PACS 2500
Introduction to
Peace and Conflict Studies
Guy Burgess
Co-Director
Conflict Information Consortium, University of Colorado
UCB 580, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0580, (303) 492-1635, burgess@colorado.edu
Copyright © 2014 Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess
Absolute Final Deadlines
Opinion Assignment #4 Due 8am Monday, April 27
Final Exam Review Session, Thursday, April 30
Final Exam: Thursday, May 7, 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
D2L Gradebook Update
Climate
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/science/californias-history-of-drought-repeats.html?_r=0
Iranian Cyber Attacks
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/world/middleeast/iran-is-raising-sophistication-and-frequencyof-cyberattacks-study-says.html?ref=world
Arab Army
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http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/143648/michael-broening/the-allarab-army
More Tensions
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/world/middleeast/iraqi-prime-minister-criticizessaudi-intervention-in-yemen.html?ref=world
Quincy Wright Study of War
War is the simultaneous conflict of popular
feeling, national cultures, jural dogma, and
armed force so nearly equal is to lead to
the extreme intensification of each.
SNEATLTTEIOE
Iraq Lessons Learned (I Hope)
 Honest assessment of risks, costs, and benefits
 Force only works if it is widely viewed as legitimate
 Only limited force needed for deterrence – just enough
to make the costs of aggression clearly outweigh the
benefits
 Try to change what you cannot accept but accept what
you can’t change – be realistic
 Understand and act on the distinction between state
and non-state actors
 The importance of rigorous planning
 Anticipation of likely responses
 Cultivation of adaptability
Truman Nat’l Security: Military 101b
Military Political Support
Truman Nat’l Security: Military 101f
Truman Nat’l Security: Military 101g
Truman Nat’l Security: Military 101i
Truman Nat’l Security: Military 101j
Truman Nat’l Security: Military 101p
Civilian Control of the Military
Anybody’s Son Will Do
Exploits age specific
• Willingness to take
risks
• Desire to “fit in”
Produced in 1976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DShDaJXK5qo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpeqHpyAwe0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx_xu5uD9iU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0EyKjKAEOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfLE8FLszzU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLH5IVJLNgk
Changes
• Combat
experience
• Softening /
hardening of
training
• Role of women
• Pre-dates counter
insurgency warfare
2:00 - 6 minutes of tape2
Peace-Building Challenge I:
Avoiding Tyranny
Promoting the
Democratic
Rule of Law
for the Future
Avoiding the Crane Brinton Effect
Making “Power With” Work
Types of Social Organization
Governments
of the People,
for the People,
by the People
Power-With
Societies
Power-Over
Societies
“A Republic, If You Can Keep It”
Don’t Take Any of
This for Granted
Democracy Can
Always Be Improved
Democracy Is Always
Under Threat
Democracy Is Worth
Fighting For
Quick Discussion Question:
 What aspects of the United States’
democratic society provide the best
protection from political and economic
tyranny?
US Democracy: Key Features
Government of the people by the people for the people
Voting / Majority Rule
Questions about
who gets to vote
Minority Rights / Individual Freedom
Protection for the Tyranny of the Majority
Private Property
Checks and Balances
Local Control / Multiple Jurisdictions
Freedom of Speech, of the Press
Transparency
EIS
Corporate Disclosure Rules
Civil Rights
Police Protection / Criminal Law
Civil Law
National Defense
Public Education
Social Safety Net
Protection Against Fraud/Exploitation
Economic Management
Progressive Taxation, Antitrust Laws,
Inheritance Taxes
To counteract “Matthew’s Law”
(the concentration of wealth and power)
Key Features of US Democracy
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Majority Rule
Minority Rights
Private Property
Check and Balances
Multiple Jurisdictions
Freedom of Speech, Press
Governmental Transparency
Civil Rights
Police Protection / Criminal Law
Civil Law Contract Enforcement
National Defense
Civilian Control of the Military
Public Education
Social Safety Net
Exploitation Prevention
Economic Management
Progressive Taxation / Antitrust
Partial List
Your Additions?
Soldiers of Peace
http://www.soldiersofpeacemovie.com/
Soldiers ofNeve
PeaceShalom
Chapter 4 – 5 mins. – 17:54
Imam and the Pastor
Chapter 2 – 7 mins. – 3:13