How the world works: a brief survey of international relations

Machine generated contents note: Studying International Relations and World Politics

Debate over Positivist Science

Debate over Methods

Interparadigm Debate

Realist Paradigm

Theory in Practice 1.1 Youth Gangs: An Analogy to International Relations

Alternatives To Realism

Liberalism

Theory in Practice 1.2 Neoconservatism: Iraq and the Democratic Peace

Constructivism

Feminism

Neo-Marxism

Theory in Practice 1.3 Women in Power: A New Generation?

Conclusion

1648: The Birth of the State System

1815: The Concert of Europe

1919: The Experiment in Collective Security

1945: The Postwar Bipolar System

Theory in Practice 2.1 The Foreign Policy of Henry Kissinger

1989: The Post-Cold War Era

2001: The World After 9/11

Theory in Practice 2.2 Soft Power and the Obama Effect

Conclusion

Sources of State Behavior

International System Level of Analysis

State Level of Analysis

Individual Level of Analysis

Theory in Practice 3.1 The Israel Lobby: Realism and the Levels of Analysis

Foreign Policy Decision-Making

Rational Actor Model

Theory in Practice 3.2 North Korean Nuclear Weapons and Rational Choice Theory

Bureaucratic Politics Model

Different Models for Different Circumstances?

Paradigms and Decision-Making Models

Conclusion

War in World Politics

Prevalence of War and Violence

Theory in Practice 4.1 Coercive Diplomacy in the Taiwan Strait

War and Morality

Theory in Practice 4.2 Are You a Pacifist?

Evolution of Modern War

Emergence of Total War

Enter Nuclear Weapons

War in Decline?: The Post-Cold War Era

Declining Frequency of War

Explanations of Peace

Future of War

Asymmetric Warfare

Terrorism

Theory in Practice 4.3 Terrorism or Warfare?

Implications for Realism

Conclusion

International Law-Making

Treaties

International Custom

Other Sources of International Law

International Law Adjudication

Structure and Functions of the ICJ

Impact of the ICJ

International Law Enforcement

Enforcement via Self-Help

Role of International Organizations

United Nations

Theory in Practice 5.1 NGOs in Afghanistan

UN Structure

UN Enforcement of Law and Order

Theory in Practice 5.2 Peacekeeping Versus Peacemaking in Rwanda

Reforming the United Nations

Conclusion

Reasons for Hesitation

International Order Argument

National Interest Argument

Cultural Relativism Argument

First Steps: Establishing Human Rights Norms

Monitoring Human Rights

UN Monitoring

NGO Monitoring

National and Regional Monitoring

Enforcing Human Rights

Economic Sanctions

Theory in Practice 6.1 Economic Sanctions and Iraq: "The Non-Denial Heard 'Round the World"

Military Intervention

Theory in Practice 6.2 The "G-Word"

Prosecuting Human Rights Violators

Universal Jurisdiction

Ad Hoc Tribunals

International Criminal Court

Conclusion

Perspectives on the Global Economy

Realism

Liberalism

Neo-Marxism

Bretton Woods System

International Trade Regime

International Monetary Regime

Theory in Practice 7.1 The Banana War: WTO Dispute Settlement in Practice

Challenge of Development

Regional Integration

Globalization Debate

What Is Globalization?

Why Globalization?

Cause for Celebration?

Theory in Practice 7.2 The Wal-Mart Phenomenon: A Globalization Success Story?

Backlash to Globalization?

Globalization and Geopolitics

Conclusion

From National Security to Human Security

Global Environment

Nature of the Challenge

Responses to the Challenge

Theory in Practice 8.1 Climate Change and the Darfur Conflict

Global Health and Disease

Reemergence of Infectious Disease

Theory in Practice 8.2 Phases of Pandemic Flu: The H1 N1 Case

Globalization and Disease

Responses to Global Disease

Internet and Global Communications

Challenge to State Authority

State Strikes Back

Conclusion

Future I: The End of History

Theory in Practice 9.1 The End of History?: The Russian Case

Future II: One World

Future III: A Worlds State

Future IV: War Becomes Unthinkable

Future V: An Engendered Peace

Future VI: A Clash of Civilizations

Theory in Practice 9.2 Clash of Civilizations?: The Cartoon Crisis

Future VII: Great Power War

Making A Better World.