Assignment

50. Class presentation: This is a group project. It includes two parts: a short paper and an oral presentation
    
    
    
    
    14. Short paper: this assignment is 1500-2500 words or 3-5 pages long. The paper discusses the history, organizational structure, main function, budget, and recent development of an IGO listed on syllabus. Please submit this short paper to Moodle before 10PM on the night before the class. Delay or lack of citation sources will have negative impact on the grade. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and will result in a failing grade.
    
    
    14. Oral presentation: students will make an oral presentation on the IGO/INGO they select. The presentation will take 15-20 minutes, with a Q&A session of 10-15 minutes. The oral presentation rests on the short paper, but students should avoid reciting his/her short paper. The oral presentation should emphasize on the recent development and problems of an IGO/INGO. Students are encouraged to use slides.
    
    
    
    


50. Final paper: Each student will submit a final paper on Moodle on the last week of the semester.  the final paper is a policy research paper around 2500-3500 words. Students will select an IGO and write a research on an issue this IGO is concerned. More details will be announced after midterm

Week 1 (2/27): Introduction to the course

Week 2 (3/6): Debate on international regime

Mearsheimer, John J.. “The False Promise of International Institutions.” International Security. 19, 3. (1994/95) pages 5-49.

Keohane and Martin, “The Promise of Institutionalist Theory”. International Security. 20.1. 1995. pages 39-51.

Pevehouse, Jon C. 2002. “Democracy from the Outside-In? International Organizations and Democratization.” International Organization 56 (03):515–49.

Week 3 (3/13): Global governance

Hall, Rodney Bruce and Thomas J. Biersteker. “The Emergence of Private Authority in the International System.” In Hall, Rodney Bruce, and Thomas J. Biersteker, eds. The Emergence of Private Authority in Global Governance. Cambridge, UK?; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 3-22

Virginia Haufler, “Corporations in Zones of Conflict: Issues, Actors, and Institutions.” Chapter 4 in Avant, Deborah D., Martha Finnemore, and Susan K. Sell, eds. Who Governs the Globe? 1 edition. Hamilton, NZ: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Ernst B. Haas, “Why Collaborate? Issue-Linkage and International Regimes,” World Politics, vol. 32, no. 3 (April 1980), pp. 357-405

Week 4 (3/20): Rational institution

Barbara Koremenos, Charles Lipson and Duncan Snidal, “Rational Design of International Institutions,” International Organization 55:4 (September 2001), 761-799.

Koremenos, Barbara, and Allison Nau. 2010. “Exit, No Exit.” Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 21:81–120.

Week 5 (3/27): Compliance

Downs, George W., David M. Rocke, and Peter N. Barsoom. 1996. “Is the Good News About Compliance Good News About Cooperation?” International Organization 50 (03):379–406.

Schneider, Christina J. 2011. “Weak States and Institutionalized Bargaining Power in International Organizations.” International Studies Quarterly 55 (2):331–55.

Chayes, Abram, and Antonia Handler Chayes. “On Compliance.” International Organization 47, no. 02 (1993): 175–205.

Week 6 (4/3): United Nations I

Short paper: UN General Assembly, Security Council, ECOSOC, UNICEF

Doyle, Michael W., and Nicholas Sambanis. 2006. Making War and Building Peace: United Nations Peace Operations. Princeton University Press. Ch1, Ch2, Ch5 (East Timor), Ch6 (Rwanda).

Week 7 (4/10): United Nations II

Short paper: FAO, IAEA

Dreher, Axel, Matthew Gould, Matthew D. Rablen, and James Raymond Vreeland. 2014. “The Determinants of Election to the United Nations Security Council.” Public Choice 158 (1–2):51–83.

Thompson, Alexander. “Coercion Through IOs: The Security Council and the Logic of Information Transmission.” International Organization 60, no. 1 (January 2006): 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818306060012.

Voeten, Erik. “Outside Options and the Logic of Security Council Action.” American Political Science Review 95, no. 04 (2001): 845–58.

*Walker, Paul F. 2015. “Reading the Riot Act: Toward a More Comprehensive Ban on Chemical Weapons.” The Nonproliferation Review 22 (3–4):517–25.

Week 8(4/17): IMF and World Bank

• Short paper: IMF, World Bank, UNESCO,

Nielson, Daniel L. and Michael J. Tierney. 2003. “Delegation to International Organizations: Agency Theory and World Bank Environmental Reform”. International Organization 57(2): 241- 276.

Vreeland, J.R. 2003. The IMF and Economic Development. Cambridge Univ Pr. Ch4-5

*Przeworski, Adam and James Raymond Vreeland. 2000. “The Effect of IMF Programs on Economic Growth.” Journal of Development Economics 62: 385-421.

Week 9 (4/24): Midterm

Week 10 (5/1): World Trade Organization

Short paper: WTO, CPTPP, RCEP, NAFTA

Hopewell, Kristen. 2015. “Different Paths to Power: The Rise of Brazil, India and China at the World Trade Organization.” Review of International Political Economy 22 (2):311–38.

Davis, Christina L. 2012. Why Adjudicate?: Enforcing Trade Rules in the WTO. Princeton N.J.?; Oxford: Princeton University Press. Ch2. “Domestic Constrains and Active Enforcement”

Betz, Timm, and Andrew Kerner. “Real Exchange Rate Overvaluation and WTO Dispute Initiation in Developing Countries.” International Organization 70, no. 4 (October 2016): 797–821. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818316000278.

*He, Kai. 2015. “Contested Regional Orders and Institutional Balancing in the Asia Pacific.” International Politics 52 (2):208–22.

Week 11 (5/8): World Health Organization

Short paper: WHO, ICAO, INTEPOL, ITO

Moon, Suerie, Devi Sridhar, Muhammad A. Pate, Ashish K. Jha, Chelsea Clinton, Sophie Delaunay, Valnora Edwin, et al. 2015. “Will Ebola Change the Game? Ten Essential Reforms before the next Pandemic. The Report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola.” The Lancet 386 (10009):2204–21.

Moon, Suerie, Nicole A. Szlezák, Catherine M. Michaud, Dean T. Jamison, Gerald T. Keusch, William C. Clark, and Barry R. Bloom. 2010. “The Global Health System: Lessons for a Stronger Institutional Framework.” PLOS Medicine 7 (1):e1000193.

Yang, Che-ming. 2010. “The Road to Observer Status in the World Health Assembly: Lessons from Taiwan’s Long Journey,” September.

Week 12 (5/15): International Fishery Organizations, International Labour Organizations

Short paper: International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean、Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission,

Carothers, Courtney. 2011. “Equity and Access to Fishing Rights: Exploring the Community Quota Program in the Gulf of Alaska.” Human Organization 70 (3):213–23.

Dupont, Alan, and Christopher G. Baker. 2014. “East Asia’s Maritime Disputes: Fishing in Troubled Waters.” The Washington Quarterly 37 (1):79–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/0163660X.2014.893174.

Baccini, Leonardo, and Mathias Koenig-Archibugi. 2014. “Why Do States Commit to International Labor Standards? Interdependent Ratification of Core ILO Conventions, 1948–2009.” World Politics 66 (3):446–90. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0043887114000124.

Week 13 (5/22): Development banks

Short paper: ADB, AIIB, African Development Bank

Wilson, Jeffrey D. n.d. “The Evolution of China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: From a Revisionist to Status-Seeking Agenda.” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific. Accessed October 27, 2017.

Kilby, Christopher. 2006. “Donor Influence in Multilateral Development Banks: The Case of the Asian Development Bank.” The Review of International Organizations 1 (2):173–95.

Week 14 (5/29): APEC, OPEC

Short paper: APEC, OPEC, Southern African Development Community

Helen Esadurai, “APEC and East Asia: The challenge of remaining relevant” in Lorraine Elliott, et al., APEC and the Search for Relevance: 2007 and Beyond (Canberra: Department of International Relations, RSPAS, Australian National University, 2006)

Colgan, Jeff D. 2014. “The Emperor Has No Clothes: The Limits of OPEC in the Global Oil Market.” International Organization 68 (3):599–632.

Week 15 (6/5): ASEAN

Short paper: ASEAN, OAS

Acharya, Amitav. “Engagement or Entrapment? Scholarship and Policymaking on Asian Regionalism.” International Studies Review 13, no. 1 (March 1, 2011): 12–17.

Jones, David Martin, and Michael L.R. Smith. “Making Process, Not Progress: ASEAN and the Evolving East Asian Regional Order.” International Security 32, no. 1 (June 26, 2007): 148–84..

Week 16 (6/12): European Union

Short paper: African Union, Amnesty International, Open Society Foundations, World Vision, Transparency International, The Salvation Army

Young, Alasdair R. “The European Union as a Global Regulator? Context and Comparison.” Journal of European Public Policy 22, no. 9 (October 21, 2015): 1233–52.

Börzel, Tanja A., and Thomas Risse. “From the Euro to the Schengen Crises: European Integration Theories, Politicization, and Identity Politics.” Journal of European Public Policy 25, no. 1 (January 2, 2018): 83–108.

Week 17 (6/19): Conclusion: IGO and international order after hegemony

Abbott, Frederick M., and Duncan Snidal. 2010. International regulation without international government: Improving IO performance through orchestration. Review of International Organizations 5 (3):315-44.

Lall, Ranjit. “Beyond Institutional Design: Explaining the Performance of International Organizations.” International Organization 71, no. 2 (April 2017): 245–80. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818317000066.

Week 18 (6/26) at 5:00pm Final paper due on Moodle

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Class participation 25%

Midterm 20%

Short paper 15%

Class presentation based on short paper 10%

Final paper 30%

Grade Scale:

96-100  A+   93-95   A    90-92   A-     

88-89   B+   83-87   B    80-82   B-

78-79   C+   73-77   C    70-72   C-    

70 and below F

Grading criteria:

A: Considerable evidence of original and critical thinking; demonstrated exceptional capacity to analyze and synthesize; outstanding grasp of subject matter; evidence of extensive knowledge base beyond minimum requirements; constructive contribution to class discussion.

B: Evidence of grasp of subject matter, some evidence of critical capacity and analytical ability; reasonable understanding of relevant issues; evidence of familiarity with the literature; good engagement with the class on relevant issues.

C: Evidence of some understanding of the subject matter. Some participation in class.

F: Insufficient evidence of understanding of the subject matter; weakness in critical and analytical skills; limited or irrelevant use of the literature.

There is no required textbook for this class. Please acquire chapter copies and journal articles from library and online academic resources. Please let me know if our library does not have the material. Please be aware of copyrights regulations and do not reprint these works.

The following is a list of important works in international organizations research. Those who are interested in exploring IGO/INGO are highly recommended to acquire these books. Most of them are available in library.

Avant, Deborah D., Martha Finnemore, and Susan K. Sell, eds. Who Governs the Globe? 1 edition. Hamilton, NZ: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Frederking, Brian, and Paul F. Diehl, eds. The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World. 5th edition edition. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2015.

Karns, Margaret P., Karen A. Mingst, and Kendall W. Stiles. International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance. 3rd edition edition. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2015.

Keohane, Robert O., and Joseph S. Nye. Power & Interdependence. 4 edition. Boston: Pearson, 2011.

Krasner, Stephen D. Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy. Princeton University Press, 1999.  

Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics, Cornell University Press. 1998.

Rosenau, James N., and Ernst-Otto Czempiel, eds. Governance without Government: Order and Change in World Politics. Cambridge England?; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.