Syllabus Rubric Course International Organizations PolSC 4609/01 3 credits Semester and year: Fall 2018 Department: Political Science Instructor’s Name: Noha Bakr PhD Class hours: 8:30/ 9:45 Mon Thurs Class: Hatem C203 Office Location: 2036 Contact information: bakrnoha@aucegypt.edu Office Hours: Mon/ Thurs 10-11 or by email appointment Course Description: This seminar examines the structure and evolution of international organizations, both inter-governmental, and nongovernmental, with emphasize on the United Nations system, its specialized agencies, and recent issues of global governance. Course objectives and outcomes: The aim of this course is to provide an intellectual challenge to academically able students by engaging with stimulating mostly up to date material in the International Organizations field. The material addresses a number of key concepts as well as normative issues. The course provides an analytical insight into the relationship between theory and practice; it provides a basis for further study or for careers in diplomacy, international academia, and media. Pre- requisites: Course available for IRL concentrations & IREL minors only. Schedule of topics and readings Week No 1 2 3 Topic & Readings Introduction to the Course/ Syllabus General Discussion on the Theory of UN Collective Security * Weiss Thomas, The United Nations & Changing world Politics. ch1 UN Historical Evolution UN Main Bodies/ Subsidiary Bodies http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/main-organs/index.html • Activities: -Students Presentations representing UN 6 main bodies -Watching a film on UN Millennium Goals Peace Keeping Forces & Concept of Sovereignty 1 Transformation of Different Generations of Peace keeping • Smith Anne Marie, Advances in Understanding International Peace Keeping, United States Institute of Peace (Hard copy on reserve) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 • United Nations Operations: Principles & Guide Lines http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/operations/principles.shtml Activities: -Students simulation to the conference of Ottowa & Egyptian Council of Foreign Affairs 2007 The United Nations and Counter Terrorism * Noha Bakr, Kadry Said, Terrorism Egypt Legislative Frame Work, Washington DC: US Defense College, 2008 (Under Publication) *UN action to Counter Terrorism http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/terrorism/ Disbarment &Arm Control/ The UN and Arms Control in the Nuclear Era *Ziring, Riggs, The United Nations , International Organization & World Politics(4th Ed) 2005, ch7 *Cross-Cutting Report No. The Security Council’s Role in Disarmament and Arms Control: Nuclear Weapons, Non-Prolifer Weapons of Mass 1 September 2009 UN Performance Post Cold War& UN Reforms, *Thomas Weiss, , The Illusion of the Security Council Reforms, The Washington Quarterly • 26:4 http://csis.org/files/publication/twq03autumnweiss.pdf Distributing take home exam questions *Students presenting their Paper topics, outline, literature review, methodology, elaborating on the intended thesis *Students submitting take home exam International Criminal Court *Rome Statute http://legal.un.org/icc/statute/romefra.htm Case studies http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/situations%20and%20cases/Pages/situations%20and%20case Guest speaker: Guest speaker: Dr. Fouad Abdel Monem Riad Former Judge to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia NATO/ What does it do/how does it do it/how does it work/NATO agenda * Noha Bakr, NATO in Post Cold War Era: Shift of Strategies, Zagreb: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "The Role of Independent Scientists in Assessing the Threat of WMD". Nov 2008 * www.shape.nato.int -Razoux Pierre The NATO Mediterranean Dialogue at a crossroads, Research Division – NATO Defense College, Rome - No. 35 – April 2008 Activities The Arab League/ 3 Councils Functions/Decision making process/Reforms required/Obstacle for reforms *Charter http://www.mideastweb.org/arableague.htm 2 11 12 13 • Marco Pinfari, Nothing but Failure? The Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Coun • Mediators in Middle Eastern Conflicts, International Relations Department London School of Economics and Political Science http://www.lse.ac.uk/internationalDevelopment/research/crisisStates/download/wp/wpSeries2/WP4 -Visit to League of Arab States on a Saturday The African Union: http://www.au.int/en/about/history NGOs *Background Non-governmental Organizations on Development Issues Anup Shah http://www.globalissues.org/print/article/25 Students Presenting their final papers Students Presenting their final papers Required textbooks, recommended readings, referral to additional sources: -Weiss Thomas, Forsythe David, United Nations and Changing World Politics, Boulder: West view Press, 2007. -Weiss Thomas, Leon Gardenker, NGOs, the UN and Global Governance, London: Lynne Reiner, 1996. -Ziring Lawrence, Riggs Robert, the United Nations International Organizations and World Politics, 4th(Ed) Thomson Wadsworth, 2005. Articles 1- Noha Bakr, NATO in Post Cold War Era: Shift of Strategies, Zagreb: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "The Role of Independent Scientists in Assessing the Threat of WMD". Nov 2008 2- Fassabender Bardo, Uncertain Steps into a Post Cold War: The Role and Functioning of the Security Council after a Decade of Measures Against Iraq, European Journal of International Law, Volume 13 No1, 2002. 3- Rabinder Singh, Alison Macdonald, Legality of the Use of Force Against Iraq, Public Interest Lawyers on Behalf of Peace Rights, September 2002. 4- Smith Anne-Marie, Advance in Understanding International Peace Keeping, United States Institute of Peace, 2005. 5- The United Nations and Counter –terrorism after 11September, British Society of Criminology, Jan2005. 6- Noha Bakr, UN GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY challenges & Opportunities, Egyptian Journal of International law, 2016. 7- Weiss Thomas, Overcoming the Security Council Impasse, dialogue of Globalization, No14/jan2005 8- Weiss Thomas, the Sunset of Humanitarian Intervention? The Responsibility to protect in a Uni polar Era, security dialogue, Vol35, No2, June2004 Web Sites www.un.org/aboutun/mainbodies.htm www.un.org/reform/ www.globalpolicy.org www.shape.nato.int www.arableagueonline.org www.icc-cpi.int/home.html&l=en 3 www.un.org/icc Assessment and Attendance policy Students will be graded on their participation, written assignments, and performance on examinations. Class Participation: Students are required to read the course readings before each session and be ready to critically engage in class discussions. Students are also encouraged to follow international events relevant to this course. Examinations: Students will have a midterm examination which will cover all of the readings and discussion covered until midterm. The final examination will be cumulative but will focus on material covered after the midterm Research Essays: Students are required to write a double-spaced, 15 pages research essay. Topics should be selected and focused on theoretical and practical studies of international organizations. Students may wish to focus on a specific case study, or undertake a comparative analysis of a specific issue area. The essays must be submitted during the last day of classes. More than the equivalent of three weeks of absences can result in an F. Research Essay 35% Participation 15% Mid-Term Examination 25% Final Examination 25% Total 100% Policy on Academic integrity: Students are expected to read the university’s policy on: -Academic integrity: http://in.aucegypt.edu/auc-academics/academic-integrity Students are expected to be informed about the various university policies and comply with them. You can consult these policies in the following link: http://in.aucegypt.edu/university-policies Work submitted by the students is expected to solely reflect their authentic thought and effort. You can consult the guidelines regarding proper APA citations at: http://www.apastyle.org/apa-style-help.aspx You can consult the guidelines regarding proper MLA citations at: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ Late Work: Students are expected to submit their assignments on time. Late assignments will suffer a loss of 2% per each day delay for a maximum total of 5 working days. Blackboard: Students are expected to check the course’s website on Blackboard regularly. Assignments and notifications will be posted weekly on Blackboard. Cell Phones Totally Forbidden 4
