War and Global Conflict
In the Contemporary World
Introduction
Lecture
The Team
Dr. Rudra Chaudhuri
Module Convenor
Pablo de Orellana
Prof. Thomas Rid
Dr. Ahron Bregman
Seminars and Your GTAs
Term 1: Start 5 October
Mon 0900-1000 Tom
Mon 1030-1130 Tom
Swap Groups?
Mon 1130-1230 Flavia
Mon 1630-1730 Flavia
Tues 0900-1000 Birte
Tues 1500-1600 Birte
WarWhen
and
Global
Conflict
did
it
start
What
the
COLD is
WAR
?
War & Global Conflict
Cold War
SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT
Orthodox
Revisionist
Soviet
American
Aggression
Economic
Expansionism
PostRevisionist
Complex
Interaction
Multi-Level Conflict
Democracy
Totalitarianism
Capitalism
Planned economy
Pluralism
Socialism
The Cold War and Containment
The Cold War before Orwell
Stalin after Hiroshima: ‘The balance has
been destroyed…that cannot be.’
The Long Telegram: 22 February, 1946
The Marshall Plan and the
beginning of Containment
The Cold War as Operational and GeoPolitical Codes
Containment
Kennan’s
Containment
1947-1949
Détente 1970s on
NSC-68: 1950-1953
Flexible Response: 1961-1969
New Look: 1953-1961
Europe/Vital
Korea/Peripheral –
Universalism/Deterrence
MAD/Revolution/
Retaliation/Strengthening
Deterrence-nuclear heavy/MEDO-Vietnam/Red Lines/– 3500
in 1961/486000 in 1967
SEATO-CENTO
Superiority to
sufficiency/China
SALT
• Arms race
• Military alliances
• Threaten war / retaliation
• Non-military confrontation between two highly armed
power blocs led by US and Soviet Union respectively
• Economic pressure
• Propaganda
• Proxy wars
ASIA
The Cold War in Asia
MILITARY DIFFERENCES
• Very little superpower involvement at
beginning of Cold War
• Ideological conflict fought through clients
and proxies
• No nuclear weapons until 1964
POLITICAL DIFFERENCES
• Nationalist/anticolonial struggles ongoing,
most of Asia remained colonised in 1945
• postcolonial states
• Communist alliance far less homogenous:
Sino-Soviet split, Vietnamese-Cambodian
war, Sino-Vietnamese War
• China is main Communist actor, and is not
Marxist-Leninist like the USSR
Infographic accompanying article‘Comniform
is in sight for Southeastern Asia’, New York
Times, July 1948.
An unfamiliar Cold War: communism, nationalism,
emancipation and anticolonialism in Asia
China and the rise of communism in Asia (next week)
• The end of the Qing empire, colonialism, concessions and the Opium Wars in China. The
search for modernity: the rise of nationalism and communism
Limited War by Proxy and client states- the War in Korea (week 6)
• The role of China, the USSR, the US and the Koreas, an outlet for Cold War struggles?
Colonial Insurgency: The French Indochina War (week 7)
• Anticolonialism, communism as emancipation, colonialism and the Cold War, the 1954
peace and containment
Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Vietnam, 1960-1975 (week 9)
• The legacy of colonial war, war by proxy, counterinsurgency, and communist victory
1979 Sino-Vietnamese War (week 12)
• Cambodia, China, the US and Vietnam or the puzzling aftermath of the Vietnam War:
when communists fight communists and communism is not monolithic
LECTURE SCHEDULE
TERM ONE
•24/9/15: Introduction and Course Organisation (Chaudhuri, Orellana, & TAs)
•1/10/15: China and the rise of communism in Asia (Orellana)
•8/10/15: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Bregman)
•15/10/15: The Middle East Watershed: The June 1967 and October 1973 Wars (Bregman)
•22/10/15: Cold War in the Periphery: South Asia from 1947 (Chaudhuri)
•29/10/15: Understanding the Kashmir dispute, 1947 to present (Chaudhuri)
NO LECTURE ON 5 NOVEMBER
•12/11/15: Limited War by Proxy- the War in Korea (Orellana)
•19/11/15: Colonial Insurgency: The French Indochina War (Orellana)
•26/11/15: Hedging China? Revisiting the Sino-Indian Border War (Chaudhuri)
•3/12/15: Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency in Vietnam, 1960-1975 (Orellana)
•10/12/15: Israeli Invasion of Lebanon (1982) to the 2006 war and after (Bregman)
TERM TWO –
•14/1/16: Introduction for new study abroad students (Chaudhuri/Orellana)
•21/1/16: 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War (Orellana)
•28/1/16: AFPAK‟ and the Indo-Pakistan great game (Chaudhuri)
•4/2/16: Making sense of the Arab Revolution (Bregman)
•11/2/16: Terrorism and „Radicalisation‟ (Guest Lecture)
•18/2/16: The “Islamic State” and the Middle East today? (Reinoud)
•25/2/16: A New Cold War in East Asia? The Rise of the Maritime States (Patalano)
•3/3/16 Special Forces and Contemporary Conflict (Simon Anglim)
•10/3/16: Cyber War as an idea? (Rid)
•17/3/16: Counterinsurgency and reconciliation in Afghanistan (Chaudhuri)
SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Students shall be divided into four seminar groups. In term 1, the seminars will start from 5 October 2015 and groups will meet every
week. In term 2, the seminars will start from 22 January 2016.
SEMINAR QUESTIONS
TERM ONE
1. How important was ideology in the victory of the Chinese Communist Party over the Guomindang? Seminars start on week beginning
5 October 2015!!!
2. What were the principal factors driving the Arab-Israeli conflict?
3. To what extent did the 1973 Arab-Israeli war demonstrate the independence of local actors in the Cold War?
4. What differentiated Indian and Pakistani approaches to the Cold War soon after independence in 1947?
5. What were the key factors that led to the outbreak of the War in Kashmir in 1947?
NO SEMINARS/ LECTURE IN WEEK BEGINNING 2 November 2015
6. ‘Chinese intervention in the Korean war had more to do with Mao’s domestic political considerations than with national security
concerns.’ Discuss.
7. Account for US president Truman’s decision to recognise the State of Vietnam in 1950 and to step up the funding of the French war
effort in Indochina.
8. What caused the Sino-Indian Border War of 1962?
9. ‘The failure of the strategic hamlet programme and the steady decline of the security situation in South Vietnam from 1963 to 1965
demonstrated that there was no viable alternative to Ho Chi Minh’s regime in Vietnam.’ Do you agree?
10. To what extent was 1982 a turning point in Israel’s relations with its neighbours?
Seminars and Your GTAs
Term 1: Start 5 October
Mon 0900-1000 Tom
Mon 1030-1130 Tom
Swap Groups?
Mon 1130-1230 Flavia
Mon 1630-1730 Flavia
Tues 0900-1000 Birte
Tues 1500-1600 Birte
Assessment
(full year students)
MODULE REQUIREMENTS & ASSESSMENT | KEATS SUBMISSION
The course consists of lectures and seminars. Lectures should be used to deepen and broaden your understanding of the
subject, which should help you to engage in seminar discussions, and to prepare for the examinations. Seminars will
provide students with the opportunity to explain, and interpret, seminar questions, before an audience of their peers, and
to discuss the issues, which are raised in the student’s presentation to the group. Students must read the section in the
Handbook on plagiarism very closely. Plagiarism (cheating) is a very serious offence and may result in referral to the
Misconduct Committee. Please come to see the module convenor if you have any concerns or doubts.
BA2 STUDENTS (including FULL YEAR STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS): Students will be examined by a three-hour
examination during the third term
In addition, all students are required to submit two module essays of not more than 2500 words each, including
footnotes, tables & appendices, but excluding the bibliography. NOTE: the first essay question must be selected from the
seminar question list for term one, and likewise the second essay question must be selected from the list for term two. The
first essay should be submitted to your TEACHING ASSISTANT by 11 December 2015, 12pm, and the second by 26
March 2016, 12pm. These essays are part of the course requirements, but will not count towards the final mark.
However, those who do not submit the essays may lose the right to sit the examination. THESE ESSAYS ARE NOT
SUBMITTED ON KEATS. All essays must conform to the ‘Guidelines on the Presentation of Essays’ in the Student Handbook.
Reading List
GUIDE
Recommendations
in lectures/by TAs
Questions?
Dr Rudra Chaudhuri
Office Hour: Thurs 10-12
And by appointment
STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS
Assessment
STUDY ABROAD Fall Students (5SSWF008):
2,500 word assignment 1: Submit on KEATS by Friday,
13 November 2015 (worth 50% of final grade)
DO NOT CHANGE
ESSAY
QUESTION
2,500 word assignment 2: Submit on KEATS by Friday,
14 December 2015 (worth 50% of final grade)
Questions?
War and Global Conflict
In the Contemporary World
Introductory Lecture