This course addresses the causes, consequences, and trends of conflict in the world. It presents the various types of conflicts (inter-state wars, intra-state wars, terrorism, ethnic conflict, state repression), their long-term evolution, their political, economic and social causes and their consequences
for the world order.
1. The Concept of Political Violence
2. Historical Trends in Political Violence
3. Wars Between States
4. Civil Wars
5. Terrorism
6. Repression, Genocide, and Ethnic Cleansing
7. Political Violence and Geostrategy