Introduction to International Relations

Readings

• [FLS] Jeffrey Frieden, David Lake and Kenneth Schultz, World Politics: Interests, Interactions, and Institutions . 5 th ed. Norton, 2021. ISBN: 9780393872231.
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• Stephen Walt (1998). “ International Relations: One World, Many Theories .” Foreign Policy (Spring): 29–46. ↗
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• Vitalis, Robert. White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations . Cornell University Press, 2015. ISBN: ‎9780801453977. Introduction, sections “International Relations 101” and “The Howard School” 5–8 and 11–14. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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• Tate, Merze, and Doris M. Hull. (1964). “ Effects of Nuclear Explosions on Pacific Islanders .” Pacific Historical Review 33(4): 379–393. ↗
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• [FLS ] Chapter 2, pp 45–48, 50–72, 73–83.
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• [FLS] Chapter 2, “A Primer on Game Theory,” pp. 86–91.
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• Robert Jervis (1978). “ Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma .” World Politics 30(2): 167–214. (Read only the first half, from 167 to top of 183.) ↗
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• [FLS] Chapter 11, pp. 484–517.
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• [FLS] Chapter 1, pp. 2–39.
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• [FLS] Chapter 3, pp. 95–140.
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• [FLS] Chapter 4, pp. 147–174.
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• [FLS] Chapter 4, pp. 175–187.
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• Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith. The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics . PublicAffairs, 2011. ISBN: ‎9781610390446. Chapter 1. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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• Rose McDermott. Presidential Leadership, Illness, and Decision Making. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: ‎9780521882729. Chapter 1.
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• Daniel Kahneman and Jonathan Renshon. (2007). “ Why Hawks Win .” Foreign Policy 158: 34–38. ↗
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• [FLS] Chapter 6, pp. 239–291.
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• [FLS] Chapter 7, pp. 309–355, Special topic “Comparative Advantage,” pp. 358–363.
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• Dani Rodrik (2001). “ Trading in Illusions .” Foreign Policy 123: 55–62. ↗
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• [FLS] Chapter 10, pp. 449–481.
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• Paul Krugman (1997). “ In Praise of Cheap Labor: Bad Jobs at Bad Wages Are Better Than No Jobs at All .” Slate (March 20). ↗
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• Dambisa Moyo. (2009) “ Why Foreign Aid Is Hurting Africa ,” Wall Street Journal , March 21, 2009. (Optional: For the longer argument, see Dambisa Moyo. Dead Aid. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. ISBN: 9780374139568. Chapters 1–3. [Preview with Google Books ]) ↗
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• Jeffrey D. Sachs (2005). “ The Development Challenge .” Foreign Affairs 84: 78–90. ↗
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• [FLS] Chapter 13, pp. 567–605.
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• Gregg Easterbrook. “ Global Warming: Who Loses—and Who Wins? ” The Atlantic, 2007. ↗
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• [FLS] Chapter 12, pp. 523–560
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• Scott D. Sagan and Kenneth N. Waltz. The Spread of Nuclear Weapons . Norton, 1995. ISBN: 9780393967166. Chapters. 1–2.
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• Jones, Parker F. 1969. “ Goldsboro Revisited or How I Learned to Mistrust the H-Bomb or To Set the Record Straight .” ↗
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• Required Textbook
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• Jeffrey Frieden, David Lake and Kenneth Schultz, World Politics: Interests, Interactions, and Institutions . 5 th ed. Norton, 2021. ISBN: 9780393872231.
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