Semester	Spring Semester, 2020
Department	Integrated Curriculum by Dept. of Diplomacy
Course Name	International Relations
Instructor	SU CHO-HSIN
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Required
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Week	課程內容	Reading list
1	Class Introduction: Discovering World Politics	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 1-20.
2	IR Theories I. - Realism and Liberalism	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 21-34; Sterling-Folker, J. (2015) 'All Hail to the Chief: Liberal IR Theory in the New World Order', International Studies Perspectives, 16: 40-49; Waltz, K. (2001) Man, the State, and War, Columbia University Press; Machiavelli, N. (1977) The Prince, W. W. Norton & Company, p. 47-49; Kant, I. (2006) Toward Perpetual Peace and Other Writings on Politics, Peace, and History, Kleingeld, P. (eds.), Yale University Press, p. 85-92.
3	IR Theories II. - Constructivism	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 35-51; Wendt, A. (1999) Social Theory of International Politics, Cambridge University Press; Habermas, J. (2001) The Postnational Constellation. Political Essays, Pensky, M. (trans.), The MIT Press, p. 58-112.
4	IR Theories III. Other Theoretical Perspectives	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 35-51.
5	International Decision Making I.	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 52-81; Mintz, A. and DeRouen, K. (2010) Understanding Foreign Policy Decision Making, Cambridge University Press.
6	International Decision Making II. - Movie: Thirteen Days	Movie and discussion
7	Great Power Relations	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 84-115; Ikenberry, J. G. (2014) ‘The Illusion of Geopolitics: The Enduring Power of the Liberal Order’, Foreign Affairs, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2014-04-17/illusion-geopolitics
8	Nonstate Actors & Global Community	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 147-192; Milner, H. V. and Moravcsik, A. (2009) Power, Interdependence, and Nonstate Actors in World Politics, Princeton University Press. Movie: Babel
9	The Threat of Armed Conflict	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 194-232; Combs, C. (2013) Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century, 7th ed., Pearson.
10	Midterm Exam	All the references before the midterm exam
11	International Law	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 274-317; Morrow, J. D. (2014) Order within Anarchy: The Laws of War as an International Institution, Cambridge University Press.
12	The Globalization of International Finance & International Trade	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 353-390; Ruggie, J. (2013) Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights, W. W. Norton. Movie: Inside Job
13	Cultural Globalization	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 391-421; Choucri, Nazli (2012) Cyberpolitics in International Relations, MIT Press.
14	Human Development and Human Rights	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 422-454; Blanton, S. L. and Cingranelli (2010) ‘Human Rights and Foreign Policy Analysis’, in The International Studies Compendium Project, Robert Denemark et al. (eds.), Wiley-Blackwell.
15	Preservation of the Environment & Global Trends and Transformations I.	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 492-506.
16	Preservation of the Environment & Global Trends and Transformations II.	Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning, p. 492-506.
17	Group Presentation	Preparation of the topics chosen
18	Group Presentation	Preparation of the topics chosen

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Prepare the equipments and reading materials for class, help organize guest lecture, class communication, grades registration.

Requirement/Grading

Class participation 20%

Midterm exam 40%

Final group presentation 40%

Textbook & Reference

Blanton, S. L. and Kegley, C. W. (2016) World Politics: Trend & Transformation, 2016-2017, 16th edition, Cengage Learning.

Wallace, H., Pollack, Mark A. and Young, Alasdair R. (eds) (2015) Policy-making in the European Union, 7th edition, Oxford University Press.

Sterling-Folker, J. (2015) 'All Hail to the Chief: Liberal IR Theory in the New World Order', International Studies Perspectives, 16: 40-49.

Ikenberry, J. G. (2014) ‘The Illusion of Geopolitics: The Enduring Power of the Liberal Order’, Foreign Affairs, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2014-04-17/illusion-geopolitics

Morrow, J. D. (2014) Order within Anarchy: The Laws of War as an International Institution, Cambridge University Press.

Combs, C. (2013) Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century, 7th ed., Pearson.

Ruggie, J. (2013) Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights, W. W. Norton.

Choucri, Nazli (2012) Cyberpolitics in International Relations, MIT Press.

Denemark, R. et al. (eds.) (2010) The International Studies Compendium Project, Wiley-Blackwell.

Mintz, A. and DeRouen, K. (2010) Understanding Foreign Policy Decision Making, Cambridge University Press.

Milner, H. V. and Moravcsik, A. (2009) Power, Interdependence, and Nonstate Actors in World Politics, Princeton University Press.

Kant, I. (2006) Toward Perpetual Peace and Other Writings on Politics, Peace, and History, Kleingeld, P. (eds.), Yale University Press.

Katznelson, I. and Weingast, B. R. (ed.) (2005) Preferences and Situations: Points of Intersection between Historical and Rational Choice Institutionalism, Russell Sage Foundation.

Pierson, P. (2004) Politics in Time: History, Institutions and Social Analysis, Princeton University press.

Habermas, J. (2001) The Postnational Constellation. Political Essays, Pensky, M. (trans.), The MIT Press.

Waltz, K. (2001) Man, the State, and War, Columbia University Press.

Wendt, A. (1999) Social Theory of International Politics, Cambridge University Press.

Machiavelli, N. (1977) The Prince, Adams, R. (eds.), W. W. Norton & Company.

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