Political Violence

This seminar offers an introduction to political violence and conflict in domestic and international politics.
We start by considering classical strategic thought and explanations of interstate wars. The course also
covers the theories of civil and ethnic wars as well as regional conflict and diffusion of political violence
across state borders. Other topics include new threats, such as those from transnational terrorist
networks and other non-state actors, and the privatization of political violence. Finally, the seminar also
introduces the MACIS students to the relationship between conflict on the one hand and nation-building
and democratization on the other hand.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Wenger
International and Swiss Security Policy
ETH Zürich
Haldeneggsteig 4, IFW C 48.2
8092 Zürich
Email: wenger AT sipo.gess.ethz.ch (replace AT with @)

Contact
Prof. Dr. Lars-Erik Cederman
International Conflict Research
ETH Zürich
Haldeneggsteig 4 IFW D 49.2
8092 Zürich
Email: lcederman AT ethz.ch (replace AT with @)