International Conflict

I.  Political Violence

A.  War as Leverage

B.  Theories of War

II.  Types of International Conflict

A.  Tangible:  Conflicts of Interest

1.  Territorial Border Disputes

a.  Integrity of Land

b.  International disputes/Secessionist Movements

2.  Control of Governments

B.  Intangible:  Conflicts of Ideas

1.  Ethnic Conflict

2.  Religious Conflict

III. Means of Leverage

A.  War

B.  Terrorism

1.  Definition

2.  A Calculated Use of Violence

a.  Psychological Impact

b.  Location

3.  Why Target Innocents?

a.  Leverage Through Hostage Taking

b.  Leverage through Publicity

1.  Role of the Media

c.  Applying Pressure

d.  Who are the "innocents?"

4.  State-Sponsored

5.  Why 9-11?

1.  A Culture Argument?  (No)

2.  Root Causes

a.  American Foreign Policy

3.  Cold War Foreign Policy

4.  Post Cold War Era

a.  Where's the Ideology?