[FLS] Jeffrey Frieden, David Lake and Kenneth Schultz, World Politics: Interests, Interactions, and Institutions. 5th ed. Norton, 2021. ISBN: 9780393872231.
Week 1
Session 1—Welcome: Making Sense of a Global Pandemic
- No readings assigned
Session 2—Foundations: Frameworks for Understanding International Relations
- [FLS] Introduction, “Puzzles in Search of Explanations” and “The Framework” xxix–xxxviii.
- Stephen Walt (1998). “International Relations: One World, Many Theories.” Foreign Policy (Spring): 29–46.
Week 2
Session 3—Foundations: Forgotten History of the International Relations Discipline
- 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]
- Tate, Merze, and Doris M. Hull. (1964). “Effects of Nuclear Explosions on Pacific Islanders.” Pacific Historical Review 33(4): 379–393.
Session 4—Foundations: Interests, Interactions, and Institutions
- [FLS ] Chapter 2, pp 45–48, 50–72, 73–83.
Week 3
Session 5—Foundations: Institutions and Cooperation
- [FLS] Chapter 2, “A Primer on Game Theory,” pp. 86–91.
- 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.)
Session 6—Foundations: International Institutions, Law, and Norms
- [FLS] Chapter 11, pp. 484–517.
Week 4
Session 7—Foundations: History of the International System
- [FLS] Chapter 1, pp. 2–39.
Session 8—Applications: Bargaining Model of War
- [FLS] Chapter 3, pp. 95–140.
Week 5
Session 9—Applications: Domestic Interests and War
- [FLS] Chapter 4, pp. 147–174.
Session 10—Applications: Regime Type and War
- [FLS] Chapter 4, pp. 175–187.
- 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]
Week 6
Session 11—Applications: Psychology and War
- Rose McDermott. Presidential Leadership, Illness, and Decision Making. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521882729. Chapter 1.
- Daniel Kahneman and Jonathan Renshon. (2007). “Why Hawks Win.” Foreign Policy 158: 34–38.
Session 12—Applications: Civil War and Terrorism
- [FLS] Chapter 6, pp. 239–291.
Week 7
- No readings assigned
Week 8
Spring Break
- No readings assigned
Week 9
Session 14—Applications: Trade (1)
- [FLS] Chapter 7, pp. 309–355, Special topic “Comparative Advantage,” pp. 358–363.
Session 15—Applications: Trade (2)
- Dani Rodrik (2001). “Trading in Illusions.” Foreign Policy 123: 55–62.
Week 10
Session 16—Applications: Development (1)
- [FLS] Chapter 10, pp. 449–481.
- Paul Krugman (1997). “In Praise of Cheap Labor: Bad Jobs at Bad Wages Are Better Than No Jobs at All.” Slate (March 20).
Session 17—Applications: Development (2)
- 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])
- Jeffrey D. Sachs (2005). “The Development Challenge.” Foreign Affairs 84: 78–90.
Week 11
- No readings assigned
Week 12
Session 18—Applications: The Environment (1)
- [FLS] Chapter 13, pp. 567–605.
Session 19—Applications: The Environment (2)
- Gregg Easterbrook. “Global Warming: Who Loses—and Who Wins?” The Atlantic, 2007.
Week 13
Session 20—Applications: Human Rights
- [FLS] Chapter 12, pp. 523–560
Session 21—Applications: Nuclear Weapons (1)
- Scott D. Sagan and Kenneth N. Waltz. The Spread of Nuclear Weapons. Norton, 1995. ISBN: 9780393967166. Chapters. 1–2.
- Jones, Parker F. 1969. “Goldsboro Revisited or How I Learned to Mistrust the H-Bomb or To Set the Record Straight.”
Week 14
- No readings assigned
Week 15
- No readings assigned
