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| ULS6601 | Wars, New Wars, and the Geopoitics of Warfare | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Özgür TÜFEKÇİ | | Co-Lecturer | Assist. Prof. Üyesi Erol Kalkan | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The subject of this inter-disciplinary module is the nature of war in the contemporary world. It looks at different types of wars, their causes and the particular challenges that they present. Are ?new? wars more violent, are some societies more prone to conflict than others, why do we ignore women who commit violence in war, does media reporting affect the trajectory of conflict, is there a responsibility to protect, is it possible to build a meaningful peace in the aftermath of war? These are some of the questions that the module explores. The role of the liberal state is specifically explored through topics such as humanitarian intervention and the R2P and liberal peace-building. Situating these developments within specific case study contexts, this course offers students an advanced insight into war in the 21st century. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | It is expected that students will demonstrate understanding the importance of wars and new-wars in order to have an extended perspective about International Relations. | 1,2,6,9 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | Demonstrate an understanding of the causes and character of war and some of the key debates within the literature on modern conflict | 1,2,6,9 | 3, | | PO - 3 : | Apply conceptual tools to analyse the theoretical and practical debates surrounding different types of war and conflict occurring in the contemporary age; | 1,2,6,9 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | Demonstrate appropriate cognitive, communicative and transferable skills, including understanding complex concepts and theories, exercising critical judgement, making effective oral and written presentations and displaying a capacity for independent learning. | 1,2,6,9 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| In this course a great variety of topics will be discussed including wars, new wars, geopolics, geopolitical theories, and warfare. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Informing students about the course, exams, evaluation, and introduction to the course | | | Week 2 | Introduction to the literature | | | Week 3 | The Causes of Conflict | | | Week 4 | Just War Theory | | | Week 5 | Liberal Interventionism | | | Week 6 | Terrorism | | | Week 7 | The Revolution in Military Affairs | | | Week 8 | Geopolitical theories and warfare | | | Week 9 | Mid-term Exam | | | Week 10 | Drone Warfare | | | Week 11 | War and the Media | | | Week 12 | Mid-term Exam | | | Week 13 | State-Building, Stabilisation and Democratisation | | | Week 14 | War Beyond the Battlefield | | | Week 15 | General Overview | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Kaldor, Mary. (2012). New and Old Wars: Organised Violence in a Global Era. Cambridge: Polity Press. | | | |
| 1 | Coker, Christopher. (2004). The Future of War: The Re-Enchantment of War in the Twenty-First Century. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. | | | 2 | Der Derian, James. (2009). Virtuous War: Mapping the Miltiary-Industrial-Media-Entertainment Network. New York: Routledge. | | | 3 | Duffield, Mark. (2007). Development, Security and Unending War: Governing the World of Peoples. Cambridge: Polity Press. | | | 4 | Gregory, Derek. (2004). The Colonial Present. Oxford: Blackwell. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2021 | 1 | 30 | | Quiz | 12 | 12/2021 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 12/2022 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 5 | 30 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 5 | 6 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 8 | 48 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 3 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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