International conflicts 3401-122KOM1

- The origin and development of conflict research (historical roots of conflict research, philosophical and sociological achievements, so-called scientific sources, the birth of political realism, polemological trend and peace research, the modern conflict research).- The debates on social role of conflicts (two concepts of human being, definitions of conflict, inevitability of conflicts, nature of conflicts, constructive and destructive conflicts).- The attempts of theory building (methodological problems of conflict research, conflict research and other scientific disciplines, functions of theory, inductive approach, deductive approach).- The models of conflict dynamics (computer aided systems for analysis of conflict, interdisciplinary research on root causes of conflicts, theories of ethnopolitical conflict, databases and statistics, escalation and de-escalation phases of social conflict, protracted conflicts).- Conflict resolution and conflict prevention strategies (early warning systems, constructive managements of conflicts, creative transformation of conflicts, the concept of human security, the concept of advanced prevention, politicization of conflicts, securitization of conflicts, strategies for depoliticisation and desecuritisation).- The contemporary international conflicts (Middle East, Kashmir, Darfur, Africa, Asia, Europe, ethnic conflicts, the war on terrorism).