GPPS 429Geopolitics, Insurgency, and Weak States

4 units · GPPS · UC San Diego

This course acquaints students with the leading theories on the causes and consequences of civil war since 1945 and the challenges associated with rebuilding social structures after catastrophic collapse. It will also provide a number of hands-on examples of how “new media” work to speed the process of political mobilization, coalition formation, the persistence of clandestine networks, and issues of transparency and translation, with particular implications for urban warfare and insurgency. Renumbered from IRGN 429. Students may not receive credit for GPPS 42 and IRGN 429.