global 2022 ........................... 45
Thinking past Western IR – Bilgin 2008 ............................................................................................. 46
Notes – Lecture 6 ................................................................................................................................... 47
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Lecture 7: The Changing Character of War: Hybrid and Information Wars ............................ 53
Just Cyber War – Sleat 2018 ................................................................................................................ 53
War without the People – Venesson 2011 ............................................................................................ 54
Notes – Lecture 7 ................................................................................................................................... 55
Lecture 8: How do wars end? Types of peace and war resolution theories, remembering war 59
The martyr’s torch – Branche 2011 ..................................................................................................... 59
How Civil Wars End – Howard & Stark 2017/18 .............................................................................. 61
None of my Student Remember 9/11 – Zegart 2021 ........................................................................... 62
Notes – Lecture 8 ................................................................................................................................... 62
Lecture 9: Peacekeeping: The evolution, theory and practice of UN Peacekeeping Operations
....................................................................................................................................................... 69
Understanding Peacekeeping – Bellamy & Williams 2021 ................................................................ 69
Saving Liberal Peacebuilding – Paris 2010 ......................................................................................... 69
Notes – Lecture 9 ................................................................................................................................... 71
Lecture 10: Thinking War: Strategic Thought ............................................................................ 74
Clausewitz’s Concept of Strategy – Herberg-Rothe 2014 ................................................................. 74
Why Definitions Matter – Freedman 2025.......................................................................................... 75
Notes – Lecture 10 ................................................................................................................................. 77
Lecture 11: Containing War? Deterrence & Nuclear Weapons.................................................. 87
Deterrence Theory: Where do we Stand? – Quackenbush 2011 ....................................................... 87
The Myth of Nuclear Deterrence – Wilson 2008 ................................................................................ 88
Nuclear Deterrence and War – Debouzy 2012 .................................................................................... 90
Notes – Lecture 11 ................................................................................................................................. 91
Lecture 12: Regular War: From the 19th Century to Ukraine .................................................... 99
On Total War and Modern War – Strachan 2000 .............................................................................. 99
Reconfiguring International Security – Schäfer 2025 ..................................................................... 100
The Collision of Modern and Post-Modern War – Coker 2012 ...................................................... 101
Notes – Lecture 12 ............................................................................................................................... 102
Lecture 13: Irregular Warfare & Counter Insurgency ............................................................. 104
Counterinsurgency: the state of controversial art – Kilcullen 2012 ............................................... 104
Gendered practices of counterinsurgency – Khalili 2011 ................................................................ 105
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Notes – Lecture 13 ............................................................................................................................... 107
Lecture 14: The Future of War & Peace ................................................................................... 108
A Genealogy of Western Ideas and Practices – Heuser 2025 .......................................................... 108
How it became wrong for nations to conquer others - Goettlich 2025 ........................................... 109
International relations and the revolutionary geopolitics of the European – Drolet & Williams 2025
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Notes – Lecture 14 ............................................................................................................................... 112
Summary War & Peacebuilding
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Table of Contents
Lecture 1: What are War & Peace? ............................................................................................... 5
War, Chapter 1 – Freedman 2007 .......................................................................................................... 5
Security Studies – Williams 2013 ........................................................................................................... 5
War, Peace, and International Relations, Chapter 1 – Gray 2012 ...................................................... 7
Notes – Lecture 1: What are war and peace ......................................................................................... 8
Course lab 1 ........................................................................................................................................... 12
Lecture 2: The Causes of War ...................................................................................................... 12
The Causes of War and The Conditions of Peace – Levy 1998 ......................................................... 12
What Causes War – Schake 2017 ......................................................................................................... 14
Racism and Global War in World Politics – Henderson 2023 .......................................................... 15
Notes – Lecture 2 ................................................................................................................................... 16
Lecture 3: Justifying War: War & International Law ................................................................. 22
The Justification of War and International Order – Brock & Simon 2021 ..................................... 22
Self-Defense as a Justification for War – Chinkin & Kaldor 2017 ................................................... 23
Notes – Lecture 3 ................................................................................................................................... 25
Lecture 4: War & Society.............................................................................................................. 29
War Making and State Making as Organized Crime – Tilly 2017 ................................................... 29
Gender, race, militarism and remembrance – Basham 2016 ............................................................ 30
Notes – Lecture 4 ................................................................................................................................... 32
Lecture 5: War, Race, and Gender ............................................................................................... 36
Security Council Resolution on women and peace and security....................................................... 36
Peace and Security from a Feminist Perspective – Tickner 2019 ..................................................... 37
Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense – Cohn 1987 ......................................................... 38
Notes – Lecture 5 ................................................................................................................................... 39
Lecture 6: Decentering War & Peace Studies ............................................................................. 43
Global International Relations and Regional Worlds – Acharya 2014 ............................................ 43
What can we learn from the African philosophy of Ubuntu – BBC Global 2022 ........................... 45
Thinking past Western IR – Bilgin 2008 ............................................................................................. 46
Notes – Lecture 6 ................................................................................................................................... 47
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Lecture 7: The Changing Character of War: Hybrid and Information Wars ............................ 53
Just Cyber War – Sleat 2018 ................................................................................................................ 53
War without the People – Venesson 2011 ............................................................................................ 54
Notes – Lecture 7 ................................................................................................................................... 55
Lecture 8: How do wars end? Types of peace and war resolution theories, remembering war 59
The martyr’s torch – Branche 2011 ..................................................................................................... 59
How Civil Wars End – Howard & Stark 2017/18 .............................................................................. 61
None of my Student Remember 9/11 – Zegart 2021 ........................................................................... 62
Notes – Lecture 8 ................................................................................................................................... 62
Lecture 9: Peacekeeping: The evolution, theory and practice of UN Peacekeeping Operations
....................................................................................................................................................... 69
Understanding Peacekeeping – Bellamy & Williams 2021 ................................................................ 69
Saving Liberal Peacebuilding – Paris 2010 ......................................................................................... 69
Notes – Lecture 9 ................................................................................................................................... 71
Lecture 10: Thinking War: Strategic Thought ............................................................................ 74
Clausewitz’s Concept of Strategy – Herberg-Rothe 2014 ................................................................. 74
Why Definitions Matter – Freedman 2025.......................................................................................... 75
Notes – Lecture 10 ................................................................................................................................. 77
Lecture 11: Containing War? Deterrence & Nuclear Weapons.................................................. 87
Deterrence Theory: Where do we Stand? – Quackenbush 2011 ....................................................... 87
The Myth of Nuclear Deterrence – Wilson 2008 ................................................................................ 88
Nuclear Deterrence and War – Debouzy 2012 .................................................................................... 90
Notes – Lecture 11 ................................................................................................................................. 91
Lecture 12: Regular War: From the 19th Century to Ukraine .................................................... 99
On Total War and Modern War – Strachan 2000 .............................................................................. 99
Reconfiguring International Security – Schäfer 2025 ..................................................................... 100
The Collision of Modern and Post-Modern War – Coker 2012 ...................................................... 101
Notes – Lecture 12 ............................................................................................................................... 102
Lecture 13: Irregular Warfare & Counter Insurgency ............................................................. 104
Counterinsurgency: the state of controversial art – Kilcullen 2012 ............................................... 104
Gendered practices of counterinsurgency – Khalili 2011 ................................................................ 105
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Notes – Lecture 13 ............................................................................................................................... 107
Lecture 14: The Future of War & Peace ................................................................................... 108
A Genealogy of Western Ideas and Practices – Heuser 2025 .......................................................... 108
How it became wrong for nations to conquer others - Goettlich 2025 ........................................... 109
International relations and the revolutionary geopolitics of the European – Drolet & Williams 2025
............................................................................................................................................................... 111
Notes – Lecture 14 ............................................................................................................................... 112
