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課程主題
Topic |
課程內容與指定閱讀
Content and Reading Assignment |
教學活動與作業
Teaching Activities and Homework |
學習投入時間
Student workload expectation |
課堂講授
In-class Hours |
課程前後
Outside-of-class Hours |
1 |
An Introduction |
-Viotti and Kauppi, ch.1.
-Russett, Starr, and Kinsella. 2013. World Politics: the Menu for Choice, ch1.2
-Thucydides, “The Melian Dialogue,” excerpt from the History of the Peloponnesian War. |
Introduction and delivering syllabus |
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2 |
Realism & Liberalism |
-Kenneth Waltz. Anarchic Orders and Balance of Power. Ch 5.
-David Baldwin. Neoliberalism, Neorealism, and World Politics. Ch 1.
-Joseph Grieco. Anarchy and the Limits of Cooperation: A Realist Critique of the Newest Liberal Institutionalism. Ch 5. |
Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
3 |
8 |
3 |
Normative & Regime Theory |
-Viotti and Kauppi, ch.5.
-Stephan Krasner. Structural Causes and Regime Consequences: Regime as Intervening Variables. International Organizations 36(2), 1982.
-Harvey Starr, “International Law and International Order,” in Charles Kegley , Controversies in International Relations Theory New York: MacMillan, 1995:299-317. |
Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
3 |
8 |
4 |
Rational Choices & Decision Making |
-Walt, Stephen M. “Rigor or rigor mortis? Rational choice and security studies." International Security 23(4), 1999, 5-48.
-Rational Decision Making. Russett, Starr, and Kinsella. ch 7.
-James Fearon, “Rational Explanations for War,” International Organization 49, 1995. |
Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
3 |
8 |
5 |
Conflict Theory I |
-Stuart Bremer. Who Fights Whom, When, and Why? 2000.
-Most and Starr, Inquiry, Logic, and International Politics, ch.2
-John Vasquez. What do We Know about War. 2000. |
Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
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8 |
6 |
Conflict Theory II |
-James Lee Ray. Democracy: On the Level(s), Does Democracy Correlate with Peace? 2000.
-Russett and Starr, From Democratic Peace to Kantian Peace: Democracy and Conflict in the International System.
-Russett and Oneal, the Triangulating Peace, 2001. ch1. |
Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
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8 |
7 |
Conflict Theory III |
-Gartzke, E., 2007. The capitalist peace. American Journal of Political Science, 51(1), pp.166-191.
-Fearon, J.D. and Laitin, D.D., 2003. Ethnicity, insurgency, and civil war. American Political Science Review, 97(1), pp.75-90. |
Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
3 |
8 |
8 |
Guest Speaker |
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5 |
9 |
Midterm |
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5 |
10 |
Territorial Theory |
-Harvey Starr. Territory, Proximity, and the Geography on International Conflict. Ch. 3.
-Douglas Gibler. Territorial Peace. Ch1. |
Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
3 |
8 |
11 |
Alliance Theory |
-Stephen M. Walt. The origins of Alliance. Cornell University Press, 1990. Ch 1.
-Douglas Gibler. 2000. Why Some Cause War and Why others Cause Peace, in What do We Know About War edted by John Vasquez. 2000, ch.7. |
Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
3 |
8 |
12 |
Hedging Theory |
-Cheng-Chwee, Kuik. “The essence of hedging: Malaysia and Singapore's response to a rising China.” Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs 30(2), 2008, 159-185.
-Lim, Darren, and Zack Cooper. 2015. "Reassessing Hedging: The Logic of Alignment in East Asia." Security Studies 24 (2): 696-727.
- McDougall, Derek. 2012. "Rising China in the East Asian Region: Soft Balancing with Accommodation." Journal of Contemporary China 21 (73): 1-17. |
Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
3 |
8 |
13 |
IOs & Human Security |
-Russett, Starr, and Kinsella. 2013. World Politics: the Menu for Choice, 10th ed. ch.10.
-Puchala et. al. 2007. United Nations Politics. ch.4 & 7.
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Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
3 |
8 |
14 |
Nuclear Security |
-Sagan, Scott D., and Kenneth N. Waltz. 2003 “The spread of nuclear weapons: A debate.” ch1.
-Fuhrmann, Matthew. 2009 “Spreading temptation: proliferation and peaceful nuclear cooperation agreements.” International Security 34.1 (2009): 7-41. |
Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
3 |
8 |
15 |
Cyber Security |
-Maoz, Zeev, et al. 2006 “Structural equivalence and international conflict: A social networks analysis.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 50.5, 664-689.
-Borghard, Erica D. and Shawn W. Lonergan. 2017. “The Logic of Coercion in Cyberspace,” Security Studies, 26:3, 452-481. |
Lecture and group discussions
Students need to prepare for the materials next week |
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8 |
16 |
Presentation I |
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Presentation II |
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