The Transatlantic Internet/Multimedia Seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE) is an e-Learning offering about conflict prevention in the Balkans. The institutions that comprise the seminar include the:

-Center for Educational Outreach & Innovation, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, http://www.tc.columbia.edu/ceoi/

-Center for Applied Policy Research (CAP)/University of Munich*, http://www.cap.uni-muenchen.de/index.htm

-Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution, Sciences Po (ScPo), Paris*, http://www.sciences-po.fr/

-Houston Community College System (HCCS), Houston, http://www.hccs.cc.tx.us/

-Asociatia Femeilor Din Romania (AFR), “Women's Association of Romania”, Bucharest, http://interconnection.org/afr/

-Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office (ASRLO), Ljubljana, http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/asrlo/

-University of Costa Rica (UCR), San Jose, http://www.ucr.ac.cr/

*taken for credit by students at the host institution

TIMSSE consists of fifteen (15) weekly modules. Each weekly module includes two (2) sessions. Each Wednesday and Friday session lasts two (2) hours. A comprehensive syllabus forms the basis for class interactions.

All materials are to be posted on TIMSSE’s new interactive web site, http://www.timsse.com The links to archived materials from the previous TISK and TISKSE series, 2000-01, are also included.

Both asynchronous tools (email interaction, listserv messages, and threaded discussion) and synchronous tools (face-to-face meetings and PC videoconferences) are used.

The syllabus contains basic readings, questions to orient discussion and Web references, CD ROM material and/or videocassette documentary sources.

The initial hour each Wednesday allows the students at each site time off-line to exchange ideas about the readings and questions to orient discussion. The second hour brings the students at all the sites together on- line in a global classroom.

Each Friday session features a guest speaker whose practical experience provides a counterpoint to the concepts presented in the weekly readings. The speaker gives a 15-20 minute online presentation followed by a question and answer period.

The requirements for TIMSSE students are to:

-contribute to weekly interactive discussions (35%)

-submit an e-journal during weeks 8 and 13 that critically assesses the analytical and empirical points made in class discussions (30%)***

-work in teams of 7-8 students among the different partner sites via email to define and prepare question topics for the threaded discussion forum and take responsibility for its interactive Web-based dialogue (35%)

***This requirement is specifically for the Paris students who meet with Dr. Mazzucelli individually. Each e-journal entry should be 3 pages in length emphasizing a critique of the readings and Web references for the week in light of TIMSSE’s themes, their relevance to the student’s current interests, personal and professional, and the insights the readings may offer in light of the student’s previous internship, travel, residency abroad, cross-cultural and/or intellectual experiences.

Contact Information:

Colette Mazzucelli colettegrace@earthlink.net & mazzucelli@tc.columbia.edu

Wim van Meurs meurs@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Delphine Reculeau delphinereculeau@hotmail.com

Olena Syromyatnikova olena.syromyatnikova@stud.uni-muenchen.de

Martial Cron martial.cron@sciences-po.fr

Valeria Morera valeria.morera@sciences-po.fr

Nathalie Benkorrech nathalie.benkorrech@sciences-po.fr

Liliana Pagu afr@opensys.ro

Rationale: The transatlantic Internet/Multimedia seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE) is an introduction to online pedagogy in the field of conflict prevention. Its content presents various approaches and schools of thought in the emerging field of international peace and conflict prevention using Waltz’s levels of analysis in Man, the State and War and assesses their relevance to the Balkans. Sources in the American, German and French literatures in international relations as well as Internet sites of the various international, governmental and non-governmental organizations involved in the Balkans provide TIMSSE’s conceptual and empirical foundation. The first module focuses on analytical perspectives in conflict prevention. The second module presents conceptions of nation and state in the Balkans. The third and fourth modules assess the role of technology in education and its relevance to the Balkans. The fifth module discusses the question “Why Conditional Independence?” with an analysis of The Follow-Up of the Kosovo Report. The sixth module focuses on the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia. The seventh module considers human development and conflict prevention: insights from UNDP. The eighth module highlights the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe. The ninth module presents inquiries into aesthetic education: the historical meaning of holy monuments in Kosovo/a. The tenth module assesses European and transatlantic cooperation and competition in the Balkans. The eleventh module features an evaluation of the conflict prevention toolbox. The twelfth module analyzes the EU’s stabilization and association process for the Western Balkans. The thirteenth module evaluates peacekeeping operations in the Balkans. The fourteenth module discusses post-Yugoslav status questions. The last module is an evaluation of TIMSSE concepts and the implementation of multimedia pedagogy in practice.

TIMSSE Objectives:

(1) to learn using multimedia tools by introducing a wealth of information on the Balkans already online and thereby define a new pedagogical approach to conflict prevention for the region;

(2) to develop a “common sense” Web-based pedagogy that allows a European and transnational consciousness to take root;

(3) to facilitate a new type of inter-personal transatlantic real time dialogue about the Balkans in the context of European integration and cultural diversity via audio, video and chat links;

(4) to archive the TIMSSE content, and to organize our Web-based classroom forums, to offer German, European, American and global citizens the chance to engage in life-long learning at minimal cost;

(5) to familiarize and train CAP and Sciences Po candidates in the uses of new technologies on behalf of an ethical “educational diplomacy” for the Balkans;

(6) to enable CAP and Sciences Po candidates to establish cross-cultural contacts, via the six other Rotary Centers for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution worldwide, that may be useful in the course of their subsequent careers;

(7) to innovate in curriculum development at the University of Munich and Sciences Po.

N.B. The TIMSSE syllabus is an integrated, multi-lingual transatlantic effort. Those students in Paris proficient in German are encouraged to consult the German language sources in the syllabus. Focus in each session on the readings that are available on the Web since these will provide a reference point for common discussion among all the sites. For your own enrichment, personal and professional, read selectively, but widely. Please consult with Dir. Prof. Dr. Mazzucelli via email, co-pres2000@boschalumni.org, about the readings and web references you choose in preparation to write your e-journal entries and remarks in yahoogroups.com. You may focus on specific readings with the professor during her individual meetings with ScPo students in Paris.

N.B. Whenever possible, please use the Internet Explorer browser as the tools we use sometimes may experience difficulties with Netscape.

Weekly Web References to Consult, including News Sources online and Listservs from the region

German Law Journal (GLJ) Links - Legal Materials,

Co-editor, Mr. Russell A. Miller, LL.M. candidate at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt

http://www.germanlawjournal.com/links.php

http://www.lemonde.fr/

http://www.deutsche-aussenpolitik.de

http://www.usip.org/library.html

http://www.nytimes.com/

http://www.iwpr.net

subscribe-vdiplomacy@usip.org

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Transatlantic Internet/Multimedia Seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE)

http://www.timsse.com

Paris Orientation Program, 11-12 October

Friday, 11 October

13.30 Arrival in Paris

17.00-19.00 TIMSSE Class

Salle 303, Rue des Saints-Peres

Faculty (Assistant) Introductions (15 minutes) Mazzucelli (Reculeau) with Meurs (Syromyatnikova) online as we test with Munich

Student Introductions (60 minutes)

Student Profiles & Surveys

Introduction to e-Learning in TIMSSE & Technological Applications

Saturday, 12 October

10.00-13.00

Salle 15, 27 Rue Saint-Guillaume

Seminar Overview

Handouts, Organization, Procedures, Requirements

13.00-14.30 - TIMSSE Lunch

Café of Choice – Vesuvio Pizzeria

14.30-15.00

Module 1 Presentation

15.00-15.15

Organizing Transnational Teams for the Threaded Discussion Forum Dialogue

15.15-16.00

Discussion about Questions to Orient Module in Groups

16.00-17.00

Groups Report to Class

17.00-17.30

Steps to Proceed

17.30

Suggested Reference Materials to Acquire an Overview for TIMSSE

Dennis P. Hupchick and Harold E. Cox. The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Balkans. New York: Palgrave, 2001.

Mark Mazower. The Balkans. A Short History. New York: The Modern Library, 2000.

Philippe de Schoutheete. The Case for Europe. Boulder & London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000.

Web References:

International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. The Responsibility to Protect. Ontario: International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, 2001, (English and French versions available), http://www.ipacademy.org/Publications/Publications.htm

CD ROM Materials:

International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty. The Responsibility to Protect. CD ROM. Ontario: International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, 2001. (English and French versions available)

Transatlantic Internet/Multimedia Seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE)

http://www.timsse.com

Module 1. Analytical Perspectives in Conflict Prevention (11 and 12 October)

This multimedia seminar module presents readings with questions to orient discussion about analytical perspectives in conflict prevention. The principal reading is accompanied by CD ROM material and a videocassette documentary that highlight the nexus between concepts, their practical relevance and on-going developments in region.

Presentation of Weekly Reading:

Access the Word document at http://www.timsse.com

How To Participate:

Asynchronous (at different times)

-Small group (7-8) interactive exchanges via email among students in Paris, Munich and other regional locations.

-TIMSSE class listserv, file sharing and threaded discussion forum at http://www.timsse.com

Synchronous (at the same time)

-Face-to-Face Orientation Meeting, Paris, 11-12 October

Presenter: Colette Mazzucelli, PhD, CEO&I, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Rotary Center for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution, Sciences Po, Paris

To Begin:

Jack S. Levy. “Theories of Interstate and Intrastate War” in Turbulent Peace. Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and, Pamela Aall, eds. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2001, pp. 3-27.

Questions to Orient Discussion:

Consider the levels of analysis framework in terms of realist, liberal and institutionalist explanations of war and peace. What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of systemic explanations?

Assess several examples in history and in different regions of the world of “scapegoating” as a means to promote historical myths and arouse nationalist sentiment. Are certain political systems more prone to this phenomenon than others?

Are the primordialist, instrumentalist or migrationist explanations applicable to the Balkans conflicts during the Milosevic era? If so, reflect on their relevance in terms of individual level sources of international conflict.

Web References:

Commission on Human Security, http://www.humansecurity-chs.org/

CD ROM Material:

Richard Seltzer. Your World on CD ROM. Including over 2200 documents from the United Nations. Philadelphia: Global Education Motivators, 2002.

Videocassette Documentary:

Bringing Down a Dictator. Written Produced & Directed by Steve York. Narrated by Martin Sheen. 2001 York Zimmerman Inc.

To Learn More (Optional):

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War. The Crawley Translation. Revised, with an Introduction, by T.E. Wick. New York: The Modern Library, 1982.

Kenneth N. Waltz. Man, the State and War. New York: Columbia University Press, 1959.

Transatlantic Internet/Multimedia Seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE)

http://www.timsse.com

Module 2. Nation and State in the Balkans (16 and 18 October)

This multimedia seminar module presents readings with questions to orient discussion about nation and state in the Balkans. The principal reading is accompanied by Web references that highlight the nexus between concepts, their practical relevance and on-going developments in region.

Presentation of Weekly Reading:

Access the Word document at http://www.timsse.com

How To Participate:

Asynchronous (at different times)

-Small group (7-8) interactive exchanges via email among students in Paris, Munich and other regional locations.

-TIMSSE class listserv, file sharing and threaded discussion forum at http://www.timsse.com

Synchronous (at the same time)

-Individual Class Meetings Paris (with Dr. Mazzucelli facilitating, New York), and Munich, Wednesdays, 17.00-18.00.

-CUseeMe PRO interactive class discussions online, Wednesdays, 18.00-19.00 and Fridays, 17.00-19.00, New York, Paris, and Munich.

Guest speaker: Konrad Clewing, PhD, Southeast Europe Institute, Munich

To Begin:

Glenny, Misha. The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-1999. 1st American ed. (New York: Viking, 2000), pp. 634-662. (Epilogue)

Questions to Orient Discussion:

Describe the two main concepts of the nation and their relation to state-building in the Balkans.

Explain the link between the concept of the ethnically homogenous nation-states and ethnic conflict or ethnic cleansing.

Describe the mixture of concepts of state and nation in Tito’s Yugoslavia.

Why and how does nationalism instrumentalise (national) history?

Web references:

The Nationalism Project at http://www.nationalismproject.org/

CD ROM Material:

none

Videocassette Documentary:

none

To Learn More (Optional):

Hayden, Robert. "Constitutional Nationalism in the Former Yugoslav Republics," Slavic Review 51, no. 4 (Winter 1991): 654-73.

Sundhaussen, Holm. “Kosovo - Eine Konfliktgeschichte,” in: Konrad Clewing, Jens Reuter eds. Der Kosovo-Konflikt. Ursachen, Verlauf, Perspektiven (Munich 2000), pp. 65-88.

Pesic, Vesna. Serbian Nationalism and the Origins of the Yugoslav Crisis (April 1996) http://www.usip.org/oc/sr/pesic/pesic.html#sum

Transatlantic Internet/Multimedia Seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE)

http://www.timsse.com

Module 3. The Role of Technology in Education: Its Relevance to the Balkans (23 and 25 October)

This multimedia seminar module presents readings with questions to orient discussion about the role of technology in education and its relevance to the Balkans. The principal reading is accompanied by Web references and CD ROM material that highlight the nexus between concepts, their practical relevance and on-going developments in region.

Presentation of Weekly Reading:

Access the Word document at http://www.timsse.com

How To Participate:

Asynchronous (at different times)

-Small group (7-8) interactive exchanges via email among students in Paris, Munich and other regional locations.

-TIMSSE class listserv, file sharing and threaded discussion forum at http://www.timsse.com

Synchronous (at the same time)

-Individual Class Meetings Paris (with Dr. Mazzucelli facilitating, New York), and Munich, Wednesdays, 17.00-18.00.

-CUseeMe PRO interactive class discussions online, Wednesdays, 18.00-19.00 and Fridays, 17.00-19.00, New York, Paris and Munich.

Guest speaker: Armand Burguet, Founder, EducWeb, Brussels

To Begin:

John Dewey. Democracy and Education. New York: The Free Press, 1916, pp. 81-99.

Michael S. Lund. “From Lesson to Action” in From Reaction to Conflict Prevention. Fen Osler Hampson and David M. Malone, eds. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002, pp. 159-83.

Questions to Orient Discussion:

How do we create a community in TIMSSE in the sense analyzed by Dewey with varied interests and extensive interplay with other associations?

How can we address the essentially “undemocratic” nature of e-Learning exclusively via Internet with other multimedia resources, including radio and text-based materials? What could be the implications of such an undertaking for “class-based” societies?

Given the challenges to education in the poorer countries around the globe, is there a role e-Learning can play to improve humanity’s condition? Consider this question generally and with specific challenges of conflict prevention in mind.

Web References:

Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, http://www.ccpdc.org

Carnegie Corporation of New York, http://www.carnegie.org/sub/research/

CD ROM Material:

Richard Seltzer. Your World on CD ROM. Including over 2200 documents from the United Nations. Philadelphia: Global Education Motivators, 2002.

Videocassette Documentary:

none

To Learn More (Optional):

Sebastien Loisel. “Rebuilding Education in Kosovo/a. Kant and Rousseau on Education and Perpetual Peace” in Rebuilding Education for Human Security in the Balkans. Multimedia Dimensions in Conflict Prevention Series (Volume 1) Colette Mazzucelli and Roger Boston, eds. with the assistance of Adrienne Bortree. (manuscript in progress)

Peter Harris and Ben Reilly, eds. Democracy and Deep-Rooted Conflict: Options for Negotiators. Stockholm: International IDEA, 1998, pp. 93-118.

Transatlantic Internet/Multimedia Seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE)

http://www.timsse.com

Module 4. Strategies in e-Learning: Perspectives from TIESWeb (30 October)

This TIMSSE special session presents a practitioners’ view into the role of technology in education drawing on TIESWeb’s experience. The presentation is accompanied by Web references and CD ROM material that highlight the nexus between concepts, their practical relevance and on-going developments.

Presentation of Weekly Reading:

Access the online document at http://www.timsse.com

How To Participate:

Asynchronous (at different times)

-Small group (7-8) interactive exchanges via email among students in Paris, Munich and other regional locations.

-TIMSSE class listserv, file sharing and threaded discussion forum at http://www.timsse.com

Synchronous (at the same time)

-CUseeMe PRO interactive class discussion online, Wednesday, 17.00-19.00, New York, Paris and Munich.

Guest speaker: Mrs. Geta Grama, Program Manager, TIESWeb, http://www.tiesweb.org

Web References:

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), http://www.unesco.org/

UNESCO, Education, http://www.unesco.org/education/index.shtml

CD ROM Material:

Richard Seltzer. Your World on CD ROM. Including over 2200 documents from the United Nations. Philadelphia: Global Education Motivators, 2002.

Videocassette Documentary:

none

To Learn More (Optional):

Technologies for Education: Potential, Parameters and Prospects. Wadi D. Haddad and Alexandra Draxler, Editors. Prepared for UNESCO by Knowledge Enterprise, Inc. ©2002 by UNESCO and Academy for Educational Development, http://www.aed.org/publications/TechEdInfo.html

Chapter 3, http://www.aed.org/publications/TechnologiesForEducation/TechEdChapters/03.pdf

Chapter 4, http://www.aed.org/publications/TechnologiesForEducation/TechEdChapters/04.pdf

Transatlantic Internet/Multimedia Seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE)

http://www.timsse.com

Module 5. Why Conditional Independence? The Follow-Up of the Kosovo Report (6 and 8 November)

This multimedia seminar module presents readings with questions to orient discussion about the topic of conditional independence. The principal reading is accompanied by Web references and CD ROM material that highlight the nexus between concepts, their practical relevance and on-going developments in region.

Presentation of Weekly Reading:

Access the Word document at http://www.timsse.com

How To Participate:

Asynchronous (at different times)

-Small group (7-8) interactive exchanges via email among students in Paris, Munich and other regional locations.

-TIMSSE class listserv, file sharing and threaded discussion forum at http://www.timsse.com

Synchronous (at the same time)

-Individual Class Meetings Paris (with Dr. Mazzucelli facilitating, New York), and Munich, Wednesdays, 17.00-18.00

-CUseeMe PRO interactive class discussions online, Wednesdays, 18.00-19.00 and Fridays, 17.00-19.00, New York, Paris and Munich.

Guest speaker: Jacques Rupnik, PhD, CERI, Paris

To Begin:

Independent International Commission on Kosovo. Why Conditional Independence? The Follow-Up of the Kosovo Report. Sweden: Tryckeriet Åsbrink Grafiska, Solna, 2001, http://www.kosovocommission.org/

Questions to Orient Discussion:

Identify the alternatives to conditional independence.

What are the arguments against conditional independence?

Discuss the components to a regional process that might culminate in conditional independence.

Web References:

The Olof Palme International Center, http://www.palmecenter.se/default_eng.asp and Why Conditional Independence?, http://www.palmecenter.se/article.asp?Article_Id=1692

Global Reporting, http://www.globalreporting.net/english/index.html

Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Balkans, http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?balkans_index.html

The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, Links, Ex-Yugoslavia and Albania, http://www.transnational.org/links/yu_alb.html

CD ROM Material:

Richard Seltzer. Your World on CD ROM. Including over 2200 documents from the United Nations. Philadelphia: Global Education Motivators, 2002.

Videocassette Documentary:

none

To Learn More (Optional):

Independent International Commission on Kosovo. The Kosovo Report. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, http://www.kosovocommission.org/

Jean-Marie Guéhenno. The End of the Nation-State. Translated by Victoria Elliott. Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis Press, 2000.

Jean-Marie Guéhenno. La fin de la démocratie. Paris: Flammarion, 1993.

Transatlantic Internet/Multimedia Seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE)

http://www.timsse.com

Module 6. The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (15 November)

This TIMSSE special session presents a journalist’s insights into the ICTY. The presentation is accompanied by Web references that highlight the nexus between concepts, their practical relevance and on-going developments.

Presentation of Weekly Reading:

Access the Word document at http://www.timsse.com

How To Participate:

Asynchronous (at different times)

-Small group (7-8) interactive exchanges via email among students in Paris, Munich and other regional locations.

-TIMSSE class listserv, file sharing and threaded discussion forum at http://www.timsse.com

Synchronous (at the same time)

-CUseeMe PRO interactive class discussion online, Wednesday, 17.00-19.00, New York, Paris and Munich.

Guest speaker: Andreas Paulus, PhD, Law Faculty, University of Munich

To Begin:

Payam Akhavan, “Beyond Impunity: Can International Criminal Justice Prevent Future Atrocities?” American Journal of International Law, Vol 95, No. 1 (2001), pp. 7-31, http://www.asil.org/ajil/recon2.pdf

Questions:

Define the trade-off between an indigenous process of coming to terms with the past (by juridical and educational means) and an internationally enforced and administered process.

What are the indictments against Milosevic and what problems does the prosecution face?

What is Milosevic’ defense strategy?

Define the contradiction between state sovereignty and international humanitarian law.

How do the ICTY and the International Criminal Court relate in current transatlantic relations?

Web References:

ICTY, http://www.un.org/icty/

Live audio/video of the Milosevic trial, http://hague.bard.edu/

Guardian Special Report on Yugoslavia War Crimes, http://www.guardian.co.uk/yugo/

CD ROM Material:

none

Videocassette Documentary:

none

To Learn More (Optional):

Andreas Laursen, “NATO, the War over Kosovo, and the ICTY Investigation”, American University International Law Review, 2002, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 765-814.

Reality Demands: Documenting Violations of International Humanitarian Law in Kosovo 1999, ICG Report 57 (Brussels 2000), http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=57

Finding the Balance: The Scales of Justice in Kosovo, ICG Report 772, Brussels 2002, Ch. IV, pp. 16-26. http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/showreport.cfm?reportid=772

ICTY Annual Report 2001 to the UNSC, The Hague, Nov. 2001, http://www.un.org/icty/rappannu-e/2001/index.htm

Transatlantic Internet/Multimedia Seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE)

http://www.timsse.com

Module 7. Human Development and Conflict Prevention: Insights from UNDP (20 and 22 November)

This multimedia seminar module presents readings with questions to orient discussion about human development and conflict prevention. The principal reading is accompanied by Web references and CD ROM material that highlight the nexus between concepts, their practical relevance and on-going developments in region.

Presentation of Weekly Reading:

Access the Word document at http://www.timsse.com

How To Participate:

Asynchronous (at different times)

-Small group (7-8) interactive exchanges via email among students in Paris, Munich and other regional locations.

-TIMSSE class listserv, file sharing and threaded discussion forum at http://www.timsse.com

Synchronous (at the same time)

-Individual Class Meetings Paris (with Dr. Mazzucelli facilitating, New York), and Munich, Wednesdays, 17.00-18.00.

-CUseeMe PRO interactive class discussions online, Wednesdays, 18.00-19.00 and Fridays, 17.00-19.00, New York, Paris, and Munich.

Presentation: Julia Wanjiru, TISKSE Alumna, Intern, Human Development Report Office, UNDP

Guest speaker: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, UNDP, New York

To Begin:

Address by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Lead Author, Human Development Report 2002,

http://www.undp.org/hdr2002/sakiko.html

“Democratizing security to prevent conflict and build peace” (chapter 4) in Human Development Report 2002 - Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented world, http://www.undp.org/hdr2002/

Questions to Orient Discussion:

Discuss some of the challenges to the development of personal security and public order in post conflict societies?

What is a foundation for democratic peace building in war torn societies?

Consider some of the steps taken in peace building in Bosnia, Kosovo/a and Macedonia since 1995?

Web References:

Millennium Development Goals, http://www.developmentgoals.org/

Progress towards Human Development Goals, http://www.undp.org/hdr2002/MDGspeCountry.pdf

Achieve Universal Primary Education, http://www.developmentgoals.org/Education.htm

CD ROM Material:

Richard Seltzer. Your World on CD ROM. Including over 2200 documents from the United Nations. Philadelphia: Global Education Motivators, 2002.

Videocassette Documentary:

none

To Learn More (Optional):

Pierre Hassner. “La guerre et la paix” in Pierre Hassner. La violence et la paix. Paris: Editions du Seuil, 2000, pp. 23-56.

Jonathan Stevenson. Preventing Conflict: The Role of the Bretton Woods Institutions. Adelphi Paper 336. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

John Stremlau and Francisco R. Sagasti. Preventing Deadly Conflict. Does the World Bank Have a Role? New York: Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, 1998.

Human Development Report 2001, Making new technologies work for human development, http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2001/en/default.cfm

Transatlantic Internet/Multimedia Seminar Southeastern Europe (TIMSSE)

http://www.timsse.com

Module 8. The Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe (27 and 29 November)

This multimedia seminar module presents readings with questions to orient discussion about the topic of the Stability Pact. The principal reading is accompanied by Web references that highlight the nexus between concepts, their practical relevance and on-going developments in region.

Presentation of Weekly Reading:

Access the Word document at http://www.timsse.com

How To Participate:

Asynchronous (at different times)

-Small group (7-8) interactive exchanges via email among students in Paris, Munich and other regional locations.

-TIMSSE class listserv, file sharing and threaded discussion forum at http://www.timsse.com

Synchronous (at the same time)

-Individual Class Meetings Paris (with Dr. Mazzucelli), New York, and Munich, Wednesdays, 17.00-18.00.

-CUseeMe PRO interactive class discussions online, Wednesdays, 18.00-19.00 and Fridays, 17.00-19.00, New York, Paris and Munich.

Guest speaker: Johanna Deimel, PhD, Southeast Europe Association, Munich

To Begin:

The Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe (Cologne, 10 June 1999)

http://www.stabilitypact.org/stabilitypactcgi/catalog/view_file.cgi?prod_id=226&prop_type=en

Emerson, Michael; Nicholas Whyte, “The Future of the Stability Pact,” CEPS Europe South-East Monitor 29 (Nov. 2001) http://www1.oecd.org/daf/SPAIcom/Word/CEPS29.doc

Questions to Orient Discussion: