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Conflict, Peace, and the Places in Between (029IRS)

30 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

International Relations has traditionally been preoccupied with questions of war and peace between great powers. But what about all the other armed conflicts, sometimes conceptualised as small wars, insurgencies, or civil wars? And what about the places of fragmented sovereignty, where non-state armed groups govern territory and populations, sometimes in tacit collaboration with the state? While wars between states have become increasingly rare, such armed conflicts and militarised insecurities continue to define large parts of the world.

This module examines the drivers and dynamics of these situations and international attempts to addressing them.