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 semester).
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August 30
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Class 1
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Course Introduction
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Part I: Fundamentals
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September 1
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Class 2
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Class Cancelled, Professor Driessen presenting at annual American Political Science Association conference
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September 6
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Class 3
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Theory, Policy, Methods
Nau, Introduction
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September 8
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Class 4
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Assumptions and the Security Dilemma (Assignment I)
Nau, Chapter 1: pp.s 30-41
Robert J. Art, “The Four Functions of Force,” AJ
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Part II: Theories
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September 13
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Class 5
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Realism I
Nau, Chapter 1, pp.s 41-50
Morgenthau, “Six Principles of Political Realism,” AJ
Waltz, “The Anarchic Structure of World Politics,” AJ
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September 15
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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 : http://mearsheimer.uchicago.edu/pdfs/A0021.pdf
Walt, “Alliances: Balancing and Bandwagoning,” AJ
Robert Jervis, “Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma,” AJ
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September 20
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Class 7
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Liberalism I
Nau, Chapter 1: pp.s 50-60
Doyle, “Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs,” AJ
Hoffman, “The Uses and Limits of International Law,” AJ
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September 22
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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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September 23
(Make up for November 1st holiday)
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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
Robert. O. Keohane and Lisa Martin, “The Promise of Institutionalist Theory,” International Security 20 no.1 (1995): http://people.reed.edu/~ahm/Courses/Reed-POL-240-2012-S1_IP/Syllabus/EReadings/03.2/03.2.KeohaneMartin1995The-Promise.pdf
Sebastian Rosato, “The Flawed Logic of Democratic Peace Theory,” American Political Science Review 97 no. 4 (2003): http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3593025?uid=3738296&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21103195558851
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September 27
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Class 10
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Constructivism
Nau, Chapter 1: pp.s 60-75
Wendt, “Anarchy is What States Make of It,” AJ
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September 29
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Class 11
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MID-TERM
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Part III: International History
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October 4 Class 12
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Melos, Westphalia and World War I
Nau, Chapter 2
Thucydides, “The Melian Dialogue,” AJ
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October 6
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Class 13
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World War II (Assignment II)
Nau, Chapter 3
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October 11
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Class 14
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The Cold War
Nau Chapter 4
John Lewis Gaddis, “The Long Peace: Elements of Stability in the Postwar International System,” International Security 10, no. 4 (1986): http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2538951?uid=3738296&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21103195558851
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October 13
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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): http://www3.nd.edu/~dlindley/handouts/DrS.pdf
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October 18
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Class 16
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Nukes and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Sokolsksi, “Getting Ready for a Nuclear-ready Iran” AJ
Posen, “A Nuclear-Armed Iran: A Difficult but not Impossible Policy Problem,” AJ
Recommended:
Nau, Chapter 5
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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October 20
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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): http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/20048117?uid=3738296&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21103195558851
Kofi Annan, “Reflections on Intervention,” AJ
Jon Western and Joshua Goldstien, “Humanitarianism Comes of Age: Lessons from Somalia to Libya,” AJ
Recommended:
Nau, Chapter 6
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Part IV: Globalization and International Political Economy
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October 25 Class 18
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International Trade
Nau, Chapter 8: 351-380
Gilpin, “The Nature of Political Economy,” AJ
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October 27
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Class 19
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International Finance
Nau, Chapter 8: pp.s 380-402
Recommended:
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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October 28
(Make up for Thanksgiving)
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Class 20
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Globalization
Hiscox, “The Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policies,” AJ
Frankel, “Globalization of the Economy,” AJ
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November 1
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CLASS CANCELLED FOR ALL SAINTS HOLIDAY
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November 3
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Class 21
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The Globalization Debate (Assignment IV)
Rodrik, “Why Doesn’t Everyone get the case for Free Trade” & “A Sane Globalizations,” AJ
Na’im, “What Globalization is and is Not,” AJ
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Part V: Religion, Law, Human Rights and the Environment
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November 8 Class 22
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Terrorism
Bruce Hoffman, “What is Terrorism?” AJ
Cronin, “Ending Terrorism,” AJ
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November 10
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Class 23
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Identity Politics and Religion
Samuel P. Huntington, “Clash of Civilizations,” Foreign Affairs Summer (1993): http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/48950/samuel-p-huntington/the-clash-of-civilizations
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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November 15
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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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November 17
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Class 25
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The Environment (Assignment V)
Dupont, “The Strategic Implications of Climate Change,” AJ
Victor et al. “The Climate Threat we can Beat,” AJ
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November 22
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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
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
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November 24
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CLASS CANCELLED FOR THANKSGIVING
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November 29
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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
Henry A. Kissinger, “The Future of US-Chinese Relations,” Foreign Affairs March/April (2012). Jstor
“Tribunal Rejects Beijing’s Claims in South China Sea,” New York Times July 12th, 2016: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/13/world/asia/south-china-sea-hague-ruling-philippines.html?_r=0
Recommended:
Graham Allison, “The Thucydides Trap: Are the US and China Headed for War?” The Atlantic (July 2015) http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/09/united-states-china-war-thucydides-trap/406756/
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December 1
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Class 28
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Conclusions and Review
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Final Exam
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