UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL STUDIES TERM : FALL AND WINTER 2015-2016 COURSE #: POLS 4730
SEC: A01
CRN: 10602-20528
CREDIT HOURS: 6
COURSE TITLE: Strategic Studies INSTRUCTOR: Capt. Emmanuel Goffi (2nd Term)
FORMAT: Seminar
OFFICE LOCATION: 438 University College
LOCATION OF CLASS: 238 UC
TELEPHONE: office 204-474-9834; cell 204770-0074 EMAIL ADDRESS:
[email protected]
TIME OF CLASS: Thursdays, 14:30-17:30 OFFICE HOURS: Mondays, 10:30-12:30 or by appointment
COURSE CONTENT AND DESCRIPTION This second part of the course aims at providing students with an understanding of various postCold War dimensions of strategy. Through this course students will be asked to work on issues like nuclear deterrence and proliferation, the evolution of warfare, counterinsurgency, terrorism, the use of robots on future battlefield, or cyberwarfare. To address these issues theories and concepts seen during the first part of the course will be used and developed throughout the classes, and supported by specific case studies such as the Yugoslav wars, the interventions in Iraq, in Afghanistan, and in Libya with the purpose to link the theory with the realities of modern politics. All these case will be approached through both a North American and European perspectives. Sessions rely on interactivity, students are thus expected to be fully involved, to engage the readings and to actively participate in discussions and debates. TEXTBOOK BAYLIS, John, et.al. Strategy in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Strategic Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Fourth edition, 2013.
ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING Oral presentation 15% Term Paper (Winter) 35%
GRADING SCALE A+ = 90-100 A = 80-89 B+ = 75-79 B = 70-74 C+ = 65-69 C = 60-64 D = 50-59 F = 0-49
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COURSE OUTLINE: Week 1 - The Changing Nature of Warfare -
BAYLIS, John, et.al. Strategy in the Contemporary World. Op. cit.. p. 39-60. STRACHAN, Hew. The Changing Character of War. A Europeam Lecture Delivered at the Graduate Institute of International Relations, Geneva, 9th November 2006. p. 1-32. [Online]
Week 2 - Irregular Warfare -
BAYLIS, John, et.al. Strategy in the Contemporary World. Op. cit.. p. 173-194. SMITH, M. L. R.. Guerrilla in the mist: reassessing strategy and low intensity warfare. Review of International Studies, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2003. p. 19-37. ETZIONI, Amitai. COIN: A study of strategic illusion. Small Wars & Insurgencies, Vol. 26, No. 3, 2005. p. 345-376. [Online]
Week 3 - Fourth Generation Warfare -
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LIND, William S., NIGHTENGALE, Keith, SCHMITT, John F., SUTTON, Joseph W., WILSON, Gary I.. The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation. Marine Corps Gazette, October 1989. p. 22-26. [Online] LIND, William S.. Understanding Fourth Generation War. Marine Corps Gazette, Military Review, September-October 2004. p. 12-16. [Online] ECHEVARRIA, Antulio J.. Fourth-Generation War and Other Myths. [Online]
Week 4 - Humanitarian Intervention -
BAYLIS, John, et.al. Strategy in the Contemporary World. Op. cit.. p. 286-302. PAPE, Robert. When Duty Calls: A Pragmatic Standard of Humanitarian Intervention. International Security, Vol. 37, No. 1, Summer 2012. p. 41-80. [Online] WELSH, Jennifer. Implementing the Responsibility to Protect: Where Expectations Meet Reality. Ethics & International Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 4, Winter 2010. p. 415-430. [Online]
Week 5 - Air Power and Counterinsurgency: The 2006 War in Lebanon -
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BEN-ISRAEL, Isaac. Aerospace Power and Counterinsurgency: Israeli Experience. In James Ferguson, William March (Ed.) No Clear Flight Plan: Counterinsurgency and Aerospace Power. Winnipeg MB: Silver Dart Canadian Aerospace Studies, Volume IV. p. 175-202. LAMBETH, Benjamin S.. Learning from Lebanon: Airpower and Strategy in Israel’s 2006 War against Hezbollah. Naval War College Review, Vol. 65, No. 3, Summer 2012. p. 83-104. [Online]
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Week 6 - The Impact of Civil-Military Relations on Strategic Thinking -
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RAHBEK-CLEMMENSEN, Jon, ARCHER, Emerald M., BARR, John, BELKIN, Aaron, GUERRERO, Mario, HALL, Cameron, SWAIN, Katie E. O.. Conceptualizing the CivilMilitary Gap: A Research Note. Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 38, No. 4, 2012. p. 669678. [Online] ALBRIGHT, David E.. Conceptualization of Civil-Military Relations. World Politics, Vol. 32, No. 4, July 1980. p. 553-576.
Week 7 - Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) -
BAYLIS, John, et.al. Strategy in the Contemporary World. Op. cit.. p. 151-169. MENTHE, Lance, SULLIVAN, Jeffrey. A RAND Analysis Tool for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: The Collections Operations Model. Santa Monica CA: RAND Corporation, 2008. [Online]
Week 8 - Network-Centric Warfare -
CEBROWSKI, Arthur K., GARSTKA, John J.. Network-Centric Warfare: Its Origin and Future. Proceedings Magazine, Vol. 124/1/1, No. 139, January 1998. [Online] LAWSON, Sean. Is Network-Centric Warfare (Finally) Dead? Only Partly. ICT and International Affairs, 14 August 2010. [Online]
Week 9 - Postheroic Warfare -
LUTTWAK, Edward. Post-Heroic Warfare. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 74, No. 3, May/June 1995. p. 109-122. [Online] LUTTWAK, Edward. “Post-Heroic Warfare” and its Implications. Paper from NIDS International Symposium on Security Affairs, October 1999. p. 127-139. [Online]
Week 10 - Postmodern Warfare -
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NUCIARI, Marina. Models and Explanations for Military Organization: An Updated Reconsideration. In Giuseppe CAFORIO (Ed.). Handbook of the Sociology of the Military. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2003. p. 61-85. BOOTH, Bradford, KESTNBAUM, Meyer, SEGAL, David R.. Are Post-Cold War Militaries Postmodern? Armed Forces and Society, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2001. p. 319-342.
Week 11 - The Laws of Armed Conflict -
BAYLIS, John, et.al. Strategy in the Contemporary World. Op. cit.. p. 96-114. SITARAMAN, Ganesh. Counterinsurgency, the War on Terror and the Laws of War. Virginia Law Review, Vol. 95, 2009. p. 1779-1832. [Online]
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Week 12 - Military Transformation -
BAYLIS, John, et.al. Strategy in the Contemporary World. Op. cit.. p. 247-266. RUMSFLED, Donald. Transforming the Military. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 81, No. 3, MayJune 2002. p. 20-32.
Week 13 - Cyberwar -
BAYLIS, John, et.al. Strategy in the Contemporary World. Op. cit.. p. 303-319. HOLLIS, David. Cyber War Case Study: Georgia 2008. Small Wars Journal, January 2011. [Online] ALEXANDER, Keith B.. Warfighting in Cyberspace. Joint Force Quarterly, Vol. 46, 3rd quarter 2007. p. 58-61. [Online]
Week 14 - Reflections on The Future of Strategy -
BAYLIS, John, et.al. Strategy in the Contemporary World. Op. cit.. p. 323-340. BETTS, Richard K.. Should Strategic Studies Survive? World Politics, Vol. 50, October 1997. p. 7-33.
Students are required by the Department to retain a copy of each assignment submitted to their instructors. Students should acquaint themselves with the University’s policy on plagiarism, academic dishonesty, academic fraud, cheating and examination impersonation in the University of Manitoba General Calendar. Students may also refer to the Faculty’s website: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/student/index.html, which will provide detailed information on the issues and possible range of penalties for Academic Dishonesty. Unreturned term work will become the property of the Faculty of Arts and will be subject to confidential destruction.
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