Online Course Readings

1. Course Introduction
2. International Relations Theory and Methods
 

(V) Harold Guetzkow. 1950. "Long Range Research in International Relations." The American Perspective.
 (V)(O) Hedley Bull. 1966. "International Theory: The Case for a Classical Approach." World Politics.
(V) J. David Singer. 1969. "The Incompleat Theorist: Insight Without Evidence."
BdM. Ch 5.

3. Three "Images" of International Politics
    Kenneth N. Waltz. 1954. Man, the State, and War. Ch 1, 2, 4, 6, 8.
BdM. Ch 1.

4. Preferences, Rationality, and Expected Utility
    BdM. Ch 2, 8 pp. 236-257.
5. Strategy and Equilibrium
    (V) Glenn H. Snyder and Paul Diesing. 1977. From Conflict Among Nations.
D&S. Ch 2, 4, 5.
6. Sequential Moves and Credible Threats
    D&S. Ch 3, 6.
7. Liberal IR Theory
    (V) Hugo Grotius. 1625. Prolegomena to The Law of War and Peace.
(V)(O) Woodrow Wilson. 1917. "The World Must be Made Safe for Democracy."
(V)(O) Woodrow Wilson. 1918. "The Fourteen Points."
(O) L. P. Jacks. 1923. "A League of Nations as a League of Governments?" The Atlantic Monthly.
(V) Grenville Clark and Louis B. Sohn. 1958. From World Peace through World Law.
8. Realism
    (V)(O) Thomas Hobbes. 1651. "Of the Natural Condition of Mankind…" Leviathan. (V)(O) Niccolo Machiavelli. 1513. From The Prince.
(V)(O) Thucydides. 5th century b.c. "The Melian Dialogue." History of the Peloponnesian War.
(V) Hans J. Morgenthau. 1948. From "Political Power: A Realist Theory of International Politics." Politics Among Nations.
9. What is Power?
    BdM. Ch 6, 7.

10. Neorealism, Structural Realism
    (V) Morton Kaplan. 1966. From "Some Problems of International Systems Research." International Political Communities: An Anthology.
(V) Kenneth N. Waltz. 1979. From Theory of International Politics.
(V) A.F.K. Organski. 1958. From "The Power Transition." World Politics.
BdM. Ch 3 pp. 56-73, Ch 15

11. Neoliberal Theory: Hegemons, Institutions, and Regimes
    (V) Robert O. Keohane. 1984. From After Hegemony.
(O) Arthur Stein. 1982. "Coordination and Collaboration: Regimes in an Anarchic World." International Organization
BdM. Ch 3 pp. 73-94.
12. Sustaining Cooperation through Repeated Interaction
    (O) Robert Axelrod and Robert Keohane. 1985. "Achieving Cooperation Under Anarchy: Strategies and Institutions." World Politics.
(O) Robert Axelrod. 1981. "The Emergence of Cooperation Among Egoists." APSR.
D&S. Ch 8.
13. Neorealism vs Neoliberalism: When Is Cooperation More or Less Likely?
    (O) Robert Jervis. 1978. "Cooperation under the Security Dilemma." World Politics.
(O) Charles Lipson. 1984. "International Cooperation in Economic and Security Affairs." World Politics
(O) Joseph M. Grieco. 1988. "Anarchy and the Limits of Cooperation: A Realist Critique of the Newest Liberal Institutionalism." International Organization.
(O) Duncan Snidal. 1991. "Relative Gains and the Pattern of International Cooperation." APSR.
14. Uncertain Incentives: What's Your "Type"?
    BdM. Ch 10.
D&S. Ch 12.

15. Deterrence, Crises, and Brinkmanship
    BdM. Ch 11.
D&S. Ch 13.
16. Rational Deterrence Theory
    (V) Herman Kahn. 1960. "The Three Types of Deterrence."
(V) Alexander L. George and Richard Smoke. 1974. "The Gap Between Deterrence Theory and Deterrence Policy." Deterrence in American Foreign Policy.
(O) Christopher Achen and Duncan Snidal. 1989. "Rational Deterrence Theory and Comparative Case Studies." World Politics.
(O) Paul Huth. 1988. "Extended Deterrence and the Outbreak of War." APSR.
17. Spatial Models
    BdM. Ch 9.
18. States as Unitary Actors? What is the "National Interest"?
    (V) Hans J. Morgenthau. 1952. "Another 'Great Debate': The National Interest of the United States." APSR.
(V)Arnold Wolfers. 1952. "'National Security' as an Ambiguous Symbol." Political Science Quarterly.
BdM. Ch 8 pp. 257-266.

19. Domestic Politics
    (O) Graham Allison. 1969. "Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis." APSR.
(O) Peter Gourevitch. 1978. "The Second Image Reversed: The International Sources of Domestic Politics." International Organization.
(O) Robert D. Putnam. 1988. "Diplomacy and Domestic Politics." International Organization.
BdM. Ch 4, 12, 13.

20. The Democratic Peace
    (V)(O) Immanuel Kant. 1795. "Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch."
(V) Dean V. Babst. 1964. "Elective Governments - A Force for Peace." The Wisconsin Sociologist.
(V)(O) Zeev Maoz and Bruce Russett. 1993. "Normative and Structural Causes of Democratic Peace." APSR.
BdM. Chapter 13 pp. 396-400.

21. After the Cold War: Peace in Our Time?
  (All readings in Lynn-Jones & Miller edited volume. All on Reserve.)
    (R) John Mueller. "The Essential Irrelevance of Nuclear Weapons: Stability in the Postwar World."
(R) John Lewis Gaddis. "The Long Peace: Elements of Stability in the Postwar International System."
(R) John J. Mearsheimer. "Back to the Future: Instability in Europe after the Cold War."