CWI: Causes of Conflict CBA

• Objective: to choose a broad topic to write a persuasive paper about

• Agenda:1. Expectations2. ABC Brainstorm3. Requirements4. Preliminary Searching5. Complete Finished Task

• Date: 05/16/14• HW: None• Entry Task: You

need your laptop out and ready to go.

Expectations/Consequences

• Expectations1. 100% focus2. 100% effort3. 100% respect4. 100%

completion

• Consequences:1. Warning2. Move Seat3. Conference4. Code BluePositive Reward: Complete your work and you get to listen to your music!

Task/Goal

• You will pick a conflict or a broad category of issues that create conflict and create a solution for it.

• This is a time honored tradition of trying to learn from the past and increase the incidence of peace.

• Success Criteria: We know we are successful when we have chosen a topic and we have located background information on the topic.

• Remember “the pen is mightier than the sword.”• Utilizes reading and writing skills

ABC Brainstorm

• Label your paper from A-Z• Come up with a word for each

letter of the alphabet related to the concept conflict.

Organizing Questions

• What causes conflict?• How can conflict be avoided/reduced?• How can self-interested nations be made

to cooperate rather than fight?• How can the problem of “order” be

overcome?

Inter-State ConflictsU.S. and Afghanistan

U.S. and North Korea

U.S. and Chinese relations

U.S. and Russian relations

U.S. and Iranian relations (nuclear weapons)

The U.S. role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The U.S. and nuclear proliferation (broadlya0

The U.S. and Predator Drone Strikes

The U.S. and Global Climate Change

The U.S. and Human Rights policy

The U.S. and globalization

The U.S. and Syrian relations

The U.S. and Egyptian relations

The U.S. and Saudi Arabian relations

The U.S. and Iraqi relations

Intra-State ConflictsAfghanistan Somali Civil War War in North-West

PakistanMexican Drug War Egyptian Crisis

Syrian Civil War Iraqi insurgency Conflict in the Central African Republic

South Sudanese Conflict

Kurdish Separatism in Iran

Korean conflict Kashmir conflict Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Balochistan conflict Internal conflict in Burma

Papua conflict (Indonesia)

Insurgency in Northeast India

Colombian conflict (1964-present_

Naxalite-Maoist insurgency

Communist insurgency in the Philippines

More insurgency in the Philippines

Internal conflict in Peru

Casamance conflict (Africa)

Kurdish-Turkish conflict

Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Xinjiang conflict Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen

Insurgency in the Maghreb

War in Darfur

Shia insurgency in Yemen

Conflict in the Niger Delta

South Thailand insurgency

Paraguayan People’s Army insurgency

ADF insurgency

Sudanese nomadic conflicts

Insurgency in the North Caucasus

South Yemen insurgency

Sudan-SRF conflict Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon

Post-civil war violence in Libya

Northern Mali conflict

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Inter-State Conflicts

Advantages DisadvantagesMore straightforward recommendations for the solution.They are more high stakes.Their resolution is much more popularized in the literature.Most of them involve the United States.We can use political theory to deal with them.

Most of our conflicts are now intra-state.They might be higher stakes but not as important to human rights.The resolution of intra-state conflicts requires our skilled analysis.The United States has a good handle on inter-state conflicts.There is very little theory to deal with these.

How to approach the topic from a broader angle: (this would require multiple case studies)

Warfare Terrorism and Crime

Malfunctioning and Uncooperative States

Resource Scarcity

Pandemics Environment Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation

Economic Insecurity

Areas to study concerning solutions:Humans: How are humans being affected by the conflict? How are humans contributing? What solutions can be found?

Networks: How is technology being utilized in the conflict to share information, ideas and resources? Is technology making the conflict worse or better? How can technology be used to fix the problem?

State: Is the internal political structure (the government) contributing to the conflict? Can anything be done to the government to alleviate the problem?

System: How does the anarchic state system play into the conflict itself? What sorts of political and economic relationships exist? Are states or NGOs and civil society organizations playing the most important role?

Global: Does the conflict include a threat that could make the earth uninhabitable or imperil the lives of most or all of the world’s population?

RequirementsRequirements: Core Requirements: Honors

At least one conflict or one broad category of conflict. For example: Syria or Global terrorism.

A full introduction including background information on the issue and a thesis stating your argument considering the causes of the conflict.

At least three fully developed body paragraphs with at least three concrete details each explaining the causes of the conflict and providing evidence.

A paragraph including specific and concrete reccomendations concerning how to fix the conflict.

You must include at least three sources documenting your research. At least one of the sources must be from a KM/KSD database.

You must include a detailed bibliography documenting your sources.

At least one conflict or one broad category of conflict. Or multiple conflicts within one broad category. For example: You could be studying the topic of “ethnic conflicts” and study Sudan, Iraq and Israel-Palestine. A much more ambitious study!

A full introduction including background information on the issue and a thesis stating your argument considering the causes of the conflict.

At least three fully developed body paragraphs with at least three concrete details each explaining the causes of the conflict and providing evidence.

A paragraph including specific and concrete recommendations concerning how to fix the conflict.

You must include at least eight sources documenting your research. At least four sources must be from a KM/KSD database.

You must include an annotated bibliography with a three sentence summary of each source and an OPVL paragraph for each source.

Timeline• Choosing a broad topic and getting an overview of the topic (May 16th)• Narrowing the topic (May 19th)• Develop a thesis or statement of purpose (May 20th)• Formulate questions to guide research and plan for research and

production (May 21st)• Find/Analyze/Evaluate Sources (May 22nd, May 23rd and May 26th)• Evaluate evidence/Take notes/Compile bibliography (May 27th, 28th and

29th)• Establish conclusions/Organize information into an outline (May 30th

and June 2nd)• Write the paper (June 3rd, 4th and 5th)• Peer Assessment (June 6th)• Turn in paper (June 9th)

Specific Task: Must be completed and emailed to me by the end of the class

period.• Select a conflict and do some preliminary background

research on it.• Find out and write down the following facts:1. What is the name of the conflict?2. How long has the conflict been going on?3. Where is the conflict?4. What are some interesting details about the conflict?5. What are some preliminary reasons why the conflict is

occurring? • Please email me your response. Complete the task and earn

four points. Any questions are of course welcome.

Mr. Foltz do

• Topic: The Iraq War of 2003 (too many personal and political reasons)

• Name: 2003 Invasion of Iraq or the Iraq War: • Time: 2003-2011, to the present• Location: Iraq in the Middle East• Details: Intentions thwarted, Not greeted as

“friendlies”, U.S. “surge” and on-going tensions• Hypotheses: Iraqi mistakes, U.S. search for power,

oil, money, WMD’s, Saddam Hussein