http://ocw.nd.edu Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free online educational resources for courses in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. The Institute conducts research, education, and outreach programs on the causes of violence and the conditions for sustainable peace. 2011-11-14T04:32:42-07:00 en Copyright 2012, by the Contributing Authors daily 1 2011-10-24T05:04:26Z http://ocw.nd.edu/peace-studies/islamic-ethics-of-war-and-peace Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free educational resources for the course "Islamic Ethics of War and Peace" in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Islamic Ethics of War and Peace examines the major principles of Islamic ethics and the key theories of classical and contemporary Muslim ethicists. These principles and theories will be applied to analyze contemporary Muslim perspectives on war and peace. Students will also be encouraged to compare the ethical principles and theories of Islam on war and peace with that of other philosophical and religious theories to discover points of difference as well as convergence. A. Rashied Omar Cathy Schulz Katherine Notter Copyright 2012, by the Contributing Authors en Islamic ethics Afghanistan 9/11 peace peace studies violence open courseware Muslim political war globalization conflict terror ethics Iraq Arabic and Middle East Studies Notre Dame OCW terrorism 2012-02-08T19:04:02Z Course text/html IIPS 50601 Spring 2012 Undergraduate http://ocw.nd.edu/peace-studies/terrorism-peace-and-other-inconsistencies Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free educational resources for the course "Terrorism, Peace and Other Inconsistencies" in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. This course addresses a set of inter-related questions that have become central to peace and security in the modern era, at both the domestic and international levels: What is the history and rationale for contemporary terrorism, including suicide terrorism? What does the rise of al-Qaeda terror mean for a host of problematic issues including the relationship between the Western and Islamic worlds, the future of peace in the Middle East, the future of various western foreign policy actions? What is the rationale behind the US 'war on terror' and by what criteria can its success be judged? Is the new global security threat (or at least for the West) the combination of: weapons of mass destruction + Terrorism + Rogue/Failed States? What policies best deal with this or like threats? What does 'peace' mean in an age of terror and wars on terror? How might we achieve peace in these times? How does/should the global community deal with state terrorism in its varied forms? George Lopez Cathy Schulz flickr user Farl Copyright 2012, by the Contributing Authors en weapons of mass destruction peace studies suicide terrorism courseware peace war on terror Middle East global security al-Quaeda terrorism open Notre Dame OCW WMD 2011-12-22T15:27:01Z Course text/html IIPS 30401 Fall 2006 Undergraduate http://ocw.nd.edu/peace-studies/introduction-to-peace-studies Notre Dame OpenCourseware (OCW) offers free educational resources for the course "Introduction to Peace Studies" in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. This course surveys: (1) the major causes of deadly conflict around the world; (2) various definitions of “peace” and the conditions under which it occurs and is sustained; and (3) the style and comparative success of various strategies such as building peace movements and nonviolent social change as ways to achieve peace. George Lopez Cathy Schulz University of Notre Dame, 2008, by the Contributing Authors en peace movements Peace Studies courseware social change conflict transformation nonviolent peace studies open Notre Dame OCW 2011-12-22T15:21:02Z Course text/html IIPS 30101 Spring 2007 Two 75-minute classes per week Undergraduate http://ocw.nd.edu/peace-studies/dove-with-olive-branch "Courtesy: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory." (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is an Office of Science laboratory within the U.S. Department of Energy; this image was created there to illustrate the idea that "Education is an important part of advancing nonproliferation.") Accessed from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_Dove_With_Olive_Branch.JPG on 8/05/10. In the public domain. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy In the public domain, by the Contributing Authors en 2011-10-24T06:18:47Z Image image/jpeg