MESA POLI 140 – Cont. International Politics

WELCOME TO POLI 140: CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

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FINAL EXAM (DUE MAY 28TH)

Course Syllabus

First Writing Assignment (DUE MARCH 21st!)

Second Writing Assignment (DUE MAY 15th!)

Midterm Review Guide (In-Class April 11th)

COURSE LECTURES

Lecture #1: The History of Everything, but not Quite

Lecture #2: Realism

Lecture #3: Liberalism

Lecture #4: Economic Structuralism and Social Constructivism

Lecture #5: International Organizations and Transnational Actors

Lecture #6: Bureaucracies, Groups, and Individuals

Lecture #7: the National Interest and Decision Making

Lecture #8: International Political Economy and Globalization

Lecture #9: More on Globalization

Lecture #10: International Insecurity and the Causes of War

READINGS FOR THE SECOND WRITING ASSIGNMENT

A Fall to CheerThe Economist, March 3, 2012

Senseless in Seattle – Thomas Friedman

What Washington Means by Policy Reform – John Williamson

Globalization and its Challenges – Stanley Fischer

The Debate Over Globalization – Dani Rodrik

Jihad vs. McWorld – Benjamin Barber

The Collapse of Globalism – John Ralston Saul

Globalization and its Discontents – Joseph Stiglitz

The Globalization Wars: An Economist Reports from the Front Lines – Barry Eichengreen

READINGS FOR THE FIRST WRITING ASSIGNMENT

Realism & Liberalism

Clash of the Titans – John J. Mearsheimer and Zbigniew Brzezinski

Realism

The Melian Dialogue – Thucydides

Machiavelli, Still Shocking After 5 Centuries – Stewart Patrick

Why John J. Mearsheimer is Right – Robert D. Kaplan

Six Principles of Political Realism –  Hans J. Morgenthau

What Would a Realist World Have Looked Like? – Stephen M. Walt

Liberalism

Perpetual Peace –  Immanuel Kant

Liberalism and World Politics – Michael W. Doyle

Realism and Complex Interdependence – Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye

Robert Keohane: Political Theorist – Andrew Moravcsik

Power and Interdependence in the Information Age – Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye

COURSE MEDIA

The Commanding Heights, Episode 1

The Commanding Heights, Episode 2

The Commanding Heights, Episode 3

Bonus Readings

The Clash of Civilizations – Samuel Huntington