Seminar on Crisis Management and Complex Emergencies (P 245)
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY
FALL 2012
Instructor:
Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.
Fletcher School
617-627-2738
Consideration of crisis management in theory and practice, drawing from the period since World War II and selected earlier crises as well as the post-9/11 world; attacks of September 11, 2001; theories of crisis prevention, escalation, management, de-escalation, termination, and post-crisis management; decision making processes; crisis bargaining and negotiation; the role of third-parties; the National Security Act of 1947 and decisional frameworks in successive US administrations; crisis management in the 21st century. Emphasis on theoretical literature, as well as crisis management from the perspective of actual participants in recent crises and complex emergencies and utilization of case studies on a comparative basis. The seminar includes a major weekend crisis simulation exercise with outside participants invited from the official policy community. (Tuesday 3:20-5:20 p.m.)
