Fall 2007 1 PAL-265 LEADERSHIP, DEMOCRACY, AND CONFLICT The Politics of the Developing World MONDAY,WEDNESDAY 4:10-6:00 PM LITTAUER 332 PROFESSOR ROBERT I. ROTBERG Office hours: available most afternoons (email ahead) Office: 124 Mount Auburn St., Suite 190 Tel: 617-496-2258 robert_rotberg@harvard.edu Assistant: Emily Wood Tel. 617-496-3100 Email: emily_wood@ksg.harvard.edu PLEASE DO NOT BRING LAPTOPS, PALM PILOTS, BLACKBERRIES, IPHONES (OR SIMILAR) INTO CLASS. CONSUMING FOOD IN CLASS IS ALSO DISCOURAGED. WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION. TOPICS AND READING LIST Some materials are available for downloading online; direct sources are noted. Other articles are available on the course website or through HOLLIS. These articles are starred and are not included in the course packs. Wed., Sept. 12 Leadership, Democracy, and Conflict Mon., Sept. 17 Leadership and Its Outcomes Tom Lodge, “Embodying the nation,” in Mandela: A Critical Life (Oxford, 2006), 204-225. Robert I. Rotberg, “Positive, Not Negative, Leadership,” in Robert I. Rotberg (ed.), Governance and Leadership in Africa (Philadelphia, 2007), 31-45.Fall 2007 10/4/2007 2 *Robert I. Rotberg, “Strengthening African Leadership: There Is Another Way,” Foreign Affairs, LXXXIII (July/August 2004), 14-18. http://www.heinonline.org.ezp1.harvard.edu/HOL/PDF?handle=hein.journals/fora83& id=572&print=section§ion=61&ext=.pdf Robert I. Rotberg, “The Role of Leadership in Overcoming Poverty and Achieving Security in Africa,” in Lael Brainard and Derek Chollet (eds.), Too Poor for Peace? Global Poverty, Conflict, and Security in the 21st Century (Washington, D.C., 2007), 119-127. Vamik D. Volkan and Norman Itzkowitz, The Immortal Ataturk: A Psychobiography (Chicago, 1984), 219-237; 251-262. Michael Barr, Lee Kuan Yew: The Beliefs Behind the Man (Richmond, UK, 2000), 7-48, 211-225, 241-252. Wed., Sept. 19 Incentives for Good Leadership *“Africa Calling,” The Economist (26 May 2007), 74. *Alan Cowell, “Prize to Honor Heroes in African Democracy,” The New York Times (27 October 2006), A11. Mon., Sept. 24 Measurement and Assessment: Governance and Repression Robert I. Rotberg, “Good and Bad Governance,” in Rotberg (ed.), Governance and Leadership in Africa (Philadelphia, 2007), 20-30. Robert I. Rotberg, “On Improving Nation-State Governance,” Daedalus, CXXXVI (Winter 2007), 152-155. Aung San Suu Kyi, “Intellectual Life in Burma and India under Colonialism,” in her Freedom from Fear (New York, 1990), 82-139. Robert I. Rotberg, “Repressive, Aggressive, and Rogue Nation-States: How Odious, How Dangerous?” in Robert I. Rotberg (ed.), Worst of the Worst: Dealing with Repressive and Rogue Nations (Washington, D.C., 2007), 1-39. Robert Dahl, “What Is Democracy?” and “Why Democracy?” in On Democracy (New Haven, 1998), 35-61.Fall 2007 10/4/2007 3 Wed., Sept. 26 Governance and Repression Continuation of readings above. Mon., Oct. 1 The New Index of African Governance *The Ibrahim Index of African Governance website, http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/index/index.asp Wed., Oct. 3 The Wars of the World: I *Lee Feinstein, “Darfur and Beyond: What Is Needed to Prevent Mass Atrocities,” Council on Foreign Relations, XXII (January 2007). http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/DarfurCSR22.pdf Fouad Ibrahim, “Introduction to the Conflict in Darfur/West Sudan,” in Explaining Darfur (Amsterdam, 2006), 9-17. Agnes van Ardenne-van der Hoeven, “The Road to Darfur Leads through Khartoum,” in Explaining Darfur, 19-26. Nick Grono, “Darfur: The International Community’s Failure to Protect,” in Explaining Darfur, 39-48. Robert I. Rotberg, “Sudan and the War in Darfur,” Great Decisions (2005), 57-67. Stephen Ellis, “Lean and Hungry Years” and “The Mechanics of War” in his The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War (New York, 1999), 104-149. Mon., Oct. 8 NO CLASS (Columbus Day) Wed., Oct. 10 The Wars of the World: II *International Crisis Group, “Southern Thailand: The Impact of the Coup,” Asia Report 129 (2007). http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4697&l=1 *International Crisis Group, “Congo: Staying Engaged after the Elections,” Africa Briefing 44 (2007). http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4604&l=1Fall 2007 10/4/2007 4 *International Crisis Group, “Nepal’s Maoists: Purists or Pragmatists,” Asia Report 132 (2006). http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4842&l=1 Kenneth J. Menkhaus, “Somalia and Somaliland: Terrorism, Political Islam, and State Collapse,” in Robert I. Rotberg (ed.), Battling Terrorism in the Horn of Africa (Washington, D.C., 2005), 23–47. Mon., Oct. 15 State Failure, Collapse, and Reconstruction Robert I. Rotberg, “The Failure and Collapse of Nation-States: Breakdown, Prevention, and Repair,” in Robert I. Rotberg (ed.), When States Fail: Causes and Consequences (Princeton, 2004), 1-45. Nat J. Colletta, Markus Kostner, and Ingo Wiederhofer, “Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration: Lessons and Liabilities in Reconstruction” in Rotberg, When States Fail, 170-181. William Reno, “Sierra Leone: Warfare in a Post-State Society,” in Robert I. Rotberg (ed.), State Failure and State Weakness in a Time of Terror (Washington, D.C., 2003), 71-100. Wed., Oct. 17 Term Project Discussion Mon., Oct. 22 State and Institution Building *Robert I. Rotberg, “Creating Robust Institutions: Preparing Secure Governance Foundations” (2006). http://statebuilding.org/resources/Rotberg_RPPS_October2006.pdf Wed., Oct. 24 Project Work Mon., Oct. 29 Ethnicity and Genocide *David A. Lake and Donald Rothchild, “Containing Fear: The Origins and Management of Ethnic Conflict,” International Security, XXI (Autumn, 1996), 41-75. Michael E. Brown, “The Impact of Government Policies on Ethnic Relations,” in Michael E. Brown and Sumit Ganguly (eds.), Government Policies and Ethnic Relations in Asia and the Pacific (Cambridge, MA, 1997), 511-575.Fall 2007 10/4/2007 5 Alison des Forges, “Introduction” and “The Context of Genocide: History,” in Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda (Washington, D.C., 1999), 1-27 and 31-65. Wed., Oct. 31 Coping with Corruption *Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2007, http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2007 *Global Integrity, Global Integrity Index 2006 (2007). http://www.globalintegrity.org/data/2006index.cfm *Ben W. Heinemann Jr. and Fritz Heimann, “The Long War against Corruption,” Foreign Affairs, LXXXV (May/June 2006), 75-86. Moisés Naím, “Why We Are Losing,” in his Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers, and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy (New York, 2005), 217–235. Mon., Nov. 5 Negotiating an End to and Preventing Deadly Conflicts *Dana Francis (ed.), Mediating Deadly Conflict: Lessons from Afghanistan, Burundi, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Haiti, Israel/Palestine, Liberia, Sierra Leone, & Sri Lanka, WPF Reports 19 (Cambridge, MA, 1998). http://www.worldpeacefoundation.org/WPF19MediatingDeadlyConflict.pdf Robert I. Rotberg, “Truth Commissions and the Provision of Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation,” in Robert I. Rotberg and Dennis Thompson (eds.), Truth v. Justice: The Morality of Truth Commissions (Princeton, 2000), 3–21. Elizabeth Kiss, “Moral Ambition Within and Beyond Political Restraints: Reflections on Restorative Justice” in Rotberg and Thompson, Truth v. Justice, 68–98. *International Crisis Group, “Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Crisis,” Asia Report 135 (2007) http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4896&l=1 Wed., Nov. 7 Project Work Mon., Nov. 12 NO CLASS (Veteran’s Day)Fall 2007 10/4/2007 6 Wed., Nov. 14 Winning or Losing in Afghanistan: Security and Narcotrafficking Paula R. Newberg, “Neither Stable nor Stationary: The Politics of Transition and Recovery,” in Robert I. Rotberg (ed.), Building a New Afghanistan (Washington, D.C., 2007), 82-97. Ali Jalali, “The Legacy of War and the Challenge of Peace Building,” in Rotberg (ed.), Building a New Afghanistan, 22-55. Mon., Nov. 19 Health and Security: HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis *Laurie Garrett, “The Next Pandemic?” Foreign Affairs, LXXXIV (2005), 3-23. *Tina Rosenberg, “AIDS,” Foreign Policy, CXLVII (March/April 2005), 22–27. Wed., Nov. 21 Project Strategizing and Refining Mon., Nov. 26 The Middle East and Central Asia: Case Studies of Autocracy and Reluctant Democracy Gregory Gleason, “Turkmenistan under Niyazov and Berdymukhammedov,” in Rotberg (ed.), Worst of the Worst, 115-134. David Lesch, “Assessing Repression in Syria,” in Rotberg (ed.), Worst of the Worst, 269-283, 293-299. Clement Henry, “Tunisia’s ‘Sweet Little’ Regime,” in Rotberg (ed.), Worst of the Worst, 300-323. Wed., Nov. 28 The Middle East: More Case Studies *Vali Nasr, “When the Shiites Rise,” Foreign Affairs, LXXXV (May/June 2006), 75-86. *Daniel L. Byman, “The Implications of Leadership Change in the Arab World,” Political Science Quarterly, CXX (2005), 59–83. Fareed Zakaria, “The Islamic Exception,” The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (New York, 2003), 119-141.Fall 2007 10/4/2007 7 Mon., Dec. 3 Group Reports Wed., Dec. 5 Group Reports Mon., Dec. 10 What Have We Learned?