Applied International Conflict Resolution
Advanced Diplomacy, Security, Law, Peacebuilding, and Post-Conflict Recovery
This advanced four-course sequence examines conflicts involving states, international organizations, regional institutions, corporations, armed groups, humanitarian organizations, displaced populations, local communities, and transnational networks. Students connect diplomatic negotiation with conflict analysis, international law, human rights, humanitarian concerns, security guarantees, sanctions, ceasefires, transitional justice, peacekeeping, governance, economic recovery, reconciliation, and conflict prevention. The sequence emphasizes the relationship between international agreements and local legitimacy.
Audience
International-affairs students and professionals, policy analysts, diplomatic and government personnel, humanitarian and development workers, international business advisers, legal-support professionals, nonprofit leaders, security analysts, mediators, and peacebuilding practitioners.
Format
English-language instruction. Group, private, and organizational delivery arrangements are available.
Course Length
Four individual module-courses. Each module-course contains 20 class sessions, with four weeks allotted to each session (80 weeks estimated per module-course).
Required Prerequisite
Foundations of Conflict ResolutionRequired prerequisite. Complete Foundations of Conflict Resolution before enrolling in this Applied Conflict Resolution course.
Recommended Placement
Advanced specialization following Foundations of Conflict Resolution and Applied Conflict Resolution.
Four-Course Program Structure
Four Individual Module-Courses
Applied International Conflict Resolution consists of four separate module-courses. Each module-course contains 20 class sessions, with four weeks allotted to each class session, for an estimated 80 weeks per module-course. The full four-course sequence therefore contains 80 class sessions in total, with four weeks allotted to each session. The approved topical units below identify the core content addressed across each module-course's sessions.
Learning Outcomes
- Map state and non-state actors, alliances, capabilities, dependencies, interests, and potential spoilers.
- Distinguish interstate, intrastate, transnational, proxy, resource, and hybrid conflicts.
- Prepare bilateral, multilateral, mediated, back-channel, and confidence-building negotiations.
- Identify international legal, human-rights, humanitarian, accountability, and civilian-protection concerns.
- Design ceasefire, implementation, peacebuilding, governance, reintegration, and reconciliation measures.
- Develop early-warning, monitoring, compliance, and conflict-prevention systems grounded in local ownership.
Individual Course 1 of 4
Module I — International Conflict Systems and Strategic Analysis
- Class Sessions
- 20 class sessions
- Session Pace
- 4 weeks per class session
- Estimated Duration
- 80 weeks estimated
Approved core topical units addressed across this individual course's class sessions.
- 01International Conflict Types, Levels, and Systems
- 02States, International Organizations, Corporations, Armed Groups, and Civil Society
- 03Sovereignty, Intervention, Security Dilemmas, and Regional Influence
- 04Resources, Economics, Migration, Displacement, and Environmental Pressure
- 05Actor Mapping, Alliance Analysis, External Sponsors, and Spoilers
Individual Course 2 of 4
Module II — Diplomacy and International Negotiation
- Class Sessions
- 20 class sessions
- Session Pace
- 4 weeks per class session
- Estimated Duration
- 80 weeks estimated
Approved core topical units addressed across this individual course's class sessions.
- 06Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomacy
- 07Track I, Track II, and Track 1.5 Processes
- 08International Mediation, Shuttle Diplomacy, and Good Offices
- 09Leverage, Incentives, Sanctions, Face-Saving, and Agreement Sequencing
- 10Confidence-Building Measures, Ripeness, and De-Escalation
Individual Course 3 of 4
Module III — Law, Human Rights, Security, and Humanitarian Issues
- Class Sessions
- 20 class sessions
- Session Pace
- 4 weeks per class session
- Estimated Duration
- 80 weeks estimated
Approved core topical units addressed across this individual course's class sessions.
- 11International Law and Peaceful Dispute Settlement
- 12Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, and Civilian Protection
- 13Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, Humanitarian Access, and Return
- 14Ceasefires, Monitoring, Security Guarantees, and Peacekeeping
- 15Peace, Justice, Accountability, Amnesty, and Transitional Justice
Individual Course 4 of 4
Module IV — Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Recovery
- Class Sessions
- 20 class sessions
- Session Pace
- 4 weeks per class session
- Estimated Duration
- 80 weeks estimated
Approved core topical units addressed across this individual course's class sessions.
- 16Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding, and Positive Peace
- 17Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration, and Security-Sector Reform
- 18Governance, Elections, Institutional Legitimacy, and Local Ownership
- 19Economic Recovery, Reconciliation, Early Warning, and Prevention
- 20Capstone: International Negotiation and Peacebuilding Framework
Applied Capstone
International Negotiation and Peacebuilding Framework
Students respond to a fictional regional conflict involving neighboring states, minority communities, armed actors, resource disputes, displaced populations, foreign investment, international organizations, and humanitarian concerns. They must design both an immediate negotiation strategy and a long-term implementation framework.
Capstone Requirements
- International actor, alliance, interest, capability, and spoiler map
- Diplomatic negotiation brief and confidence-building package
- Legal, humanitarian, security, and civilian-protection memorandum
- Ceasefire and agreement implementation matrix
- Five-year peacebuilding, recovery, reconciliation, and prevention framework
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