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WEEK 1. TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO WORLD POLITICS
- Hans Morgenthau, Politics among Nations, pp. 3-15, 228-235.
- All (notes by Margolis).
- Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace, pp. 93-130.
- All (notes by Margolis). Or:
All (notes by Aldrich).
- Carl von Clausewitz, On War, Ch. 1.
- All (notes by Bruland).
- John Keegan, A History of Warfare, Ch. 1.
- All (notes by Wrede Braden).
- Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society, pp. 3-50, 62-73.
- All (notes by Pandya).
- Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War.
- All (notes by Li). Or:
Book I 1-88 (notes by Beck); Book
II 1-65 (notes by Soifer?); Book III 36-50 (notes by
Imai?); Book V 85-116 (notes by Stilz?); Book VI 6-32 (notes by Fowler?).
WEEK 2. NEO-REALISM AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF POWER RESOURCES
- Kenneth N. Waltz, Man, the State and War, pp. 1-41, 80-123, 156-238.
- All (notes by Chatterjee). Or:
Chapter 1 (notes by Copelovitch); Chapter 4 (notes by Phelan); Chapter
6 (notes by Beck).
- Robert O. Keohane, ed., Neorealism and its Critics, pp. 1-16, 27-130.
- All (notes by 2000er). Or: Chapter 1 (notes by Soifer); Chapter 6 (notes by Frisby); Chapter
7 (notes by Aldrich); Chapter 8 (notes by Imai); Chapter 11 (notes by Barker).
- Kenneth Waltz, Theory of International Politics, Ch. 8.
- All (notes by Gingerich).
- A. F. K. Organski and Jack Kugler, The War Ledger, pp. 13-28.
- All (notes by Gingerich).
- Robert Gilpin, War and Change in World Politics, pp. 1-49, 156-244.
- All (notes by Blake). Or: All
(notes by Perry), or pp. 1-49 (notes by Dufour).
- Karl Deutsch and J. David Singer, "Multipolar Power Systems and
International Stability."
- All (notes by Gingerich). Or: All (notes by Ho).
- Gideon Rose, "Neoclassical Realism and Theories of Foreign Policy."
- All (notes by Urbatsch).
- David A. Baldwin, "Power Analysis and World Politics."
- All (notes by Urbatsch).
WEEK 3. GLOBAL MARKETS AND NATIONAL PREFERENCES
- Michael W. Doyle, "Politics and Grand Strategy."
- All (notes by Urbatsch).
- Andrew Moravcsik, "Taking Preferences Seriously."
- All (notes by Urbatsch).
- Jeffry Frieden, "Actors and Preferences in International Relations."
- All (notes by Urbatsch). Or: All (notes by 1999er).
- Robert O. Keohane and Helen V. Milner, eds., Internationalization and
Domestic Politics, Chs. 1-3, 5, 7.
- All (notes by Pandya). Or: Chapters 1-2 (notes by Beck); Chapters 5 and 7 (notes by Barker).
- Peter Alexis Gourevitch, "The Second Image Reversed."
- All (notes by Gingerich). Or: All (notes by 1999er).
- Jeffry Frieden, "Invested Interests."
- All (notes by Gingerich).
- Ronald Rogowski, "Political Cleavages and Changing Exposure to Trade."
- All (notes by Gingerich). Or:
All (notes by Fowler).
- Beth A. Simmons, Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic
Policy during the Interwar Years, Chs. 1-3.
- All (notes by Chatterjee). Or: All (notes by Perry).
- Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Power and Interdependence:
World Politics in Transition, Chs. 1-2.
- All (notes by Margolis). Or: All (notes by Stilz).
- Michael Webb, "International Economic Structures, Government Interests, and
International Coordination of Macroeconomic Adjustment Policies."
- All (notes by Margolis).
WEEK 4. DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS AND NATIONAL PREFERENCES
- Graham Allison, "Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis."
- All (notes by Wrede Braden). Or: All (notes by Burke-White).
- Christopher Achen, "When is a State with Bureaucratic Politics Representable
as a Unitary Actor?"
- All (notes by Wrede Braden). Or: All (notes by Dufour).
- Ronald Rogowski, "Institutions as Constraints on Strategic Choice."
- All (notes by Wrede Braden). Or: All (notes by Evrigenis).
- Michael Doyle, "Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs, Part I."
- All (notes by Hentea). Or: All (notes by Copelovitch?), or All (notes by Ho).
- James Fearon, "Domestic Political Audiences and the Escalation of
International Disputes."
- All (notes by Hentea). Or: All (notes by Fowler), or All
(notes by Horowitz).
- Kenneth A. Schultz, "Do Domestic Institutions Constrain or Inform?:
Contrasting Two Institutional Perspectives on Democracy and War"
- All (notes by Hentea). Or: All (notes by Soifer), or All
(notes by Kennedy).
- David Lake, "Powerful Pacifists: Democratic States and War."
- All (notes by Blake). Or: All (notes by Barker), or All (notes
by Lienau).
- William Bernhard and David Leblang, "Democratic Institutions and
Exchange-Rate Commitments."
- All (notes by Blake). Or: All (notes by Stilz), or All (notes
by Kennedy).
- Lisa Martin, Democratic Commitments: Legislatures and International
Cooperation, Chs. 2 and 7.
- All (notes by Blake). Or: All (notes by Imai), or Chapter 2
(notes by Saberi).
- Helen V. Milner, Interests, Institutions, and Information: Domestic
Politics and Information, Chs. 3 and 4.
- All (notes by Li). Or: All
(notes by 1999er), or All (notes by Shirck).
- T. Clifton Morgan and Sally H. Campbell. "Domestic Structures, Decisional
Constraints, and War: So Why Kant Democracies Fight?"
- All (notes by Li). Or: All
(notes by Song).
- John Owen, "How Liberalism Produces Democratic Peace."
- All (notes by Bruland). Or: All (notes by Spengemann).
- Philip G. Roeder, "Soviet Policies and Kremlin Politics."
- All (notes by Bruland). Or: All (notes by Thornton).
WEEK 5. IDEAS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN NATIONAL PREFERENCE FORMATION
- Alexander Wendt, Social Theory of International Relations, pp. 22-44;
Chs. 3-4, 6.
- All (notes by Blake). Or: Chapter 1 (notes by Home).
- Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink, "International Norm Dynamics and
Political Change."
- All (notes by Hentea). Or:
All (notes by Fowler), or All (notes by Home).
- John Gerard Ruggie, "International Regimes, Transactions, and Change:
Embedded Liberalism in the Postwar Economic Order."
- All (notes by Pandya). Or: All (notes by Stilz), or All (notes
by Ho).
- Judith Goldstein and Robert Keohane, "Ideas and Foreign Policy: An
Analytical Framework."
- All (notes by Hentea). Or: All (notes by Beck), or All
(notes by Horowitz).
- Bear Braumoeller, "Deadly Doves."
- All (notes by Hentea). Or: All (notes by Kennedy).
- Jack Snyder, Myths of Empire, pp. 1-111, 235-322.
- All (notes by Margolis). Or: Chaps. 1-2 (notes by Lienau).
- Peter Katzenstein, ed., The Culture of National Security: Norms and
Identity in World Politics, Chs. 1, 5, 10, and 12.
- All (notes by Bruland). Or: Chapter 1 (notes by Barker), or Chapter
1 (notes by Kennedy); Chapter 5 (notes by Horowitz);
Chapter 10 (notes by Song); Chapter
12 (notes by Spengemann).
- Peter M. Haas, "Introduction: Epistemic Communities and International
Policy Formation."
- All (notes by Pandya). Or: All (notes by Thornton).
WEEK 6. NON-RATIONALIST DECISION-MAKING: IDEAS, BELIEFS, AND LEARNING
- Alastair Iain Johnston, Cultural Realism: Strategic Culture and Grand
Strategy in Chinese History, Ch. 2, -or- Katzenstein, Culture of National
Security, Ch. 7.
- All (notes by Wrede Braden). Or: All (notes by Imai), or All (notes by
Kennedy).
- Dan Reiter, "Learning, Realism, and Alliances: The Weight of the Shadow
of the Past."
- All (notes by Wrede Braden). Or: All (notes by Stilz), or All (notes
by Burke-White).
- John Gerard Ruggie, "Continuity and Transformation in the World Polity," pp.
141-152.
- All (notes by Gingerich). Or: All (notes by Frisby), or All (notes
by Dufour).
- Marcus Fischer, "Feudal Europe, 800-1300: Communal Discourse and Conflictual
Practice."
- All (notes by Gingerich). Or: All (notes by Evrigenis).
- Carol Cohn, "Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals."
- All (notes by Li).
- Yuen Foong Khong, Analogies at War, Ch. 2-3, 7.
- All (notes by Urbatsch). Or: Chapter 2 (notes by Macaes); Chapter
3 (notes by Saberi); Chapter 7 (notes by Shirck).
- Robert Jervis, "Political Implications of Prospect Theory."
- All (notes by Li?). Or: All (notes by Song).
- Stephen Rosen, "Decisions without Calculations."
- All (notes by Chatterjee). Or: All (notes by Spengemann).
- David Campbell, "Introduction: On Dangers and Their Interpretation."
- All (notes by Li). Or: All
(notes by Burke-White).
WEEK 7. INFORMATION AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
- Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Power and Interdependence:
World Politics in Transition, Chs. 4, 6.
- All (notes by Margolis). Or: Chapter 6 (notes by Fowler), or Chapter
4 (notes by Home); Chapter 6 (notes by Burke-White).
- Robert O. Keohane, After Hegemony, Chs. 1, 9.
- All (notes by Li). Or: Chapter
1 (notes by Aldrich), or Chapter 1 (notes by
Spengemann), or All (notes by Dufour).
- Andreas Hasenclever, Peter Mayer, and Volker Rittberger, Theories of
International Regimes, Chs. 1-5.
- All (notes by Urbatsch). Or: Chapters 1-2 (notes by Barker); Chapters 4-5 (notes by Perry), or Chapters 1-2 (notes by Evrigenis); Chapter 3 (notes by Ho); Chapter 5
(notes by Kennedy).
- Peter Alexis Gourevitch, "The Governance Problem in International
Relations."
- All (notes by Li). Or: All
(notes by Lienau).
- Lisa L. Martin, "Interests, Power, and Multilateralism."
- All (notes by Margolis). Or: All (notes by Stilz), or All (notes
by Macaes).
- Abram and Antonia Chayes, "On Compliance."
- All (notes by Pandya). Or: All (notes by Saberi).
- George Downs, David M. Rocke, and Peter N. Barsoom, "Is the Good News about
Compliance Good News about Cooperation?"
- All (notes by Wrede Braden). Or: All (notes by Shirck).
- Anne-Marie Burley and Walter Mattli, "Europe before the Court"; responses by
Geoffrey Garrett, and Burley and Mattli.
- All (notes by Wrede Braden). Or: "Europe before the Court" (notes by Song); Responses (notes by Spengemann).
- Paul Pierson, "The Path to European Union."
- All (notes by Pandya).
WEEK 8. INTERSTATE STRATEGIC INTERACTION
- Robert Jervis, "Cooperation under the Security Dilemma."
- All (notes by Bruland). Or: All (notes by 1999er), or All (notes
by Burke-White).
- Robert Axelrod, "The Rational Timing of Surprise."
- All (notes by Chatterjee). Or: All (notes by Dufour).
- James D. Fearon, "Rationalist Explanations for War."
- All (notes by Hentea). Or: All (notes by Phelan), or All (notes
by Evrigenis).
- James Morrow, "The Strategic Setting of Choices."
- All (notes by Blake). Or: All (notes by Ho).
- Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation, Chs. 1-4.
- All (notes by Gingerich). Or: Chapters 1-2 (notes by Home); Chapters
3-4 (notes by Horowitz).
- Kenneth Oye, "Explaining Cooperation under Anarchy."
- All (notes by Hentea). Or: All (notes by Kennedy).
- Robert Axelrod and Robert O. Keohane, "Achieving Cooperation under Anarchy."
- All (notes by Hentea?). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch), or All
(notes by Lienau).
- James D. Fearon, "Bargaining, Enforcement, and International Cooperation."
- All (notes by Blake).
Or: All (notes by Fowler).
- David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius, "Thinking Coalitionally."
- All (notes by Chatterjee). Or: All (notes by Saberi).
- Christopher H. Achen and Duncan Snidal, "Rational Deterrence Theory and
Comparative Case Studies."
- All (notes by Chatterjee). Or: All (notes by 1999er), or All (notes
by Shirck).
- Alexander L. George and Richard Smoke, "Deterrence and Foreign Policy."
- All (notes by Hentea). Or: All (notes by Song).
- Robert Jervis, "Rational Deterrence: Theory and Evidence."
- All (notes by Bruland). Or: All (notes by Spengemann).
- Richard New Lebow and Janice Gross Stein, "Rational Deterrence Theory."
- All (notes by Bruland).
- George W. Downs, "The Rational Deterrence Debate."
- All (notes by Blake). Or: All
(notes by Song).
WEEK 9. THEORETICAL SYNTHESIS
- Kenneth Waltz, Theory of International Politics, pp. 116-123.
- All (notes by Wrede Braden). Or: All (notes by Hentea).
- Robert Jervis, System Effects, Ch. 2.
- All (notes by Wrede Braden). Or: All (notes by Saberi).
- Andreas Hasenclever, Peter Mayer, and Volker Rittberger, Theories of
International Regimes, Ch. 6.
- All (notes by Pandya). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden).
- Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Activists Beyond Borders:
Advocacy Networks in International Politics, Chs. 1 and 3.
- All (notes by Pandya). Or: Chapter 1 (notes by Aldrich); Chapter
3 (notes by Imai), or Chapter 1 (notes by Evrigenis);
Chapter 3 (notes by Ho).
- Robert D. Putnam, "Diplomacy and Domestic Politics."
- All (notes by Chatterjee).
- Peter Evans, Harold K. Jacobson, and Robert Putnam, eds., Double-Edged
Diplomacy, pp. 233-264, 363-430.
- All (notes by Li). Or: pp.
233-264 (notes by Horowitz); pp. 397-430 (notes by
Kennedy); pp. 397-430 (notes by Burke-White).
- James D. Fearon, "Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy, and Theories of
International Relations."
- All (notes by Pandya). Or: All (notes by Macaes).
- Bear Braumoeller, "Causal Complexity and the Study of World Politics."
- All (notes by Urbatsch). Or: All (notes by Dufour).
- James D. Fearon, "Causes and Counterfactuals in Social Science."
- All (notes by Wrede Braden). Or: All (notes by Shirck).
- Matthew Evangelista, "The Paradox of State Strength: Transnational
Relations, Domestic Structures, and Security Policy in Russia and the Soviet
Union."
- All (notes by Chatterjee). Or: All (notes by Soifer), or All (notes
by Song).
- Howard Raiffa, The Art and Science of Negotiation, pp. 1-19, 44-65.
- All (notes by Blake). Or: All
(notes by Spengemann).
- Thomas Risse and Stephen C. Ropp, "International Human Rights Norms and
Domestic Change."
- All (notes by Blake).
- Andrew Moravcsik, The Choice for Europe, pp. 18-24.
- All (notes by Blake).
WEEK 10. VIOLENT INTERSTATE CONFLICT
- Ted Hopf, "Polarity, the Offense-Defense Balance, and War."
- All (notes by Urbatsch). Or: All (notes by Ho).
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and David Lalman, "Empirical Support for Systemic
and Dyadic Explanations of Conflict."
- All (notes by Chatterjee).
- Bruce Russett, John Oneal, and David R. Davis, "The Third Leg of the Kantian
Tripod for Peace."
- All (notes by Urbatsch).
- Paul K. Huth, "Extended Deterrence and the Outbreak of War."
- All (notes by Bruland). Or: All (notes by Frisby).
- Zeev Maoz, "Resolve, Capabilities, and the Outcome of Interstate Disputes,
1816-1976."
- All (notes by Gingerich). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
- Edward Rhodes, "Do Bureaucratic Politics Matter? Some Disconfirming
Findings from the Case of the U.S. Navy."
- All (notes by Gingerich). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch), or All
(notes by Thornton).
- Stephen Van Evera, Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict,
Ch. 6.
- All (notes by Hentea). Or: All (notes by Barker).
- Jonathan Mercer, Reputation and International Politics, Chs. 1, 2, 4.
- All (notes by Margolis). Or: Chapters 1 and 2 (notes by Imai); Chapter 4 (notes by Aldrich), or Chapters
1 and 2 (notes by Saberi); Chapter 4 (notes by
Shirck).
- Christopher Gelpi, "Crime and Punishment: The Role of Norms in Crisis
Bargaining."
- All (notes by Bruland). Or: All (notes by Copelovitch).
- Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, "Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict."
- All (notes by Bruland). Or: All (notes by Spengemann).
WEEK 11. INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Stephen D. Krasner, "State Power and the Structure of International Trade."
- All (notes by Margolis). Or: All (notes by 1999er).
- Helen V. Milner, "Trading Places: Industries for Free Trade."
- All (notes by Margolis). Or: All (notes by Copelovitch).
- Susanne Lohmann and Sharyn O'Halloran, "Divided Government and U.S. Trade
Policy: Theory and Evidence."
- All (notes by Margolis). Or:
All (notes by Fowler).
- Helen Milner and David Yoffie, "Between Free Trade and Protectionism."
- All (notes by Pandya).
- James Alt and Michael Gilligan, "The Political Economy of Trading States:
Factor Specificity, Collective Action Problems and Domestic Political
Institution."
- All (notes by Urbatsch). Or: All (notes by 1999er).
- David Lake, "International Economic Structures and American Foreign Economic
Policy."
- All (notes by Urbatsch).
- Judith Goldstein, "Ideas, Institutions, and American Trade Policy."
- All (notes by Pandya).
- Michael Bailey, Judith Goldstein, and Barry Weingast, "The Institutional
Roots of American Trade Policy."
- All (notes by Pandya).
- Joanne Gowa, "Bipolarity, Multipolarity, and Free Trade."
- All (notes by Margolis). Or: All (notes by Imai).
WEEK 12. SECURITY COOPERATION
- Stephen Walt, The Origins of Alliances, chs. 1-2, 8.
- All (notes by 2000er). Or: Chapters 1-2 (notes by Barker); Chapter 8 (notes by 1999er).
- Lisa L. Martin, "Institutions and Cooperation."
- All (notes by 2000er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
- Glenn Snyder, "The Security Dilemma in Alliance Politics."
- All (notes by 2000er). Or: All (notes by Imai).
- Christopher Gelpi, "Alliances as Instruments of Intra-Allied Control."
- All (notes by 2000er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
- Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett, eds., Security Communities, Chs.
2 and 4.
- All (notes by Chatterjee). Or: All (notes by Beck).
- Thomas Christensen and Jack Snyder, "Chain Gangs and Passed Bucks."
- All (notes by Urbatsch).
- Robert Axelrod and D. Scott Bennett, "Choosing Sides: A Landscape Theory of
Aggregation."
- All (notes by Urbatsch).
- John A. C. Conybeare and Todd Sandler, "The Triple Entente and the Triple
Alliance 1880-1914."
- All (notes by 2000er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
- James D. Morrow, "Arms versus Allies."
- All (notes by 2000er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
- Steven R. David, "Explaining Third World Alignment."
- All (notes by 2000er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
WEEK 13. THE FUTURE OF IR IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
- Hans Morgenthau, Politics among Nations, Chs. 29, 31, 32.
- All (notes by Blake).
- John J. Mearsheimer, "Back to the Future"; responses by Stanley Hoffmann,
Robert O. Keohane, and John Mearsheimer.
- All (notes by 2000er).
- Stephen Van Evera, "Primed for Peace."
- All (notes by 2000er).
- Charles A. Kupchan and Clifford A. Kupchan, "Concerts, Collective Security,
and the Future of Europe."
- All (notes by Wrede Braden?).
- Kenneth A. Waltz, "Structural Realism after the Cold War."
- All (notes by 2000er).
- Andrew Moravcsik and Jeffrey Legro, "Is Anybody Still a Realist?"; responses
by Peter Feaver, Gunther Hellman, Randall Schweller, Jeffrey Taliaferro, William
Wohlforth, Jeffrey Legro and Andrew Moravcsik.
- All (notes by Bruland).
- John Gerard Ruggie, "Territoriality and Beyond."
- All (notes by 2000er).
- Francis Fukuyama, "The End of History?"
- All (notes by Bruland).
- Samuel P. Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations."
- All (notes by 2000er).
- Stanley Hoffmann, The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian
Intervention.
- All (notes by Hentea).