Schedule January 23 Introduction – No readings. January 25 The Basics – Frieden et al, Introduction. World Politics, Stephen Walt, World, Many Theories,” Vol. 110 Foreign Policy, “One (Spring 1998), pp. 29-46. January 30, February 1 - What Shaped Our World? Frieden et al, ch. 1. World Politics, February 6, 8 Actors, Interests, Institutions – Frieden et al, ch. 2. World Politics, Stephen Krasner, Causes and Regime Consequences: Regimes as “Structural Intervening Variables,” in Stephen Krasner, ed., International Regimes (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983). February 13, 15 Why Do States Fight? – Frieden et al, ch. 3. World Politics, Robert Jervis, the Security Dilemma,” Vol. World Politics, “Cooperation 30, No. 2 (January, 1978), pp. 167-170, 186-210. February 20, 22 Domestic Politics and War – Frieden et al, ch. 4. World Politics, Jack Levy and William R. Thompson, (Malden, MA: Causes of War 2010), ch. 4. February 27, March 1 International Institutions and War – Frieden et al, ch. 5. World Politics, Richard Betts, for Peace or Causes of War?” International Security, “Systems Vol. 17, No. 2 (Summer 1992), pp. 17-27. March 6 Nuclear Weapons – Robert Jervis, (Ithaca, NY: Cornell The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution University Press, 1989), ch. 1. Charles Glaser and Steve Fetter, Missile Defense and the Future of “National the US Nuclear Weapons Policy,” Vol. 26, No. 1 International Security, (Summer 2001), pp. 497-538. March 8 First Midterm Examination – March 20, 22 - Violence by Non-State Actors Frieden et al, ch. 6. World Politics, John Mueller, (New York, NY: Free Press, 2006), chs. 1-2. Overblown
Schedule January 23 – Introduction No readings. January 25 – The Basics Frieden et al, World Politics, Introduction. Stephen Walt, “One World, Many Theories,” Foreign Policy, Vol. 110 (Spring 1998), pp. 29-46. January 30, February 1 - What Shaped Our World? Frieden et al, World Politics, ch. 1. February 6, 8 – Actors, Interests, Institutions Frieden et al, World Politics, ch. 2. Stephen Krasner, “Structural Causes and Regime Consequences: Regimes as Intervening Variables,” in Stephen Krasner, ed., International Regimes (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983). February 13, 15 – Why Do States Fight? Frieden et al, World Politics, ch. 3. Robert Jervis, “Cooperation the Security Dilemma,” World Politics, Vol. 30, No. 2 (January, 1978), pp. 167-170, 186-210. February 20, 22 – Domestic Politics and War Frieden et al, World Politics, ch. 4. Jack Levy and William R. Thompson, Causes of War (Malden, MA: 2010), ch. 4. February 27, March 1 – International Institutions and War Frieden et al, World Politics, ch. 5. Richard Betts, “Systems for Peace or Causes of War?” International Security, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Summer 1992), pp. 17-27. March 6 – Nuclear Weapons Robert Jervis, The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1989), ch. 1. Charles Glaser and Steve Fetter, “National Missile Defense and the Future of the US Nuclear Weapons Policy,” International Security, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Summer 2001), pp. 497-538. March 8 – First Midterm Examination March 20, 22 - Violence by Non-State Actors Frieden et al, World Politics, ch. 6. John Mueller, Overblown (New York, NY: Free Press, 2006), chs. 1-2.