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UN and Global Conflicts (Generic Elective)
Course Rationale: This paper focuses on the structure, composition and role (political and non-political) of United Nations and acquaints the students with the importance of this international organization in the politics of yesteryears as well as its relevance in the contemporary times.
The objectives of this course are to:
1. Make learners aware about the structure and the functions of UNO and other agencies.
2. Acquaint the students with understand existing, contemporary and emerging issues and trends that shape global polity.
Course Outcomes (CO)
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GPOL 201(A) |
United Nations and Global Conflicts |
CO1: Understand the core aspects of United Nations Organization, its structure, and its functioning as an international institution, and contemporary issues on the international agenda. Understand the inner workings of the United Nations CO2: learn how to prepare for Model United Nations conferences, particularly comprehending and analyzing issues, learn parliamentary procedure (as it applies to Model UN conferences), and technical writing expected of Model UN delegates. CO3: Understand and learn how to peace keeping movement are carried and conflicts are resolved . CO4: Demonstrate parliamentary procedure in the United Nations, write and respond to resolutions, form alliances with like-minded countries to pass these resolutions and respond to international incidents. CO 5: Create a persuasive argument advocating for specific changes in the structure and decision making processes of the Security Council |
Approach in teaching
Lecture, Power point presentations ,Classroom discussions and use of Map and Globes, Case study
Class discussions through presentations, Information of contemporary situations to be presented and discussed
Interactive sessions using various online resources, Simulation(Model United Nations) |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects
“Mock” Model United Nations; Online Quiz |
Formation and failure of League of Nations; UN: Formation, Principles and Objectives
: General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social
Council, ICJ, Secretariat; International Labour Organization [ILO], United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO],International Monetary Fund [IMF] ,World Bank [WB]; United Nations Children’s Fund [UNICEF], United Nations Development Programme [UNDP],
Peace Keeping, Peace Making and Enforcement; Peace Building and Responsibility to Protect; Millennium Development Goals
Korean War; Vietnam War; Afghanistan Wars; Syria Crisis; Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Assessment of the United Nations as a Collective Security Organization; Reforms Process: Controversy over Veto, Enlargement of Security Council membership
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Ø Saksena,K.P.,(1993), Reforming the United Nations : The Challenge of Relevance, New Delhi,Sage.
Ø Thakur,R., (2006),The United Nations, Peace and Security: From Collective Security to Responsibility to Protect,Bengaluru, Cambridge University Press
Ø Gosh,P., (2016) International Relations.India: Prentice Hall India Learning Private Limited.
Ø Ghai, U.R. (2014) International Politics: Theory and Practice. Jallandhar: New Academic Publishing.
Ø Baylis,J. and Smith, S., (2011),The Globalization of World Politics: An
Introduction to International Relations ,New York,Oxford University Press
Ø Baehr,P. R. andGordenker, L. Gordenker,(1994), The United Nations in 1990s, Macmillan, Hamshire
Ø Ghali, B.B.,(1992), An Agenda for Peace, United Nations, New York.
Ø LeRoy,A.,(1991) Bennett,International Organization : Principles and Issues, Prentice Hall, New Jersey
Ø Wein,Thomas ,Wein,G, Forsyth,David P,Coate ,Roger A., (1994),The United Nations and Changing World Politics,Boulder, Westview Press
Ø Kayathwal, (1998),The United Nations: Retrospect and Prospect, Jaipur, Pointer Publishers
E-Resources:
Ø Hanhimäki, J. M. (2015). The United Nations: A Very Short Introduction. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. Can be retrieved from https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-united-nations-a-very-short-introduction-very-short-introductions-d184878289.html
Ø Baylis, J., Owens, P., Smith, S. (2009). The Globalization of World Politics / Globalization: A Very Short Introduction Pack. United States: Oxford University Press. Can be retrieved from https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-globalization-of-world-politics-e194250309.html
Ø War in Ukraine | Global Conflict Tracker. (2023, March 16). Global Conflict Tracker. https://cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ukraine
Ø Ukraine: Conflict at the Crossroads of Europe and Russia. (2022, November 4). Ukraine: Conflict at the Crossroads of Europe and Russia | Council on Foreign Relations. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-crossroads-europe-and-russia
Ø Concluding Debate on Security Council Reform, Speakers in General Assembly Urge More Representation for Developing Countries, Ending of Permanent Members’ Veto Power | UN Press. (2022, November 18). Concluding Debate on Security Council Reform, Speakers in General Assembly Urge More Representation for Developing Countries, Ending of Permanent Members’ Veto Power | UN Press. https://press.un.org/en/2022/ga12473.doc.htm
Ø The Korean War 101: Causes, Course, and Conclusion of the Conflict - Association for Asian Studies. (n.d.). Association for Asian Studies. https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/the-korean-war-101-causes-course-and-conclusion-of-the-conflict/
Ø James I. Matray (2022) US Entry into the Korean War: Origins, Impact, and Lessons, Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/25751654.2022.2053407?needAccess=true&role=button
