United Nations and Conflict Resolution
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Mode of learning | Online |
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United Nations and Conflict Resolution at Coursera Course details
- The course examines and explains theory and practice of the United Nations Organizations activities and operations in modern conflicts. Evolution of principles of the UN conflict resolution is analyzed since UN formation till latest UN involvements in the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Libya, Middle East, UN policies towards conflicts in post-Soviet space.
- Course is richly illustrated with statistics, maps, images and videos of conflicts and wars, peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations. Modern conflict resolution practices are presented as a mix of achievements and failures of the international community involving knots of contradictions among great powers, and with growing role of non-state actors.
- Course is structured in four lectures.
United Nations and Conflict Resolution at Coursera Curriculum
United Nations Organization, War and Peace. Shaping of UN Conflict Resolution Practices
Shaping of UN Conflict Resolution Practices
Formation of the United Nations and Legal Regulation of War and Peace Issues
Evolution of the UN?s Global Role
The Scale and Scope of UN Conflict Resolution Activities
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Further Optional Readings
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Test 1
Conflict Resolution in International Relations
Forms of Conflict Resolution and Conflict Settlement
Defining Peacemaking
Difference Between Forceful and Coercive Actions
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Further Optional Readings
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Test 2
Peace Operations. Who Where and How Intervenes in Conflicts
Peace Operations as Just Wars
Who Intervenes in Conflicts?
?Globalist? and ?Realist? Approaches to Conflict Resolution
General Typology of Peace Operations
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Further Optional Readings
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Test 3
Reform and Advancement of UN Crisis Response Principles and Practice
The Reform of the UN Conflict Resolution Principles
Modernization of the UN Conflict Resolution and Peace Operations Practices
Necessity for a Universal Joint System of Crisis Response
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Concluding Test
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