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POL 454 THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The syllabus is available here
POL 365 CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Syllabus for Pol 365 is here
The required readings are here:
Waltz, 2000. “Structural Realism After the Cold War.” International Security
Wendt, 1992. “Anarchy is What States Make of it.” International Organization
(optional) Jervis, 1978. “Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma.” World Politics
Walt, 2005. “Taming American Power.” Foreign Affairs
Nye, 2002. “The Limits of American Power.” Political Science Quarterly
Beckley and Brands, 2021. "The End of China's Rise," Foreign Affairs
Thompson 2006 “China’s Leadership Gap.” Foreign Affairs
McCahill, 2017 “The Chinese Communists’ New Politburo Standing Committee.” NBR Commentary.
Dyson, Raleigh 2014 “Public and Private Beliefs of Political Leaders,” Research and Politics
Morrell 2019 "On Putin and Governance in Russia." CBS Interview
Allison, 1969. “Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis.” APSR
Radchenko and Zubok, 2023. "Blundering on the Brink." Foreign Affairs
Drezner, (2011) “Does Obama Have a Grand Strategy?” Foreign Affairs
Baker, (2009) “How Obama Came to Plan for Surge in Afghanistan” New York Times
Denmark and Talmadge, 2021, "Why China Wants More and Better Nukes," Foreign Affairs
Krepinevich, 2022, "The New Nuclear Age," Foreign Affairs
Friend et al., 2019 "Why Did the Pentagon ever give Trump..."
van den Heuvel. 2015. “The New Nuclear Arms Race”
Mearsheimer and Walt, 2003. “An Unnecessary War.” Foreign Policy
Barnett, 2013. “The Pentagon’s New Map.” Esquire
Bracken, 2003. “The Second Nuclear Age.” Foreign Policy
Joe, 2019 "Predicting the Chinese Navy of 2030." The Diplomat
Scoles. 2023. "Nuclear War..." New York Times
Huntington, 1993. “The Clash of Civilizations?” Foreign Affairs
Putin, 2022. "On the Recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk As Independent Countries."
Kaplan, 1994. “The Coming Anarchy.” Atlantic Monthly.
Beinart, 2015. “Ideological Differences Over Terrorism” The Atlantic
Haass, 2021. "The Age of America First..." Foreign Affairs
Homer-Dixon 2003. “The Rise of Complex Terrorism.” Foreign Policy
Riedel, 2007. “Al Qaeda Strikes Back.” Foreign Affairs
Lal, 2005.“ South Asian Organized Crime and Terrorist Networks,”
Markoff et al., 2010. “Cyberwar” New York Times,
Zetter, 2012. “Meet Flame…The Massive Spy Malware…” New York Times
(optional) Galeoti 2017. “How the Kremlin Uses Russia’s Criminal Networks in Europe.” European Council on Foreign Relations
Barnett/Finnemore, 1999. “The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International
Organizations.” International Organization
Bird, 2001. “The IMF and Developing Countries,” in P.F. Diehl, The Politics of Global Governance.
(optional) The Commission on Global Governance, “Reforming the United Nations,”
Ratner, 1998. “International Law: The Trial of Global Norms.” Foreign Policy
Coplin, 1995. “International Law and Assumptions…” World Politics
Brooks/Wohlforth 2023.“The Myth of Multipolarity." Foreign Affairs
Kagan, 1998. “The Benevolent Empire.” Foreign Policy
Tunsjo, 2018 "Another Long Peace?" The National Interest
Maynes, 1998. “The Perils of (and for) an Imperial America,” Foreign Policy
Wohlforth, 2009.“Unipolarity, Status Competition and Great Power War,” World Politics
Mearsheimer, 2019 "Bound to Fail..."
Economy, 2022. "Xi Jinping's New World Order," Foreign Affairs
Walt, 2008. "Alliances in a Unipolar World."
Rolland, 2020. "A New World Order Modelled by China." Testimony...
Daalder and Lindsay, 2022. "Last Best Hope," Foreign Affairs
Rapp-Hopper, 2020. "Saving America's Alliances."
Jentleson and Weber, 2008. “America’s Hard Sell,” Foreign Policy
Miller et al, 2015 "Norms, Behavioral Compliance and Status Competition," International Interactions
Bezerra et al 2015 "Going for the Gold versus Distributing the Green..." Foreign Policy Analysis
Larsen and Shevchenko 2010 "Status Seekers..." International Security
Holsti, “Theories of Crisis Decision-making."
Morgenstern, “Cold War as Cold Poker,”
Sicherman, “Next Steps in the Middle East”
Friedman, 2021. "Trump's Iran Policy..." New York Times
Williams and Bellamy,2012. “Principles, Politics and Prudence: Libya and the Responsibility to Protect,” Global Governance
Nishihata, 2012. “Global Governance and the Spread of Cyberspace Controls,” Global Governance
Byman et al. 2001 "The Democratic Peace Idea." In The emergence of Peer Competitors.
Gartzke, 2007 "The Capitalist Peace, " American Journal of Political Science
Gibler, 2012 "Democracies and the Territorial Peace, The Monkey Cage
Acharya, 2007 "The emerging regional architecture of world politics." World Politics
Destradi, 2010 "Regional Powers and their Strategies, Review of International Affairs
POWER POINTS AVAILABLE:
Simulation and role playing materials:
Some Additional Stuff:
Russia's Military Mobilization Plans
US National Security Strategy (2017)
U.S. Possible use of Nuclear Weapons (2018)
On US and China on Climate Change (2018)
National Intelligence Strategy (2019)
A Concise Guide to the Belt and Road Initiative (2019)
A Russia-China Condominium over Eurasia (2019)
Nuclear Posture Review (2018)
Latynina (2019) "Putin's Fancy Weapons." New York Times
Dupont, 2020, "Mitigating the New Cold War between China and the U.S."
Pei 2020, "China's Coming Upheaval." Foreign Affairs
Strategic Survey (Good overview of geopolitical approaches) (available through U of A library online)
The National Bureau of Asian Research here
POL 455 U.S. FOREIGN POLICY Honors Seminar
The Syllabus is here
Week 3 power points here
The required readings are here:
DeYoung (2015) "How the Obama white House Runs Foreign Policy." Washington Post.
Berinsky, A. (2007) “Assuming the Costs of War: Events, Elites and American Support for Military Conflict,” Journal of Politics, Vol.69, No. 4.
Bacevich (2011) "The Tyranny of Defense Inc." Atlantic Magazine
Cohen (2017) "Live and Learn." Foreign Policy Analysis
Keller et al (2020) "Presidential Risk Propensity and Intervention in Interstate Conflicts" Foreign Policy Analysis
Astor (2019) "How much political experience does it take...." New York Times
Baum (2013) “The Iraq Coalition of the Willing and (Politically) Able…” American Journal of Political Science
Jacobs and Page (2005) "Who Influences US Foreign Policy." APSR
Baum and Potter (2019) "Media, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy..." Journal of Politics
Tama (2018) "The Multiple forms of Bipartisanship..." Social Science Research Council
Milner and Tingley (2011) Who Supports Global Economic Engagement" International Organization
Colgan (2013). “Domestic Revolutionary Leaders and International Conflict.” World Politics.
Saunders (2017). No Substitute for Experience..." International Organization.
Tama (2018) "The Mutiple Forms of Bipartisanship..." Social Science Research Council.
Bueno de Mesquita, Principles of International Politics, pps. 157-170
Groves, (2015). “Principal-Agent Problems…,” International Journal of Political Science and Development.
Blinken and Kagan (2019) "America First is Only Making Things Worse..." The Washington Post
Drezner (2019) "Present at the Destruction..." Journal of Politics
Schmidt, B. & Williams, M. (2008) “Bush Doctrine & the Iraq War: Neoconservatives vs. Realists.” Security Studies. April: 191-220.
Brooks and Wohlforth (2015) "The Rise and Fall of Great Powers..." International Security
Waltz (2000) "Structural Realism after the Cold War." International Security
Ikenberry, G. John (2009) “Liberal Internationalism 3.0: America and the Dilemma of Liberal World Order.” Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 7, pp. 71-87.
Amorim Neto and Malamud (2015) “Who Determines Foreign Policy in Latin America?” Latin American Politics and Society 57, 4.
The Economist (2020) "China v America"
Moravcsik (1997) "Taking Preferences Seriously..." International Organization
(Bureaucratic Model) Marsh, K. (2013) “Obama’s Surge: A Bureaucratic Politics Analysis of the Decision to Order a Troop Surge in the Afghanistan War.” Foreign Policy Analysis (February).
Yahi Milo (2013) "In the Eye of the Beholder..." International Security
Verma (2020) "Pompeo Says Human Rights Policy..."
Smith (2020) "Missing in Analysis: Women in Foreign Policy Making." Foreign Policy Analysis
Wendt (1992) "Anaarchy is what states make of it..." International Organization
Bueno de Mesquita, “Selectorate Theory.” In Principles of International Politics.
Siverson and Bueno de Mesquita. (2017). “The Selectorate Theory and International Politics,” in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory
Feaver (2009) “What is Grand Strategy and why do we need it?”
Drezner (2011) “Does Obama Have a Grand Strategy?”
Miller (2012) “Global Politics and Strategy…Five Pillars.”
Volgy et al. (2017) "Conflict, Regions, and Regional Hierarchies," in Oxford Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations
Ferguson (2016) “Donald Trump’s New World Order.” The American Interest
Drezner et al (2020) "The End of Grand Strategy," Foreign Affairs
Charountaki (2014) “US Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice: From Soviet Era Containment to the Era of Arab Uprising(s).” American Foreign Policy Interests.
The Economist (2022) "Change You Can't Believe In..."
Biden (2022) "Why I am Going to Saudi Arabia"
Bader (2022) "Biden's China Policy Needs to be More Than Just Trump Lite," Brookings
The Economist (2022) "America Rethinks Its Strategy for Taking on China's Economy"
The Economist (2022) "Nancy Pelosi's Visit..."
Haass (2021) "The Age of America First..." Foreign Affairs
Monaghan (2013) “Russia’s Grand Strategy.”
Gordon and Shapiro (2020). "How Trump Killed the Atlantic Alliance."
Pham (2014) “The Development of the US Africa Command and its Role in America’s Africa Policy…” Journal of the Middle East and Africa
Lew (2016) “America and the Global Economy: The Case for US Leadership.” Foreign Affairs
Additional materials here:
U.S. National Security Strategy (2017)
Administration speech on the Middle East (January 10, 2019) here
Economy (2020). China's New Revolution. Foreign Affairs.
National Intelligence Strategy (2019)
Pew Reseach Center's Public Opinion Poll on US Foreign Policies (2018)
(Reuters, 8/2/19) Factbox: From Phone Makers to Farmers, the Toil From Trump's Trade Wars
Kaplan, 2019. "Hitting First (on starting a nuclear war), Slate
The Dereliction of Diplomacy (The Economist, August, 2020)
Organizational Charts/ US Foreign Policy Establishment
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations Public Opinion on Foreign Policy
Resources on U.S. Intelligence:
https://afiocr.org/agency-social-media
https://afiocr.org/relatedsites
https://afiocr.org/bibliographies-1
Materials on Biden Transition
Changes to the National Security Council
Biden to nominate Avril Haines as DNI here
Biden's Chief of Staff at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/us/politics/ron-klain-biden.html
Blinken as Secretary of State at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/us/politics/biden-antony-blinken-secretary-of-state.html
Jake Sullivan as National Security Advisor at: https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/30/951280373/why-bidens-national-security-adviser-plans-to-focus-on-the-u-s-middle-class
and at: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/27/jake-sullivan-biden-national-security-440814
Secretary of Defense at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/us/politics/lloyd-austin-biden-defense-secretary.html?searchResultPosition=1
Biden's pick for Homeland Security at: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-immigration-alejandro-mayorkas-barack-obama-united-states-c52b7626a0a988f9d9fbbceb0f0a3300
Biden picks Tai as US Trade Representative here
UN Ambassador at: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/veteran-diplomat-linda-thomas-greenfield-returns-bidens-pick/story?id=74408696
All Cabinet nominees at: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/joe-bidens-cabinet-begins-to-take-shape.html
POL 675 GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNANCE
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POL 670 GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR: COMPARATIVE REGIONAL ANALYSIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
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SGPP 300B SURVEY OF COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
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