The following books are required reading for this seminar:
Finnemore, Martha. The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force. Cornell University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780801489594. [Preview with Google Books]
Kuperman, Alan J. The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention: Genocide in Rwanda. Brookings Institution Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780815700852. [Preview with Google Books]
Petersen, Roger D. Western Intervention in the Balkans: The Strategic Use of Emotion in Conflict. Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780521281263. [Preview with Google Books]
Lyons, Terrence, and Ahmed I. Samatar. Somalia: State Collapse, Multilateral Intervention, and Strategies for Political Reconstruction. Brookings Institution Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780815753513. [Preview with Google Books]
Prunier, Gérard. Darfur: A 21st Century Genocide. 3rd ed. Cornell University Press, 2008. ISBN: 9780801475030.
Bowden, Mark. Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War. Grove Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780802144737.
Additional readings for the seminar are featured in the table below.
Week # | TOPICS | READINGS |
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1 | Background and Big Picture |
Heilbrunn, Jacob. "Samantha and Her Subjects." National Interest 113 (2011): 6–15. Kildron, Lance. "The Libyan Model and Strategy: Why it Won't Work in Syria." Journal of Strategic Security 5, no. 4 (2012): 33–50. |
2 | Key Interveners and Their Policy Preferences |
United States and Grand Strategy after the Cold War Krauthammer, Charles. "The Unipolar Moment." Foreign Affairs 70, no. 1, America and the World 1990/91 (1990–1991): 23–33. Posen, Barry R., and Andrew L. Ross. "Competing Visions for U.S. Grand Strategy." International Security 21, no. 3 (1996–1997): 5–53. United States Miller, Benjamin. "The Logic of U.S. Military Intervention in the post-Cold War Era." Contemporary Security Policy 19, no. 3 (1998): 72–109.
Evans, Gareth, Ramesh Thakur, et al. "Correspondence: Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect." International Security 37, no. 4 (2013): 199–214. Europe Solana, Javier. Security Arguments Batt, Judy, and Dov Lynch. Patrick, Stewart. "Weak States and Global Threats: Fact or Fiction?" Washington Quarterly 29, no. 2 (2006): 27–53. Pro-Intervention Crocker, Chester A. "Engaging Failing States." Foreign Affairs 82, no. 5 (2003): 32–44. Mallaby, Sebastian. "The Reluctant Imperialist: Terrorism, Failed States, and the Case for American Empire." Foreign Affairs 81, no. 2 (2002): 2–7. Solarz, Stephen J., and Michael E. O' Hanlon. "Humanitarian Intervention: When is Force Justified?" Washington Quarterly 20, no. 4 (1997): 2–14. Anti-Intervention Stedman, Stephen John. "The New Interventionists." Foreign Affairs 72, no. 1, America and the World 1992/93 (1992–1993): 1–16. Mandelbaum, Michael. "Foreign Policy as Social Work." Foreign Affairs 75, no. 1 (1996): 16–32.
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3 | Theories of Internal Conflicts: Origins, Nature, and Extent |
Extent of Internal Conflicts Gleditsch, Nils Petter, Peter Wallensteen, et al. "Armed Conflict 1946-2001: A New Dataset." Journal of Peace Research 39, no. 5 (2002): 615–37. Harbom, Lotta, Erik Melander, et al. "Dyadic Dimensions of Armed Conflict, 1946–2007." Journal of Peace Research 45, no. 5 (2008): 697–710. For a portal to the data employed in the preceding articles, and much additional data, see the PRIO Network. Origin of Internal Conflicts – Identity Byman, Daniel, and Stephen Van Evera. "Why They Fight: Hypotheses on the Causes of Contemporary Deadly Conflict." Security Studies 7, no. 3 (1998): 1–50. Fuller, Graham E. Origin of Internal Conflicts – Rotten Elites
Valentino, Benjamin. "Final Solutions: The Causes of Mass Killing and Genocide." Security Studies 9, no. 3 (2000): 1–59. Origin of Internal Conflicts – Anarchy and the Security Dilemma Posen, Barry R. "The Security Dilemma and Ethnic Conflict." Survival: Global Politcs and Stategy 35, no. 1 (1993): 27–47. Fearon, James D., and David D. Laitin. "Ethnicity, Insurgency and Civil War." American Political Science Review 97, no. 1 (2003): 75–90. Themnér, Lotta, and Peter Wallensteen. "Armed conflict, 1946-2010." Journal of Peace Research 48, no. 4 (2011): 525–36. |
4 | Setting the Agenda: Doctors, Lawyers, and Journalists |
Early Wanting and Preventive Diplomacy Betts, Richard K. "Surprise Despite Warning: Why Sudden Attacks Succeed." Political Science Quarterly 95, no. 4 (1980–1981): 551–72. Stedman, Stephen John. "Alchemy for a New World Order: Overselling 'Preventive Diplomacy'." Foreign Affairs 74, no. 3 (1995): 14–20. Lund, Michael S. "Underrating Preventive Diplomacy." Foreign Affairs 74, no. 4 (1995): 160–3. Atwood, J. Brian. "Letters to the Editor: A Thousand Rwandas." Foreign Affairs 74, no. 5 (1995): 189–91. Stedman, Steven John. "Letters to the Editor: Weird Science." Foreign Affairs 74, no. 5 (1995): 191. DeMars, William. "Waiting for Early Warning: Humanitarian Action After the Cold War." Journal of Refugee Studies 8, no. 4 (1995): 390–410. De Waal, Alex, and Larry Minear. "Responses to DeMars." Journal of Refugee Studies 8, no. 4 (1995): 411–7.
The Role Of The Media Strobel, Warren P. "The CNN Effect." American Journalism Review 18 (1996): 32–4. Livingston, Steven.
The Role of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)
International Law Ryniker, Anne. "The ICRC's position on 'humanitarian intervention." Revue Internationale de la Croix-Rouge/International Review of the Red Cross 83, no. 842 (2001): 527–32.
Bellamy, Alex J. "Whither the Responsibility to Protect? Humanitarian Intervention and the 2005 World Summit." Ethics & International Affairs 20, no. 2 (2006): 143–69. Skim the following so that you are familiar with some of the relevant texts:
Chapter VI: Pacific Settlement of Disputes, Charter of the United Nations, un.org. Chapter VII: Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression, Charter of the United Nations, un.org. Ethics, Morals, and Norms PP. II, VII-XXI, 69-85 in |
5 | External Intervention and the Use of Force? |
Deterrence and Coercion
Posen, Barry R. "Military Responses to Refugee Disasters." International Security 21, no. 1 (1996): 72–111. Delusions? Rose, Gideon. "The Exit Strategy Delusion." Foreign Affairs 77, no. 1 (1998): 56–67.
Tactics Quinlivan, James T. "Force Requirements in Stability Operations." Parameters 25, no. 4 (1995–1996): 59–69. Byman, Daniel, and Taylor B. Seybolt. "Humanitarian Intervention and Communal Civil Wars: Problems and Alternative Approaches." Security Studies 13, no. 1 (2003): 33–78.
Record, Jeffrey. Recommended Sanctions
Elliott, Kimberly Ann. "The Sanctions Glass: Half Full or Completely Empty?" International Security 23, no. 1 (1998): 50–65. Bash, Brooks L. "Airpower and Peacekeeping." Airpower Journal 9, no. 1 (1995): 66. Treacher, Adrian. "A Case of Reinvention: France and Military Intervention in the 1990s." International Peacekeeping 7, no. 2 (2000): 23–40. Thornton, Rod. "The Role of Peace Support Operations Doctrine in the British Army." International Peacekeeping 7, no. 2 (2000): 41–62. Cutler, David. "Timeline: Libya's uprising against Muammar Gaddafi," reuters.com, August 22, 2011. |
6 | Political Strategy and Intervention |
Theories For Success Barnett, Michael. "Building a Republican Peace: Stabilizing States after War." International Security 30, no. 4 (2006): 87–112. Kaufmann, Chaim. Walter, Barbara F. "The Critical Barrier to Civil War Settlement." International Organization 51, no. 3 (1997): 335–64. Nathan, Laurie, and Monica Duffy Toft. "Correspondence: Civil War Settlements and the Prospects for Peace." International Security 36, no. 1 (2011): 202–10.
Fearon, James D., and David D. Laitin. "Neotrusteeship and the Problem of Weak States." International Security 28, no. 4 (2004): 5–43.
Edelstein, David M. "Occupational Hazards: Why Military Occupations Succeed or Fail." International Security 29, no. 1 (2004): 49–91.
Downes, Alexander B., and Jonathan Monten. "Forced to Be Free?: Why Foreign-Imposed Regime Change Rarely Leads to Democratization." International Security 37, no. 4 (2013): 90–131. |
7 | Northern Iraq and Somalia |
Iraq
Recommended Rudd, Gordon W. "Operation Provide Comfort: Humanitarian Intervention in Northern Iraq 1991," Thesis (Ph.D.), Duke University, 1993. Seiple, Chris. Somalia Western, Jon. "Sources of Humanitarian Intervention: Beliefs, Information, and Advocacy in the U.S. Decisions on Somalia and Bosnia." International Security 26, no. 4 (2002): 112–42.
Bolton, John R. "Wrong Turn in Somalia." Foreign Affairs 73, no. 1 (1994): 56–66. Clarke, Walter, and Jeffrey Herbst. "Somalia and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention." Foreign Affairs 75, no. 2 (1996): 70–85. Crocker, Chester A. "The Lessons of Somalia: Not Everything Went Wrong." Foreign Affairs 74, no. 3 (1995): 2–8. Howe, Jonathan T. "The United States and the United Nations in Somalia: The Limits of Involvement." Washington Quarterly 18, no. 3 (1995): 47–62. Recommended Farrell, Theo. "Sliding into War: The Somalia Imbroglio and US Army Peace Operations Doctrine." International Peacekeeping 2, no. 2 (1995): 194–214. "Ambush in Mogadishu," Frontline, pbs.org. Optional viewing asterix50bc. "Ambush in Mogadishu – The Real 'Black Hawk Down' story Part 1." February 8, 2012. YouTube. Accessed January 23, 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bw0av9khjw asterix50bc. "Ambush in Mogadishu – The Real 'Black Hawk Down' story Part 2." February 8, 2012. YouTube. Accessed January 23, 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgNhEdPm6O0 asterix50bc. "Ambush in Mogadishu – The Real 'Black Hawk Down' story Part 3." February 8, 2012. YouTube. Accessed January 23, 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-vxloGpRt8 asterix50bc. "Ambush in Mogadishu – The Real 'Black Hawk Down' story Part 4." February 8, 2012. YouTube. Accessed January 23, 2014. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNhPM5pp6Z4 |
8 | Rwanda and Darfur |
Rwanda Power, Samantha. "Bystanders to Genocide: Why the United States Let the Rwandan Tragedy Happen." Atlantic Monthly 288, no. 2 (2001): 84–108.
Destexhe, Alain. "The Third Genocide." Foreign Policy 97 (1994–1995): 3–17. Prunier, Gérard. "The Great Lakes Crisis." Current History 96, no. 610 (1997): 193–99.
McDoom, Omar Shahabudin. "The Psychology of Threat in Intergroup Conflict: Emotions, Rationality, and Opportunity in the Rwandan Genocide." International Security 37, no. 2 (2012): 119–55. Recommended
Darfur
"From The Editors: Again." New Republic, May 15, 2006. "From The Editors: Again, Part II." New Republic, June 19, 2006. Zengerle, Jason. "Student Aid." New Republic, March 20 & 27, 2006. Rieff, David. "Moral Blindness." New Republic, June 5 & 12, 2006. Straus, Scott. "Darfur and the Genocide Debate." Foreign Affairs 84, no. 1 (2005): 123–33. Sandall, Roger. "Can Sudan Be Saved?" Commentary 118, no. 5 (2004): 38–44. Kurth, James. "Humanitarian Intervention After Iraq: Legal Ideals Versus Military Realities." Orbis 50, no. 1 (2006): 87–101. Kuperman, Alan J. "Strategic Victimhood in Sudan," New York Times, May 31, 2006. |
9 | Balkans |
Posen, Barry R. "The War for Kosovo: Serbia's Political-Military Strategy." International Security 24, no. 4 (2000): 39–84. Roberts, Adam. "NATO's 'Humanitarian War' Over Kosovo." Survival: Global Politics and Strategy 41, no. 3 (1999): 102–23. Hagen, William W. "The Balkans' Lethal Nationalisms." Foreign Affairs 78, no. 4 (1999): 52–64. Mandelbaum, Michael. "A Perfect Failure: NATO's War Against Yugoslavia." Foreign Affairs 78, no. 5 (1999): 2–8. Solana, Javier. "NATO's Success in Kosovo." Foreign Affairs 78, no. 6 (1999): 114–20. Steinberg, James B. "Response: A Perfect Polemic-Blind to Reality on Kosovo." Foreign Affairs 78, no. 6 (1999): 128–33.
"Kosovo/Kosova: As Seen, As Told - An analysis of the human rights findings of the OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission, October 1998 to June 1999," pp. 21-30, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, 1999.
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10 | Iraq |
Fallows, James "Blind into Baghdad," Atlantic Monthly, January 1, 2004. Diamond, Larry. "What Went Wrong in Iraq." Foreign Affairs 83, no. 5 (2004): 34–56. Lawson, Chappell, and Strom C. Thacker. "Democracy? In Iraq?" Hoover Digest, July 30, 2003. Dobbins, James. "Who Lost Iraq? Lessons from the Debacle." Foreign Affairs 86, no. 5 (2007): 61–74. Hendrickson, David C., and Robert W. Tucker. "Revisions in Need of Revising: What Went Wrong in the Iraq War." Survival: Global Politics and Strategy 47, no. 2 (2005): 7–32. Fearon, James D. "Iraq's Civil War." Foreign Affairs 86, no. 2 (2007): 2–15. Posen, Barry R. "Exit Strategy: How to Disengage from Iraq in 18 Months." Boston Review, January 1, 2006. Pollack, Kenneth M. "The Seven Deadly Sins of Failure in Iraq: A Retrospective Analysis of the Reconstruction." brookings.edu, December 1, 2006. Biddle, Stephen. "Seeing Baghdad, Thinking Saigon." Foreign Affairs 85, no. 2 (2006): 2–14. Cole, Juan. Simon, Steve. "The Price of the Surge: How U.S. Strategy is Hastening Iraq's Demise." Foreign Affairs 87, no. 3 (2008): 57–72, 74-6. |
11 | Libya |
Hehir, Aidan. "The Permanence of Inconsistency: Libya, the Security Council, and the Responsibility to Protect." International Security 38, no. 1 (2013): 137–59. Kuperman, Alan J. "A Model Humanitarian Intervention? Reassessing NATO's Libya Campaign." International Security 38, no. 1 (2013): 105–36. Wehry, Frederic. "The hidden story of airpower in Libya (and what it means for Syria)," foreignpolicy.com, February 11, 2013. Schmitt, Eric. "NATO Sees Flaws in Air Campaign Against Qaddafi," New York Times, April 14, 2012. Walt, Vivienne. "How Did Gaddafi Die? A Year Later, Unanswered Questions and Bad Blood," Time, October 18, 2012. For background on the military operation visit: NATO and Libya: Operation Unified Protector, February – October 2011, nato.int. Recommended Bell, Anthony, and David Witter."Executive Summary." In The Libyan Revolution, Part 1: Roots Of Rebellion. Institute for the Study of War, 2011. ———. "Executive Summary." In The Libyan Revolution, Part 2: Escalation & Intervention. Institute for the Study of War, 2011. ———. "Executive Summary." In The Libyan Revolution, Part 3: Stalemate & Siege . Institute for the Study of War, 2011. Bell, Anthony, Spencer Butts, and David Witter. "Executive Summary." In The Libyan Revolution, Part 4: The Tide Turns. Institute for the Study of War, 2011. |