Lecture One: Introduction (p.1)
AIR234:- ORDER AND JUSTICE IN WORLD POLITICS LECTURE CONTENTS: Lecture One: Introduction (p.1) - Massacre in Srebrenica - Definition of Justice - Order and Justice; Thomas Hobbs’ ‘The Leviathan’ - Definition of Order - Definitions of International Order - Hedley Bull on Anarchy - Hedley Bulls Definitions of International Order - Order and Justice in World Politics Lecture Two: Human Rights in International Relations (p.2) - The Requirement - Comprehending the Requirement - Three Theories of World Politics and Human Rights - System of States (Realism) - Society of States (English School) - Global Civil Society (Cosmopolitanism) - The International Protection of Human Rights: Some Key Treaties - The Generations of Human Rights - The Evolution of Human Rights - The Modern Agenda of Human Rights Lecture Three: Norms in World Politics (p.4) - Defining Norms - Evolution of Norms - Evolution of Norms: Prominence - Evolution of Norms: Coherence - Evolution of Norms: Coherence and Legitimacy - Evolution of Norms: Environment - A Case Study: Transparency in Military Activities and Capabilities - Transparency in Military Activities: The Entrepreneur - Transparency in Military Activities - Transparency in the Military Activity: Coherence - Transparency in the Military Activity: Environment - Conclusions Lecture Four: Just and Unjust Wars (p.8) - Force, Violence and Political Order - Pacifism - Realism - The Just War Tradition - The Just War Tradition: Jus As Bellum - Just Cause - Right Intention - Proper Authority - Last Resort
- Effectiveness - Proportionality - The Just War Tradition (JWT) and the Conduct of the War Jus In Bello - Discriminatory Use of Violence - Two Defences against the Rules of War - The Days After: Just Post Bellum Lecture Five: Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (p.10) - Working Definitions: Nationalism - Working Definitions: National State and National Identity - The Core Doctrine of Nationalism - State Sovereignty - Dimensions of Sovereignty - From State to National State - From National States to Ethnic Conflict - Ethnic Conflicts - Resolving Ethnic Conflicts - Questions Lecture Six: Genocide (p.13) - From Troy to the Zulu Genocide via Carthage - How Genocide is Defined - Controversies over the Definition - Why Genocide Occurs - A Note on Dehumanisation: The Loss of Moral Restraints (1) - A Note on Dehumanisation: The Loss of Moral Restraints (2) - The Genocide in Rwanda Lecture Seven: Post-Conflict Reconstruction (p.15) - 1990s: The Post-Cold War Era of Cooperation - Realist Views of the New World Order - Failed States - Consolidation of the Concept - Postcard from Hell: Sudan - Postcard from Hell: Somalia - Intervention Reconstruction Withdrawal (IRW) - Phase 1: Intervention - The Core Challenges for Phase 1 - Phase 2: Stability - Interventional Intervention Transition - Phase 3: Normalisation and Beyond - Interventional Intervention Transition Lecture Eight: Small Wars and Private Military Contractors (p. 18) - Contemporary Context - Small Wars - Stages of Modern Warfare - Fighting Small Wars with Big Armies - Rise of Private Military Companies
- Small Roles of PMC’s (Private Military Companies) - International Law and Mercenaries - What are the Consequences of PMC’s for World Order? Lecture Nine: Global Institutions: The United Nations and the International Criminal Court (p.19) - The Founding of the UN - The Aims of the UN - Administrative Bodies of the UN - Maintaining Peace and Security - Peace and Security until 1990 - An Agenda for Peace - Peace Building and Transitional Justice - Retributive Justice - Timeline of Modern International Mechanisms of Retributive Justice - The International Criminal Court - Critical Challenges
- Effectiveness - Proportionality - The Just War Tradition (JWT) and the Conduct of the War Jus In Bello - Discriminatory Use of Violence - Two Defences against the Rules of War - The Days After: Just Post Bellum Lecture Five: Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (p.10) - Working Definitions: Nationalism - Working Definitions: National State and National Identity - The Core Doctrine of Nationalism - State Sovereignty - Dimensions of Sovereignty - From State to National State - From National States to Ethnic Conflict - Ethnic Conflicts - Resolving Ethnic Conflicts - Questions Lecture Six: Genocide (p.13) - From Troy to the Zulu Genocide via Carthage - How Genocide is Defined - Controversies over the Definition - Why Genocide Occurs - A Note on Dehumanisation: The Loss of Moral Restraints (1) - A Note on Dehumanisation: The Loss of Moral Restraints (2) - The Genocide in Rwanda Lecture Seven: Post-Conflict Reconstruction (p.15) - 1990s: The Post-Cold War Era of Cooperation - Realist Views of the New World Order - Failed States - Consolidation of the Concept - Postcard from Hell: Sudan - Postcard from Hell: Somalia - Intervention Reconstruction Withdrawal (IRW) - Phase 1: Intervention - The Core Challenges for Phase 1 - Phase 2: Stability - Interventional Intervention Transition - Phase 3: Normalisation and Beyond - Interventional Intervention Transition Lecture Eight: Small Wars and Private Military Contractors (p. 18) - Contemporary Context - Small Wars - Stages of Modern Warfare - Fighting Small Wars with Big Armies - Rise of Private Military Companies
- Small Roles of PMC’s (Private Military Companies) - International Law and Mercenaries - What are the Consequences of PMC’s for World Order? Lecture Nine: Global Institutions: The United Nations and the International Criminal Court (p.19) - The Founding of the UN - The Aims of the UN - Administrative Bodies of the UN - Maintaining Peace and Security - Peace and Security until 1990 - An Agenda for Peace - Peace Building and Transitional Justice - Retributive Justice - Timeline of Modern International Mechanisms of Retributive Justice - The International Criminal Court - Critical Challenges
