ARS41001 Peace and Conflict Research I

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Global Studies

Lecture Code ARS41001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name Peace and Conflict Research I (平和と紛争研究 I)

Subject Name
（Katakana）ヘイワトフンソウケンキュウ I

Subject Name in
English Peace and Conflict Research I

Instructor YAMANE TATSUO

Instructor
(Katakana) ヤマネ　タツオ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Tues1-2：IAS K209

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face, Online (on-demand)

Face to Face
Lecture, Discussion, Presentation
Reading assignments, tasks

(2025) Only Lesson 1 (Introduction): On demand (The instructor will inform the registered students to this course of the on-demand instruction through Moodle in advance.)

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 2 Language of Instruction E : English

Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 02 : Political Science

Eligible Students

Keywords International Relations, Peace and Conflict, International Security, Security Governance, Europe, Africa, Asia, America, State Failure, Regime Change, International Order and Regional Conflict, Conflict Prevention, Peacemaking, Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding, Democratization, Civil Society, Sovereignty
SDGs_16

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Global Studies
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information in individual academic disciplines.
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・The ability to take action cooperatively to advance research to resolve the problem by sharing issues with people from different cultures and areas of specialization, and explaining one’s own ideas logically and simply.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Aims
This series of subjects will provide academic knowledge for the understanding of contemporary armed conflicts and ways and means of conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and conflict prevention by international actors through the study of international Relations (IR)/International Politics.

Structure
This series is divided into two parts (Peace and Conflict Research I and II) as following. The first part (Peace and Conflict Research I) is for understandings of historical and theoretical perspectives and case studies of contemporary armed conflicts from the viewpoint of IR/International Politics. Primarily, historical knowledge of the sovereign state system provides us with a compass to designate where we are chronologically and geographically in international and domestic arenas. The first part also focuses on contemporary armed conflicts caused by political, economic, and social elements. The second part will provide more specific studies about how international society tries to tackle those conflicts. In the second part (Peace and Conflict Research II), the lecturer will pay attention to the three perspectives: the United Nations (UN) security governance, European Union (EU) security governance, and African Union (AU) security governance. Those issues in world politics have been argued in debates on how those institutionalizations on conflict resolution and peacekeeping effectively and adequately respond to terminate armed conflicts and come about sustainable peacebuilding in relevance with state-building.

A Series of Peace and Conflict Research
This subject (Peace and Conflict Research I) is the first part of Peace and Conflict Research courses at Hiroshima University (HU).
“Peace and Conflict Research I” is one of the specialized subjects in the Department of Integrated Global Studies (IGS). Participants to “Peace and Conflict Research II” are required to attend this course (Peace and Conflict Research I).

Area of Study
International Relations (IR), International Politics (in Political Science)

The main purpose of IR/International Politics is to seek a quality of politics at the international level. It attributes to how international relations among state actors have emerged, maintained, and transformed in politics. Besides taking up the state’s form as the primal actor in international affairs, other actors, such as international organizations and non-governmental organizations whose activities link to global politics, become the objects for the analysis. This study area will concentrate on responding to how and why a particular decision has been made in politics. Study on IR/International Politics pursues this nature of concerns at global, regional, and local levels in world politics.

Class Schedule lesson1
Introduction
The instructor will provide an instruction of this course in the lesson 1.

(Lecture part) Introduction+: Conflict and Peace Research I
In addition, the lecturer will provide what is contemporary world affairs on peace and conflict.

lesson2
What Is the Sovereign State System? The Background History (1)

Students will learn the meaning of several historical events related to peace and conflict through basic study questions such as why we are involved in sovereign state system.

Reference: Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 (Part One, the historical context), in Baylis, John, and Smith, Steve, and Owens, Patricia (Eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press.

lesson3
International Order after the 1990s: The Background History (2)

The student will learn the meaning of international order in the context of the post-cold war era.

Reference: Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 (Part One, the historical context), in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (Eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press.
Others

lesson4
IR's Major Theoretical Perspectives: (1) Liberal Internationalism

Liberalism stresses need of the international cooperation among states based on “liberal institutionalism. On the other hand, “Survival” is the most critical value for realists in International Relations. In that sense, it is supposed that states pursue the “balance of power” in the “anarchical system” in the world to keep peace in mind. In the wide range of debates in both realism and liberalism, Lesson 4 and 5 introduce the essence of those “main approaches” in the study.

Reference: Chapter 7 (Liberal Institutionalism) and Chapter 9 (Realism), in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (Eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press.
Others

lesson5
IR's Major Theoretical Perspectives: (2) Realism

Liberalism stresses need of the international cooperation among states based on “liberal institutionalism. On the other hand, “Survival” is the most critical value for realists in International Relations. In that sense, it is supposed that states pursue the “balance of power” in the “anarchical system” in the world to keep peace in mind. In the wide range of debates in both realism and liberalism, Lesson 4 and 5 introduce the essence of those “main approaches” in the study.

Reference: Chapter 7 (Liberal Institutionalism) and Chapter 9 (Realism), in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press.

Lesson6
Humanitarian Intervention and Regime Change

Non-interference is the central idea to keep the sovereign state system. That means that external intervention to any sovereign states is placed in a contradictory notion. Yet, two ways of “use of force” at the international level, are authorized by the UN Charter. This class examines contemporary practices of authorized external interventions concerning the state-building of authoritarian regimes by external regime change power.

Reference: Chapter 33 (“Humanitarian Intervention in World Politics”), in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (Eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press.
Others

lesson7
Refugees, hunger, development, and peacebuilding
Since the 1990s, peacebuilding activities in post-conflict areas have been counted as indispensable components to lead sustainable peace in societies. The embedded idea of peacebuilding implicitly and explicitly has shown “universal” ways based on liberal ideas. However, its peacebuilding sometime gives conflicted adjustment with local practices to be reconstructed. At the same time, the concept of human security also invented in the 1990s. How can world politics respond to human security itself? Class 6 shows a wide range of peacebuilding activities and their challenges, sharing the same line of human security issues.

Reference: Chapter 26 (“Refugees and Forced Migration”) and Chapter 27 ("Poverty, Hunger, and Development"), in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (Eds.)(2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press.

lesson8
Disarmament and Armed Control of the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Reference: Chapter 30 ("Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction") in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press.
Others

Wrap-up

Tasks (in each class) and Final report

The details will be noticed to the students in the Lesson 1.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Reference: Baylis, J., Smith, S. and Owens, P. (Eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press (the 9th edition).

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Text, Handouts, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream, Microsoft Forms, moodle

(More Details)

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Project Learning

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review The lecturer requests all the participants to take time prior to the class for reading assignments to vitalize discussion in this class.

Requirements Your Efforts (every week)
Attendance to class, preparation study before the course, and review after the class

Requirements and Evaluation
For fair evaluation, the registered students must attend the classes more than six times (among eight times) at least.

Grading Method The class grade is evaluated according to a registered student’s performance by tasks (60%) in each class and the final paper (40%).
The details for final paper will be noticed in the lesson 1.

Practical Experience Experienced

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it Special Attache, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations (1999-2000)
Project Director, AMDA (Medical NGO) to Sri Lanka (2003-2004)

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Global Studies
Lecture Code	ARS41001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	Peace and Conflict Research I (平和と紛争研究 I)
Subject Name （Katakana）	ヘイワトフンソウケンキュウ I
Subject Name in English	Peace and Conflict Research I
Instructor	YAMANE TATSUO
Instructor (Katakana)	ヤマネ　タツオ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Tues1-2：IAS K209
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face, Online (on-demand)
Face to Face Lecture, Discussion, Presentation Reading assignments, tasks (2025) Only Lesson 1 (Introduction): On demand (The instructor will inform the registered students to this course of the on-demand instruction through Moodle in advance.)
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week	2	Language of Instruction	E : English
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	02 : Political Science
Eligible Students
Keywords	International Relations, Peace and Conflict, International Security, Security Governance, Europe, Africa, Asia, America, State Failure, Regime Change, International Order and Regional Conflict, Conflict Prevention, Peacemaking, Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping, Peacebuilding, Democratization, Civil Society, Sovereignty SDGs_16
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Global Studies （Knowledge and Understanding）・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information in individual academic disciplines. （Comprehensive Abilities）・The ability to take action cooperatively to advance research to resolve the problem by sharing issues with people from different cultures and areas of specialization, and explaining one’s own ideas logically and simply.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Aims This series of subjects will provide academic knowledge for the understanding of contemporary armed conflicts and ways and means of conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and conflict prevention by international actors through the study of international Relations (IR)/International Politics. Structure This series is divided into two parts (Peace and Conflict Research I and II) as following. The first part (Peace and Conflict Research I) is for understandings of historical and theoretical perspectives and case studies of contemporary armed conflicts from the viewpoint of IR/International Politics. Primarily, historical knowledge of the sovereign state system provides us with a compass to designate where we are chronologically and geographically in international and domestic arenas. The first part also focuses on contemporary armed conflicts caused by political, economic, and social elements. The second part will provide more specific studies about how international society tries to tackle those conflicts. In the second part (Peace and Conflict Research II), the lecturer will pay attention to the three perspectives: the United Nations (UN) security governance, European Union (EU) security governance, and African Union (AU) security governance. Those issues in world politics have been argued in debates on how those institutionalizations on conflict resolution and peacekeeping effectively and adequately respond to terminate armed conflicts and come about sustainable peacebuilding in relevance with state-building. A Series of Peace and Conflict Research This subject (Peace and Conflict Research I) is the first part of Peace and Conflict Research courses at Hiroshima University (HU). “Peace and Conflict Research I” is one of the specialized subjects in the Department of Integrated Global Studies (IGS). Participants to “Peace and Conflict Research II” are required to attend this course (Peace and Conflict Research I). Area of Study International Relations (IR), International Politics (in Political Science) The main purpose of IR/International Politics is to seek a quality of politics at the international level. It attributes to how international relations among state actors have emerged, maintained, and transformed in politics. Besides taking up the state’s form as the primal actor in international affairs, other actors, such as international organizations and non-governmental organizations whose activities link to global politics, become the objects for the analysis. This study area will concentrate on responding to how and why a particular decision has been made in politics. Study on IR/International Politics pursues this nature of concerns at global, regional, and local levels in world politics.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Introduction The instructor will provide an instruction of this course in the lesson 1. (Lecture part) Introduction+: Conflict and Peace Research I In addition, the lecturer will provide what is contemporary world affairs on peace and conflict. lesson2 What Is the Sovereign State System? The Background History (1) Students will learn the meaning of several historical events related to peace and conflict through basic study questions such as why we are involved in sovereign state system. Reference: Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 (Part One, the historical context), in Baylis, John, and Smith, Steve, and Owens, Patricia (Eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press. lesson3 International Order after the 1990s: The Background History (2) The student will learn the meaning of international order in the context of the post-cold war era. Reference: Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 (Part One, the historical context), in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (Eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press. Others lesson4 IR's Major Theoretical Perspectives: (1) Liberal Internationalism Liberalism stresses need of the international cooperation among states based on “liberal institutionalism. On the other hand, “Survival” is the most critical value for realists in International Relations. In that sense, it is supposed that states pursue the “balance of power” in the “anarchical system” in the world to keep peace in mind. In the wide range of debates in both realism and liberalism, Lesson 4 and 5 introduce the essence of those “main approaches” in the study. Reference: Chapter 7 (Liberal Institutionalism) and Chapter 9 (Realism), in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (Eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press. Others lesson5 IR's Major Theoretical Perspectives: (2) Realism Liberalism stresses need of the international cooperation among states based on “liberal institutionalism. On the other hand, “Survival” is the most critical value for realists in International Relations. In that sense, it is supposed that states pursue the “balance of power” in the “anarchical system” in the world to keep peace in mind. In the wide range of debates in both realism and liberalism, Lesson 4 and 5 introduce the essence of those “main approaches” in the study. Reference: Chapter 7 (Liberal Institutionalism) and Chapter 9 (Realism), in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press. Lesson6 Humanitarian Intervention and Regime Change Non-interference is the central idea to keep the sovereign state system. That means that external intervention to any sovereign states is placed in a contradictory notion. Yet, two ways of “use of force” at the international level, are authorized by the UN Charter. This class examines contemporary practices of authorized external interventions concerning the state-building of authoritarian regimes by external regime change power. Reference: Chapter 33 (“Humanitarian Intervention in World Politics”), in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (Eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press. Others lesson7 Refugees, hunger, development, and peacebuilding Since the 1990s, peacebuilding activities in post-conflict areas have been counted as indispensable components to lead sustainable peace in societies. The embedded idea of peacebuilding implicitly and explicitly has shown “universal” ways based on liberal ideas. However, its peacebuilding sometime gives conflicted adjustment with local practices to be reconstructed. At the same time, the concept of human security also invented in the 1990s. How can world politics respond to human security itself? Class 6 shows a wide range of peacebuilding activities and their challenges, sharing the same line of human security issues. Reference: Chapter 26 (“Refugees and Forced Migration”) and Chapter 27 ("Poverty, Hunger, and Development"), in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (Eds.)(2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press. lesson8 Disarmament and Armed Control of the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Reference: Chapter 30 ("Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction") in Baylis, John, Smith, Steve and Owens, Patricia (eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press. Others Wrap-up Tasks (in each class) and Final report The details will be noticed to the students in the Lesson 1.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Reference: Baylis, J., Smith, S. and Owens, P. (Eds.) (2023). The globalization of world politics: Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press (the 9th edition).
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Text, Handouts, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Stream, Microsoft Forms, moodle
(More Details)
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Quizzes/ Quiz format, Project Learning
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	The lecturer requests all the participants to take time prior to the class for reading assignments to vitalize discussion in this class.
Requirements	Your Efforts (every week) Attendance to class, preparation study before the course, and review after the class Requirements and Evaluation For fair evaluation, the registered students must attend the classes more than six times (among eight times) at least.
Grading Method	The class grade is evaluated according to a registered student’s performance by tasks (60%) in each class and the final paper (40%). The details for final paper will be noticed in the lesson 1.
Practical Experience	Experienced
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it	Special Attache, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations (1999-2000) Project Director, AMDA (Medical NGO) to Sri Lanka (2003-2004)
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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