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This being the 2001 syllabus, the notes by the 2001 folk are listed first. If the same notee was (in an immediately obvious way) done at some other time as well, it's presented as an alternative. Tell me if we've got any issues.


WEEK 1. TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO WORLD POLITICS

Hans Morgenthau, Politics among Nations, pp. 3-15, 228-235.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Margolis).
Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace, pp. 93-130.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Margolis), or All (notes by Aldrich).
Carl von Clausewitz, On War, Ch. 1.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Bruland).
John Keegan, A History of Warfare, Ch. 1.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden).
Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society, pp. 3-50, 62-73.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Pandya).
Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War. Book I 1-99, 139-146; Book II 34-54; Book III 36-50, 70-85; Book V 84-116; Book VI 6-31.
All (notes by 2001er). 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 2001er). Or: 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 2001er). 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 2001er). Or: All (notes by Gingerich).
A. F. K. Organski and Jack Kugler, The War Ledger, pp. 13-28.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Gingerich).
Gideon Rose, "Neoclassical Realism and Theories of Foreign Policy."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
David A. Baldwin, "Power Analysis and World Politics."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Randall L. Schweller, "Bandwagoning for Profit."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Barry Buzan, Charles Jones, and Richard Little, The Logic of Anarchy, Chaps. 2-4.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).

WEEK 3. GLOBAL MARKETS AND NATIONAL PREFERENCES

Michael W. Doyle, "Politics and Grand Strategy."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Andrew Moravcsik, "Taking Preferences Seriously."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Jeffry Frieden, "Actors and Preferences in International Relations."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: 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 2001er). Or: 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 2001er). Or: All (notes by Gingerich), or All (notes by 1999er).
Jeffry Frieden, "Invested Interests."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Gingerich).
Ronald Rogowski, "Political Cleavages and Changing Exposure to Trade."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: 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 2001er). Or: 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 2001er). Or: 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 2001er). Or: All (notes by Margolis).

WEEK 4. DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS AND NATIONAL PREFERENCES

Graham Allison, "Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis."
All (notes by Burke-White). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden).
Christopher Achen, "When is a State with Bureaucratic Politics Representable as a Unitary Actor?"
All (notes by Dufour). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden).
Ronald Rogowski, "Institutions as Constraints on Strategic Choice."
All (notes by Evrigenis). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden).
Michael Doyle, "Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs, Part I."
All (notes by Ho). Or: All (notes by Hentea), or All (notes by Copelovitch?).
James Fearon, "Domestic Political Audiences and the Escalation of International Disputes."
All (notes by Horowitz). Or: All (notes by Hentea), or All (notes by Fowler).
Kenneth A. Schultz, "Do Domestic Institutions Constrain or Inform?: Contrasting Two Institutional Perspectives on Democracy and War"
All (notes by Kennedy). Or: All (notes by Hentea), All (notes by Soifer).
David Lake, "Powerful Pacifists: Democratic States and War."
All (notes by Lienau). Or: All (notes by Blake), or All (notes by Barker).
William Bernhard and David Leblang, "Democratic Institutions and Exchange-Rate Commitments."
All (notes by Kennedy). Or: All (notes by Blake), or All (notes by Stilz).
Lisa Martin, Democratic Commitments: Legislatures and International Cooperation, Chs. 2 and 7.
Chapter 2 (notes by Saberi); Chapter 7 (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Blake), or All (notes by Imai).
Helen V. Milner, Interests, Institutions, and Information: Domestic Politics and Information, Chs. 3 and 4.
All (notes by Shirck). Or: All (notes by Li), or All (notes by 1999er).
T. Clifton Morgan and Sally H. Campbell. "Domestic Structures, Decisional Constraints, and War: So Why Kant Democracies Fight?"
All (notes by Song). Or: All (notes by Li).
John Owen, "How Liberalism Produces Democratic Peace."
All (notes by Spengemann). Or: All (notes by Bruland).
Philip G. Roeder, "Soviet Policies and Kremlin Politics."
All (notes by Thornton). Or: All (notes by Bruland).

WEEK 5. IDEAS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN NATIONAL PREFERENCE FORMATION

Alexander Wendt, Social Theory of International Relations, pp. 22-44; Chs. 3-4, 6.
Chapter 1 (notes by Home); Chapters 3 and 4 (notes by Dufour); Chapter 6 (notes by Evrigenis). Or: All (notes by Blake).
Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink, "International Norm Dynamics and Political Change."
All (notes by Home). Or: All (notes by Hentea), or All (notes by Fowler).
John Gerard Ruggie, "International Regimes, Transactions, and Change: Embedded Liberalism in the Postwar Economic Order."
All (notes by Ho). Or: All (notes by Pandya), or All (notes by Stilz).
Judith Goldstein and Robert Keohane, "Ideas and Foreign Policy: An Analytical Framework."
All (notes by Horowitz). Or: All (notes by Hentea), or All (notes by Beck).
Bear Braumoeller, "Deadly Doves."
All (notes by Kennedy).
Jack Snyder, Myths of Empire, pp. 1-111, 235-322.
Chaps. 1-2 (notes by Lienau); pp. 66-111 (notes by 2001er); pp. 235-280 (notes by Saberi); pp. 281-322 (notes by Shirck). Or: All (notes by Margolis).
Peter Katzenstein, ed., The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics, Chs. 1, 5, 10, and 12.
Chapter 1 (notes by Kennedy); Chapter 5 (notes by Horowitz); Chapter 10 (notes by Song); Chapter 12 (notes by Spengemann). Or: All (notes by Bruland), or Chapter 1 (notes by Barker).
Peter M. Haas, "Introduction: Epistemic Communities and International Policy Formation."
All (notes by Thornton). Or: All (notes by Pandya).
Mataso Kimura and David A. Welch. "Specifying 'Interests.'"
All (notes by Ho).

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 Kennedy). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden), or All (notes by Imai).
Dan Reiter, "Learning, Realism, and Alliances: The Weight of the Shadow of the Past."
All (notes by Burke-White). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden), or All (notes by Stilz).
John Gerard Ruggie, "Continuity and Transformation in the World Polity," pp. 141-152.
All (notes by Dufour). Or: All (notes by Gingerich), or All (notes by Frisby).
Marcus Fischer, "Feudal Europe, 800-1300: Communal Discourse and Conflictual Practice."
All (notes by Evrigenis). Or: All (notes by Gingerich).
Lars-Erik Cederman, Emergent Actors in World Politics, Chaps. 3-4, 6-7.
Chapter 3 (notes by Ho); Chapter 4 (notes by Horowitz); Chapter 6 (notes by Home); Chapter 7 (notes by Lienau).
Yuen Foong Khong, Analogies at War, Ch. 2-3, 7.
Chapter 2 (notes by Macaes); Chapter 3 (notes by Saberi); Chapter 7 (notes by Shirck). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Robert Jervis, "Political Implications of Prospect Theory."
All (notes by Song).
Stephen Rosen, "Decisions without Calculations."
All (notes by Spengemann). Or: All (notes by Chatterjee).
David Campbell, "Introduction: On Dangers and Their Interpretation."
All (notes by Burke-White). Or: All (notes by Li).

WEEK 7. INFORMATION AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Power and Interdependence: World Politics in Transition, Chs. 4, 6.
Chapter 4 (notes by Home); Chapter 6 (notes by Burke-White). Or: All (notes by Margolis), or Chapter 6 (notes by Fowler).
Robert O. Keohane, After Hegemony, Chs. 1, 9.
All (notes by Dufour), or Chapter 1 (notes by Spengemann). Or: All (notes by Li), or Chapter 1 (notes by Aldrich).
Andreas Hasenclever, Peter Mayer, and Volker Rittberger, Theories of International Regimes, Chs. 1-5.
Chapters 1-2 (notes by Evrigenis); Chapter 3 (notes by Ho); Chapter 4 (notes by 2001er); Chapter 5 (notes by Kennedy). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch), or Chapters 1-2 (notes by Barker); Chapters 4-5 (notes by Perry).
Peter Alexis Gourevitch, "The Governance Problem in International Relations."
All (notes by Lienau). Or: All (notes by Li).
Lisa L. Martin, "Interests, Power, and Multilateralism."
All (notes by Macaes). Or: All (notes by Margolis), or All (notes by Stilz).
Abram and Antonia Chayes, "On Compliance."
All (notes by Saberi). Or: All (notes by Pandya).
George Downs, David M. Rocke, and Peter N. Barsoom, "Is the Good News about Compliance Good News about Cooperation?"
All (notes by Shirck). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden).
Anne-Marie Burley and Walter Mattli, "Europe before the Court"; responses by Geoffrey Garrett, and Burley and Mattli.
"Europe before the Court" (notes by Song); Responses (notes by Spengemann). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden).
Paul Pierson, "The Path to European Union."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Pandya).

WEEK 8. INTERSTATE STRATEGIC INTERACTION

Robert Jervis, "Cooperation under the Security Dilemma."
All (notes by Burke-White). Or: All (notes by Bruland), or All (notes by 1999er).
Robert Axelrod, "The Rational Timing of Surprise."
All (notes by Dufour). Or: All (notes by Chatterjee).
James D. Fearon, "Rationalist Explanations for War."
All (notes by Evrigenis). Or: All (notes by Phelan).
James Morrow, "The Strategic Setting of Choices."
All (notes by Ho). Or: All (notes by Blake).
Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation, Chs. 1-4.
Chapters 1-2 (notes by Home); Chapters 3-4 (notes by Horowitz). Or: All (notes by Gingerich).
Kenneth Oye, "Explaining Cooperation under Anarchy."
All (notes by Kennedy). Or: All (notes by Hentea).
Robert Axelrod and Robert O. Keohane, "Achieving Cooperation under Anarchy."
All (notes by Lienau). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
James D. Fearon, "Bargaining, Enforcement, and International Cooperation."
All (notes by Macaes). Or: All (notes by Blake), or All (notes by Fowler).
David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius, "Thinking Coalitionally."
All (notes by Saberi). Or: All (notes by Chatterjee).
Christopher H. Achen and Duncan Snidal, "Rational Deterrence Theory and Comparative Case Studies."
All (notes by Shirck). Or: All (notes by Chatterjee), or All (notes by 1999er).
Alexander L. George and Richard Smoke, "Deterrence and Foreign Policy."
All (notes by Song). Or: All (notes by Hentea).
Robert Jervis, "Rational Deterrence: Theory and Evidence."
All (notes by Spengemann). Or: All (notes by Bruland).
Richard New Lebow and Janice Gross Stein, "Rational Deterrence Theory."
All (notes by Thornton). Or: All (notes by Bruland).
George W. Downs, "The Rational Deterrence Debate."
All (notes by Song). Or: All (notes by Blake).

WEEK 9. THEORETICAL SYNTHESIS

Kenneth Waltz, Theory of International Politics, pp. 116-123.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden), or All (notes by Hentea).
Robert Jervis, System Effects, Ch. 2.
All (notes by Saberi). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden).
Andreas Hasenclever, Peter Mayer, and Volker Rittberger, Theories of International Regimes, Ch. 6.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: 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.
Chapter 1 (notes by Evrigenis); Chapter 3 (notes by Ho). Or: All (notes by Pandya), or Chapter 1 (notes by Aldrich); Chapter 3 (notes by Imai).
Robert D. Putnam, "Diplomacy and Domestic Politics."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Chatterjee).
Peter Evans, Harold K. Jacobson, and Robert Putnam, eds., Double-Edged Diplomacy, pp. 233-264, 363-430.
pp. 233-264 (notes by Horowitz); pp. 363-396 (notes by 2001er); pp. 397-430 (notes by Kennedy); pp. 397-430 (notes by Burke-White). Or: All (notes by Li).
James D. Fearon, "Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy, and Theories of International Relations."
All (notes by Macaes). Or: All (notes by Pandya).
Bear Braumoeller, "Causal Complexity, Theory Problems, and the Study of Politics."
All (notes by Dufour). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
James D. Fearon, "Causes and Counterfactuals in Social Science."
All (notes by Shirck). Or: All (notes by Wrede Braden).
Matthew Evangelista, "The Paradox of State Strength: Transnational Relations, Domestic Structures, and Security Policy in Russia and the Soviet Union."
All (notes by Song). Or: All (notes by Chatterjee), or All (notes by Soifer).
Howard Raiffa, The Art and Science of Negotiation, pp. 1-19, 44-65.
All (notes by Spengemann). Or: All (notes by Blake).
Thomas Risse and Stephen C. Ropp, "International Human Rights Norms and Domestic Change."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Blake).
Andrew Moravcsik, The Choice for Europe, pp. 18-24.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Blake).

WEEK 10. VIOLENT INTERSTATE CONFLICT

Kalevi J. Holsti, Peace and War, pp. 1-24, 306-334.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Robert Gilpin, War and Change in World Politics, pp. 1-49, 156-244.
pp. 1-49 (notes by Dufour); pp. 156-244 (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Blake), or All (notes by Perry).
Karl Deutsch and J. David Singer, "Multipolar Power Systems and International Stability."
All (notes by Ho). Or: All (notes by Gingerich).
Ted Hopf, "Polarity, the Offense-Defense Balance, and War."
All (notes by Ho). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Bruce Russett and John Oneal, Triangulating Peace, Chaps. 1, 2, 5.
Chapters 1-2 (notes by 2001er); Chapter 5 (notes by Horowitz).
John Gurley, Challengers to Capitalism, Chapter 3.
All (notes by Kennedy).
Edward Rhodes, "Do Bureaucratic Politics Matter? Some Disconfirming Findings from the Case of the U.S. Navy."
All (notes by Thornton). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Stephen Van Evera, Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict, Ch. 6.
All (notes by Lienau). Or: All (notes by Hentea), or All (notes by Barker).
Jonathan Mercer, Reputation and International Politics, Chs. 1, 2, 4.
Chapters 1 and 2 (notes by Saberi); Chapter 4 (notes by Shirck). Or: All (notes by Margolis), or Chapters 1 and 2 (notes by Imai); Chapter 4 (notes by Aldrich).
Christopher Gelpi, "Crime and Punishment: The Role of Norms in Crisis Bargaining."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Bruland), or: All (notes by Copelovitch).
Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, "Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict."
All (notes by Spengemann). Or: All (notes by Bruland).

WEEK 11. INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Stephen D. Krasner, "State Power and the Structure of International Trade."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Margolis), or All (notes by 1999er).
Helen V. Milner, "Trading Places: Industries for Free Trade."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: 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 2001er). Or: All (notes by Margolis), or All (notes by Fowler).
Helen Milner and David Yoffie, "Between Free Trade and Protectionism."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: 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 Horowitz). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch), or All (notes by 1999er).
David Lake, "International Economic Structures and American Foreign Economic Policy."
All (notes by Kennedy). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Judith Goldstein, "Ideas, Institutions, and American Trade Policy."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Pandya).
Michael Bailey, Judith Goldstein, and Barry Weingast, "The Institutional Roots of American Trade Policy."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Pandya).
Joanne Gowa, "Bipolarity, Multipolarity, and Free Trade."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Margolis), or All (notes by Imai).

WEEK 12. SECURITY COOPERATION

Stephen Walt, The Origins of Alliances, chs. 1-2, 8.
Chapters 1 and 8 (notes by 2001er), Chapter 2 (notes by Dufour). Or: Chapters 1-2 (notes by Barker); Chapter 8 (notes by 1999er).
Lisa L. Martin, "Institutions and Cooperation."
All (notes by Ho). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Glenn Snyder, "The Security Dilemma in Alliance Politics."
All (notes by Horowitz). Or: All (notes by Imai).
Christopher Gelpi, "Alliances as Instruments of Intra-Allied Control."
All (notes by Kennedy). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett, eds., Security Communities, Chs. 2 and 4.
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Chatterjee), or All (notes by Beck).
Thomas Christensen and Jack Snyder, "Chain Gangs and Passed Bucks."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Robert Axelrod and D. Scott Bennett, "Choosing Sides: A Landscape Theory of Aggregation."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
John A. C. Conybeare and Todd Sandler, "The Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance 1880-1914."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
James D. Morrow, "Arms versus Allies."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).
Steven R. David, "Explaining Third World Alignment."
All (notes by 2001er). Or: All (notes by Urbatsch).

WEEK 13. THE FUTURE OF IR IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

Hans Morgenthau, Politics among Nations, Chs. 29, 31, 32.
 
John J. Mearsheimer, "Back to the Future"; responses by Stanley Hoffmann, Robert O. Keohane, and John Mearsheimer.
Mearsheimer (notes by 2001er).
Kenneth A. Waltz, "Structural Realism after the Cold War."
All (notes by Ho).
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.
Moravcsik and Legro (notes by Horowitz); Responses (notes by Kennedy). Or: All (notes by Bruland).
John Gerard Ruggie, "Territoriality and Beyond."
 
Friedrich Kratochwil, "Constructing a New Orthodoxy?"
 
Thomas Christiansen, Knud Erik Jørgensen, and Antje Wiener, "The Social Construction of Europe."
 
Andrew Moravcsik, "Is Something Rotten in the State of Denmark?"
 
Francis Fukuyama, "The End of History?"
All (notes by Bruland).
Samuel P. Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations."
 
Bruce Russett and John Oneal, Triangulating Peace, Chapter 7.
 
Stanley Hoffmann, The Ethics and Politics of Humanitarian Intervention.