https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/INTR5111?type=COREIn this course, classical and current theories of international conflict meet with the historical wars of the 19th century and new wars of the 21st century, with a special focus on their final settlements. Mostly interested in the post-war period rather than in the course of the war, we will explore the relations between the character of the settlement, cultural memory of the war, revanchism, and the conception of the new war. We will review historical cases of the post-war settlement such as the Congress of Vienna of 1815, the Treaty of Paris of 1856, the Peking Treaty of 1860, the Treaty of Portsmouth of 1905, and the Paris Peace Conference of 1919-1920. Looking at the issues of military power, historical justice, and cultural memory of the war, we will draw lessons that could be applicable (or not) to the new wars of our era. Combining theoretical discussions with historical contextualizations, we will read selected chapters from Carl von Clausewitz and study their re-interpretation by Rene Girard; dig in Henry Kissinger's doctoral dissertation on the Congress of Vienna (1954) and speculate about its relevance for his later decisions; review Tony Judt's conceptualization of the postwar period; and discuss the models for, and repercussions of, the possible settlements of two current wars in Ukraine and Gaza.