Week 1: Introduction

Week 2-4: Approach--

              "International Relations: One World, Many Theories"

Week 5-6:  Approach--

              "International Relations: One World, Rival Theories"

Week 7: Approach--

              "Interpreting World Politics through the Lens of Theory"

Week 8: Introducing the Field

               "Main Perspectives; Their Evolution and Relavance Today," pp. 1-10.

               Samuel P. Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations?." pp. 12-25.

Week 9: Introducing the Field

              Stepen D. Krasner, "The Sovereign State is Just About Dead," pp. 26-32.

              Joseph S. Nye, "The Future of American Power," pp. 32-35.

Week 10: Historical Context I: Realism and Sovereign States

              Hans J. Morgenthau, "Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace," pp. 38-42.

              John J. Mearsheimer, "China's Unpeaceful Rise," pp. 44-47.

Week 11: Liberalism and International Organizations

             Immanuel Kant, "Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch," pp. 49-52.

             Norman Angell, "The Great Illusion," pp. 52-53.

Week 12: War, Security, and Terrorism

             "International Security, International Law, and International Political Economy," pp. 79-91.

             William S. Lind, and others, "Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation," pp. 95-100.

             Michel Wieviorka, "From Classical Terrorism to 'Global' Terrorism," pp. 100-104.

Week 13  Law and International Community

              Stephen C. Neff, "A Short History of International Law," pp. 109-117.

              Jean D'Aspremon, "The International Court of Justice and the Irony of System-Design," pp. 126-130.

Week 14: From the North-South Divide to Globalization

               Robert O. Keohane, "The Old IPE and the New," pp. 132-135.

               John Maynard Keynes, "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money," pp. 135-140.

Week 15: Twenty-First-Century Challanges

                Joana Castro Pereira, "Environmental Issues and International Relations, A New Global (Dis)Order," pp. 167-173.

                Joshua Goldstein, "Climate Change as a Global Security Issue," pp. 173-177.

Week 16:  Human Rights in the World

                Amrita Ahuja and others, "When Should Governments Subsidize Health?" pp. 179-184.

                Immanuel Wallerstein, "Passions about Migrants," pp. 187-188.              

Week 17: Hearts and Minds--Culture and Nationalism

               Philip Alston, "The Populist Challenge to Human Rights," pp. 190-198.

               Holger Molder, "The Culture of Fear in International Politics," pp. 199-204.

               Jerry Z. Muller, "Us and Them: The Power of Ethnic Nationalism," pp. 205-212.

Week 18: Global Forecasting

                Michael D. Ward, "Can We Predict Politics? Toward What End?" pp. 223-229.

                G. John Ikenberry, "The Illusion of Geopolitics: The Enduring Power of the Liberal Order," 231-236.  

                Jack A. Goldstone, "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," pp. 237-241.

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In addition to the class attendance, there are discussions in the class.  Students are demanded to present readings in turn and lead discussions in the class.  

Attendance: 20%

Presentations and Discussion: 40%

Open-book mid-term exam: 40%

Shiraev, Eric B. & Vladislav M. Zubok.  Current Debates in International Relations. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2nd edition,  2020.  

And extra readings.