What you'll learn
- Student Describes the legal nature of the conflicts, classifies various types of internal and interstate conflicts.
- Identifies strengths and weaknesses within different international organizations and mediators in the conflict resolution process
- Student Explains negotiation, mediation etc. processes using appropriate theoretical framework and practical justification.
- Student Develops the main policy directions implemented by conflict sides, international governmental and non-governmental organizations.
- Prepares an evaluation report on the activities of conflict sides and mediators and their support of conflict prevention, peacekeeping and peacebuilding.
- Student Analyzes the policies of leading forces within the conflicts with the help of theoretical and practical framework
- Student will gain knowledge about main reasons of the conflict, which are connected to the multiethnicity of the world, terrorism, failed states
Requirements
- It is preferable if student has basic knowledge in the theory of International Relations
Description
The purpose of the lecture course is a detailed analysis of the main reasons of the internal and external conflicts, a review of the conflicts in the different regions of the world, conflict resolution processes and activities of the main international governmental and non-governmental organizations within the conflict resolution process thought conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding processes.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
● Student Describes the legal nature of the conflicts, classifies various types of internal and
interstate conflicts, taking into account the reasons for the conflicts, geographical factors, etc.
. Analyzes the impact of concrete conflicts on regional and international security.
. Explains the goals and objectives facing conflicts and ways to resolve them.
. Using a theoretical and practical framework discusses the impact of the activities of each
force of the conflicts.
Skills
Student Identifies strengths and weaknesses within different international organizations and
mediators in the conflict resolution process and develops ways to resolve the existing
confrontation.
. The student Explains negotiation, mediation, etc. processes using an appropriate theoretical framework
and practical justification.
. Develops the main policy directions implemented by conflict sides, international
governmental and non-governmental organizations, defines the most effective ways for
conflict resolution, etc.
. Prepares an evaluation report on the activities of conflict sides and mediators and their
support of conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacemaking, and peacebuilding processes.
Responsibility and autonomy:
● Has an awareness of the obligation to uphold ethics
. Respects different opinions and views has the ability to work in a team.
● Has the ability to respect the cultural diversity and traditions of different countries – whose students are involved in the study process;
. Has the ability to manage and plan your own learning process.
Who this course is for:
- The purpose of the lecture course is detailed analysis of the main reasons of the internal and external conflicts, review of the conflicts in the different regions of the world, conflict resolution processes and activities of the main international governmental and non-governmental organizations within the conflict resolution process thought conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding processes.
Instructor
- 3.7 Instructor Rating
- 14 Reviews
- 115 Students
- 3 Courses
Dr. Nika Chitadze is a specialist in Caucasus geopolitics, World Politics and strategic affairs. He is currently the Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the International Black Sea University and visited Professor at the European University and Caucasus International University in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is Director of the Center of International Studies at the International Black Sea University, also President of the George C. Marshall Alumni Union, Georgia – International and Security Research Center. Dr. Chitadze previously served as senior advisor on the National Security Council of Georgia and was Head of the Public Relations Division of the State Agency for Regulation of Oil and Gas Resources of Georgia. He has also held senior positions in the Department of Strategic and Military Policy at the Georgian Ministry of Defense and foreign policy research and analysis center of the Ministry of Foreign affairs. Dr. Chitadze has received his educational credentials in Georgia (Tbilisi State University and Diplomatic Academy of Georgia) as well as several international higher educational institutions, including Oxford University in the UK, George C. Marshall European College for Security Studies (Germany) and several other well known European educational institutions. He is the author of about 230 researches and articles and six books on Geopolitics, World Geography and International Relations.