Description
Unit 1: Backchannel Diplomacy: Definitions and Foundations
Explores the theory, purpose, and origins of backchannel diplomacy.
Learning Objectives:
– Define backchannel diplomacy and its historical significance.
– Analyze successful and failed uses of backchannel communications.
Content: Explores the theory, purpose, and origins of backchannel diplomacy.
Activity: Create a typology of backchannel communication examples.
Assessment: Typology and reflection report.
Unit 2: Historic Case Studies in Silent Negotiation
Analyzes famous and failed cases from Cold War to modern day.
Learning Objectives:
– Analyze successful and failed uses of backchannel communications.
– Design informal communication strategies for complex negotiations.
Content: Analyzes famous and failed cases from Cold War to modern day.
Activity: Present a case study of backchannel success or failure.
Assessment: Case study presentation and critique.
Unit 3: Designing Backchannel Architecture and Protocol
Trains students to design and structure secure informal engagement.
Learning Objectives:
– Design informal communication strategies for complex negotiations.
– Maintain confidentiality, trust, and plausible deniability in sensitive talks.
Content: Trains students to design and structure secure informal engagement.
Activity: Map a proposed informal communication strategy.
Assessment: Strategy map rubric and team review.
Unit 4: The Role of Intermediaries and Third-Party Brokers
Examines who can serve as intermediaries and how they’re selected.
Learning Objectives:
– Maintain confidentiality, trust, and plausible deniability in sensitive talks.
– Evaluate the ethical implications of unofficial diplomatic engagement.
Content: Examines who can serve as intermediaries and how they’re selected.
Activity: Draft criteria for selecting a neutral third-party actor.
Assessment: Intermediary selection checklist and rationale.
Unit 5: Ethics and Risk Management in Informal Channels
Focuses on legal, political, and moral risks in silent diplomacy.
Learning Objectives:
– Evaluate the ethical implications of unofficial diplomatic engagement.
– Coordinate messaging between official and unofficial diplomatic tracks.
Content: Focuses on legal, political, and moral risks in silent diplomacy.
Activity: Debate the legitimacy and accountability of unofficial talks.
Assessment: Debate performance and ethics paper.
Unit 6: De-Escalation and Trust-Building via Unofficial Tracks
Covers techniques for signaling, confidence-building, and outreach.
Learning Objectives:
– Coordinate messaging between official and unofficial diplomatic tracks.
– Leverage intermediaries and third-party actors effectively.
Content: Covers techniques for signaling, confidence-building, and outreach.
Activity: Conduct mock trust-building exchanges using encrypted tools.
Assessment: Simulation rubric for message exchange.
Unit 7: Coordinating with Official Diplomatic Narratives
Teaches parallel track communication and narrative synchronization.
Learning Objectives:
– Leverage intermediaries and third-party actors effectively.
– Use backchannel methods to de-escalate conflict and test proposals.
Content: Teaches parallel track communication and narrative synchronization.
Activity: Write a synchronization plan for official vs. silent messages.
Assessment: Synchronization plan scoring guide.
Unit 8: Tools and Technologies for Secure Backchannel Communication
Introduces secure tools for encrypted and discreet communications.
Learning Objectives:
– Use backchannel methods to de-escalate conflict and test proposals.
– Simulate backchannel negotiations under tight constraints.
Content: Introduces secure tools for encrypted and discreet communications.
Activity: Evaluate secure apps and messaging frameworks.
Assessment: Tech tool review memo.
Unit 9: Simulation: Backchannel Mediation During a Crisis
Engages students in a confidential role-play under pressure.
Learning Objectives:
– Simulate backchannel negotiations under tight constraints.
– Develop a protocol for managing backchannel communication in foreign service.
Content: Engages students in a confidential role-play under pressure.
Activity: Participate in a timed crisis negotiation simulation.
Assessment: Simulation debrief and peer feedback.
Unit 10: Capstone: Backchannel Communication Protocol for a Foreign Mission
Students draft a formal protocol to manage future backchannel use.
Learning Objectives:
– Develop a protocol for managing backchannel communication in foreign service.
– Define backchannel diplomacy and its historical significance.
Content: Students draft a formal protocol to manage future backchannel use.
Activity: Submit and present a backchannel management protocol.
Assessment: Capstone protocol submission and oral defense.
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