Course Calendar (Please note that this is not the final syllabus. A finalized schedule of readings, assignments and office hours will be distributed to students at the beginning of the Fall, 2012 semester).
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2 September
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Class 1
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Course Introduction
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Part I: Fundamentals
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4 September
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Class 2
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Theory, Policy, Methods
Nau 1-19
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9 September
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Class 3
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Assumptions and the Security Dilemma (Assignment I)
Nau 22-28
Robert J. Art, “The Four Functions of Force,” AJ
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Part II: Theories
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11 September
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Class 4
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Three Traditions
Stephen M. Walt, “International Relations: One World, Many Theories,” Foreign Policy no. 100 (1998). E-journal
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, “An Unnecessary War,” Foreign Policy no. 134 (2003). E-journal
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. “The Future of American Power: Dominance and Decline in Perspective,” Foreign Policy no. 6 (2010). E-journal
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16 September
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Class 5
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Realism I
Nau 29-36
Morgenthau, “Six Principles of Political Realism,” AJ
Waltz, “The Anarchic Structure of World Politics,” AJ
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18 September
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Class 6
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Realism II
John J. Mearsheimer, “The False Promise of International Institutions,” International Security 19, no. 3 (1994/5), pp.s 1-14 E-journal
Walt, “Alliances: Balancing and Bandwagoning,” AJ
Robert Jervis, “Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma,” AJ
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23 September
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Class 7
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Liberalism I
Nau 36-44
Doyle, “Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs,” AJ
Hoffman, “The Uses and Limits of International Law,” AJ
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25 September
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Class 8
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Liberalism II
Oye, “The Conditions for Cooperation in World Politics,” AJ
Keohane, “International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work?” AJ
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30 September
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Class 9
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The Realist-Liberal Debate
John J. Mearsheimer, “The False Promise of International Institutions,” International Security 19, no. 3 (1994/5), pp.s 14-26, 47-49 E-journal
Robert. O. Keohane, “The Promise of Institutionalist Theory,” International Security 20 no.1 (1995). E-journal
Sebastian Rosato, “The Flawed Logic of Democratic Peace Theory,” American Political Science Review 97 no. 4 (2003). E-journal
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1 October
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Class 10
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Constructivism
Nau 45-56
Wendt, “Anarchy is What States Make of It,” AJ
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7 October
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Class 11
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MID-TERM
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Part III: International History
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9 October
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Class 12
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Melos, Westphalia and World War I
Nau 71-74, 81-93, 103-135
Thucydides, “The Melian Dialogue,” AJ
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14 October
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Professor Driessen at Middle East Studies Association Conference: CLASS CANCELLED
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16 October
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Class 13
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World War II (Assignment II)
Nau 129-158
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18 October
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Class 14
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The Cold War
Nau 160-197
John Lewis Gaddis, “The Long Peace: Elements of Stability in the Postwar International System,” International Security 10, no. 4 (1986). Jstor
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21 October
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Class 15
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Film : Dr. Strangelove (Assignment III)
Dan Lindley, “What I learned Since I stopped Worrying and Studied the Movie: A Teaching Guide to Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove,” Political Science and Politics no. 34 (2001). E-journal
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23 October
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Class 16
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Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Nau 199-216
Sokolsksi, “Getting Ready for a Nuclear-ready Iran” AJ
Posen, “A Nuclear-Armed Iran: A Difficult but not Impossible Policy Problem,” AJ
Recommended: Keir Lieber and Daryl Press (2013). “The Next Korean War,” Foreign Affairs (April):
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139091/keir-a-lieber-and-daryl-g-press/the-next-korean-war
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28 October
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Class 17
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Civil Wars and Humanitarian Interventions
Ben Barber “Feeding Refugees or War? The Dilemmas of Humanitarian Interventions,” Foreign Affairs 76 no. 4 (1997).
Kofi Annan, “Reflections on Intervention,” AJ
Jon Western and Joshua Goldstien, “Humanitarianism Comes of Age: Lessons from Somalia to Libya,” Foreign Affairs 90 no. 6 (2011).
http://people.umass.edu/charli/docs/WesternFA.pdf
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Part IV: Globalization and International Political Economy
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30 October
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Class 18
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International Trade
Nau 328-345
Gilpin, “The Nature of Political Economy,” AJ
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4 November
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Class 19
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International Finance
Nau 353-360
Hiscox, “The Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policies,” AJ
The Economist, “The End of Monnet: The Debt Crisis is Exposing Problems in the Basic Design of the European Union,” http://www.economist.com/node/21528269
The Economist: Interactive Graph on the Euro-Crisis: http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/05/european-economy-guide
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6 November
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Class 20
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Globalization
Nau 303-322
Frankel, “Globalization of the Economy,” AJ
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11 November
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Class 21
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The Globalization Debate (Assignment IV)
Rodrik, “Trading in Illusions?” AJ
Scott, “The Great Divide in the Global Village,” AJ
Micklethwait and Wooldridge, “Why the Globalization Backlash is Stupid,” AJ
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Part V: Religion, Law, Human Rights and the Environment
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13 November
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Class 22
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Terrorism
Hoffman, “What is Terrorism?” AJ
Pape, “The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” AJ
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18 November
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Class 23
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Identity Politics and Religion
Nau, pp.s 202-3 & 248-257
Samuel P. Huntington, “Clash of Civilizations,” Foreign Affairs Summer (1993). Jstor
Olivier Roy. 2012. “The Transformation of the Arab World,” Journal of Democracy. (23) 3.
http://www.journalofdemocracy.org/sites/default/files/Roy-23-3.pdf
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20 November
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Class 24
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International Law and Human Rights
Keck and Sikkink, “Transnational Activist Networks,” AJ
Howard and Donnelly, “Human Rights in World Politics,” AJ
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25 November
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Class 25
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The Environment (Assignment V)
Hardin, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” AJ
Victor, “International Cooperation on Climate Change: Numbers, Interests and Institutions,” AJ
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27 November
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Class 26
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Global Governance and Justice
Ikenberry, “The Future of the Liberal World Order,” AJ
David Held, “Reframing Global Governance: Apocalypse Soon or Reform!” New Political Economy 11 no. 2 (2006). Jstor
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2 December
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Class 27
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The Future of International Relations
Posen, “Emerging Multipolarity: Why Should we Care?” AJ
Subramanian, “Why China’s Dominance is a Sure Thing,” AJ
Zheng Bijian, “China’s ‘Peaceful Rise’ to Great-Power Status,” Foreign Affairs (84)5, 2005:
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/61015/zheng-bijian/chinas-peaceful-rise-to-great-power-status
Joseph Nye, “What China and Russia don’t get about Soft Power,” Foreign Policy, (2013): http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/29/what_china_and_russia_don_t_get_about_soft_power?wp_login_redirect=0
Recommended:
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Economist (2013) “Xi Jinping and the Chinese Dream,”
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21577070-vision-chinas-new-president-should-serve-his-people-not-nationalist-state-xi-jinping?fsrc=nlw|hig|5-2-2013|5641225|36279766|
Henry A. Kissinger, “The Future of US-Chinese Relations,” Foreign Affairs March/April (2012). Jstor
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4 December
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Class 28
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Conclusions and Review
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Final Exam
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