International Organization (GOVT E-1750)
HARVARD EXTENSION SCHOOL

FALL and SPRING
Instructor:
Don Babai
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Harvard University

Can states work out cooperative solutions to problems of human injustice and environmental degradation? What is the record of the United Nations in conflict management and economic development? What has been the impact of the World Bank programs on the alleviation of poverty? Why are the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization regarded as necessities by some and as obstacles by others? These are some of the questions to be addressed in an investigation of the potentials and limitations of international organizations. (Wednesday 7:35-9:35 p.m.)

Communicating and Negotiating in a Global Context (COMM E-140)

FALL and SPRING
Instructor:
Marya Dantzer

To communicate effectively in global or multicultural business settings, managers or negotiators must interpret not only words but also worldviews. Students in this course learn to recognize the important, yet often implicit, assumptions that govern business dealings in a variety of countries and cultures. A dividend of such awareness is deeper understanding of one’s own culturally determined perceptions. The results are marketable cross-cultural skills applicable in a broad range of business or professional contexts. Prerequisite: oral and written fluency in English. Limited enrollment. (Fall: Thursday beginning Sept. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Spring: Tuesday 7:35-9:35 p.m.)

Seminar on Peace Operations (ILO L224)
FLETCHER SCHOOL

FALL
Instructor:
Ian Johnstone
Fletcher School
617-627-4172
ian.johnstone@tufts.edu

Enthusiasm for peacekeeping has waxed and waned in recent years, from exuberance in the early 1990s to disappointment and disinterest in the mid-90s, back to cautious enthusiasm at the end of the decade, to what is now almost universal recognition that peace operations are an important strategic tool for the management of international peace and security. Between 1999 and 2008, 13 major UN peacekeeping missions were established, along with regional operations undertaken by NATO, the European Union, African Union, ECOWAS and various other organizations and coalitions. There were more than 40 UN and non-UN peace operations deployed in the year 2007. This course combines a thematic and case study approach to this complex aspect of contemporary international affairs. We will look at UN and non-UN peace operations, broadly defined to include peace-keeping, peace enforcement and post-conflict peace-building. We begin with a number of sessions on fundamentals: the UN Charter framework, history and types of peace operation, doctrine, functions and capacity. Select cases are studied to draw out common themes and concerns, such as the problem of ‘spoilers’, the peace v. justice debate, the dilemmas of humanitarian action and the challenges of state-building. The focus is on post-Cold War operations, examined in light of past experience and official attempts to reflect on the evolving nature of peacekeeping. The course concludes with a series of student-led presentations on recent missions, designed to draw on knowledge garnered from the cases, themes and issues studied earlier. (Monday 3:20-5:20 p.m.)

Seminar on International Mediation (DHP D 221)
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY

SPRING
Eileen Babbitt
Fletcher School
617-627-3796

This seminar focuses on the role and functions provided by mediators in the international arena. Mediation is located within the broader family of international intervention approaches, as practiced by individuals, international and transnational organizations, small and large states, and in bilateral or multilateral contexts. Topics to be covered include: exploring the role of international mediation in preventing, managing, or resolving conflicts; understanding the perspective of a mediator as opposed to other parties in a dispute; analyzing strengths and weaknesses of different kinds of international mediators; understanding the strategies and tactics that have been adopted in previous mediation efforts; and exploring how mediation might be used in current conflicts. Students must have completed DHP220 or have permission of instructor. (Monday 3:20-5:20 p.m.)

Seminar on Crisis Management and Complex Emergencies (P 245)
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY

FALL
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.)

Processes of International Negotiation (DHP D 220)
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY

FALL and SPRING
Instructors:
Brian Ganson (FALL Sec. 01, 03)
617-471-1497
Eileen Babbitt (SPRING, Sec. 01)
617-627-3796
Nadim Rouhana (SPRING (Sec. 02)
627-627-5451

This course explores the processes, rather than specific substantive issues, of international negotiation. Using exercises and simulations, it examines the nature of conflict in the international arena; the special characteristics of negotiation in the international setting; pre-negotiation and the problems of inducing parties to negotiate; negotiation dynamics; the roles of culture and power; and the strategy and tactics of international negotiation. International mediation, arbitration, special problems of multilateral negotiation, and the follow-up and implementation of negotiated agreements are also examined. Enrollment limited to 30 per class. (FALL: Section 01: Monday 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Section 03: Tuesday 3:20-5:20 p.m.; SPRING: Section 01: Tuesday 3:20-5:20 p.m.; Section 02: Thursday 5:30-7:30 p.m.)

Politics and Processes of Reconciliation: Transitional Justice and Multicultural Citizenships (DHP D229)

FLETCHER SCHOOL

SPRING

Instructor:
Nadim Rouhana

[Description not yet available] (Tuesday 5:30-7:30 p.m.)

International Treaty Behavior: A Perspective on Globalization (ILO L209)
FLETCHER SCHOOL

FALL
Instructor:
Antonia Handler Chayes
617-627-3582

This seminar examines treaty behavior over a broad spectrum of subject areas—including security, environment, trade and human rights. Approaches to international agreements affect economic, security and foreign policy in this interdependent world. The seminar examines IL and IR theories of compliance. It explores exceptionalism in treaty behavior—American and other nations. The seminar offers students the opportunity to do research in depth on one or more treaties, or the behavior of a given nation or group of nation under several treaties. Prior law courses helpful but not required. (Wednesday 3:20-5:20 p.m.)

International Relations: Theory and Practice (DHP P 200)
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY

FALL
Instructor:
Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.
Fletcher School
Tufts University
617-627-2738

Traditional, behavioral, and post-behavioral theories of international relations, and the nature of theory in international relations; the role of normative theory; levels of analysis, structure-agent relationships, and concepts of foreign policy behavior and decision making; utopian/neo-liberal and realist/neo-realist theory, and democratic peace theory; theories of power and its management; theories of integration, cooperation, conflict, war, and geopolitical and ecological/environmental relationships; constructivism; systems theory; regime analysis; the relationship between theory and the international system in the early 21st century; traditional and contemporary paradigms of the international system. (Tuesday and Thursday 9:40-10:55 a.m.)

International Environmental Negotiation
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY (Fletcher P231)
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (DUSP 11.364)
(Not offered in 2009-2010)

Global environmental policy concerns (e.g., climate change, ozone depletion, deforestation, acid rain, ocean dumping, desertification, fisheries decline, biodiversity, and forest loss) have become increasingly important in international relations. This seminar looks at the problems of achieving development while maintaining natural systems and capital. This requires negotiating multilateral environmental agreements that can effectively manage common resources, take joint action to prevent global commons degradation, achieve transboundary pollution control, and the dilemmas of harmonizing environmental standards. At the core of these three problems are issues of how best to structure international negotiations.

The class will operate as a research seminar. After examining the present treaty system and how it is negotiated, each student will be expected to prepare a prescriptive case analysis of an international environmental negotiation. Students should have background in negotiation and international relations.