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Text Box:   EXAM I QUESTIONS HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT DUE ON OCT. 9!!! EXAM II QUESTIONS    DATE                              TOPIC                                             READING ASSIGNMENT August 21                             Introduction                                          None   Aug. 23-25                            Asymmetric Wars & Terrorism          Kaufmann’s “Possible and Impossible Solutions to Ethnic Civil Wars” in Art & Jervis; Stern’s “Al Qaeda” in Art & Jervis   Aug. 28-Sep.1                       Why do states go to war?                  Nye’s Chap.1; Waltz’s “The Anarchic Structure for Power” in Art & Jervis;                                                                                                                         and Wendt’s “Anarchy is What States Make of It” in Art & Jervis.   *Suggested Reading: Mearsheimer’s “Anarachy & the Struggle for Power” in Art & Jervis; Walt’s “Alliances: Balancing a& Bandwagoning” in Art & Jervis   I. Theories of International Relations Sept.4-11                               Basic building blocks                            Morgenthau’s Six Principles of Political Realism in Art & Jervis; Tickner’s “A                                                                                                                  Critique of Morgenthau’s Principles of Political Realism” in Art & Jervis; and                                                                                                                  Oye’s “The Conditions for Cooperation in World Politics” in Art & Jervis.   * Suggested Reading: Morgenthau’s “The Future of Diplomacy” in Art&Jervis;     Sept. 13                                In-class Homework 1         Sept 15-20                                Power                                                    Art’s “The Four Functions of Force” in Art & Jervis;  Jervis’s “Offense, Defense,                                                                                                                  and the Security Dilemma” in Art & Jervis; and Shell’s “The Diplomacy of Violence”                                                                                      in Art & Jervis.    Sept. 22-27                             Institutions & International Law       Dolye’s “Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs” in Art &Jervis; Hoffman’s “The Uses and Limits of International Law; and Roberts’ “The United Nations and International Security in Art & Jervis.   * Suggested Reading: Kenneth Anderson's "Foreign Law in the US Constitution" at     http://www.policyreview.org/jun05/anderson.html; and Keohane’s International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work?” in Art & Jervis.                                                        Sept. 27                                In-class Homework 2                                                                        II. Sources of Conflict Up to the Cold War Sept.29-Oct.4                      20th Century-Conflicts                         Nye’s Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4 Oct. 6-11                              The Cold War & Deterrence               Nye’s Chapter 5; and “The Settlement of 1945” in Ikenberry’s After Victory Oct. 13                                 Review for Exam I   Oct. 16                                Exam I   Research Paper Outline due any time before Oct. 20   III. International Political Economy    Oct.20-Nov.1                   Political Economy                                     Gilpin’s “The Nature of Political Economy” in Art & Jervis; Keohane's Hegemony in the World                                                                                                                Political Economy" in Art & Jervis; Frankel's Globalization of the Economy" in Art & Jervis;                                                                                                                Nye’s Chapter 7   Nov.3                               Globalization and its discontents         Rodrik's "Trading in Illusions" in Art & Jervis; Scott’s “The Great Divide in the Global                                                                                                              Village” in Art & Jervis; Micklethwait & Woolridge’s “Why Globalization Backlash is Stupid?” in                                                                                                              Art & Jervis.   Suggested Reading: Peter Marber's "Globalization and its Discontents" at http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/articles/wpj05-1/Marber.pdf        IV. Conflicts and Nov. 6-13                             A Clash of Civilization                        Barber’s “Jihad v. McWorld”  at http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/199203/barber; Huntington’s “Clash of Civilization” in Art & Jervis; Hungtington’s response to his critics at http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19931201faresponse5213/samuel-p-huntington/if-not-civilizations-what-samuel-huntington-responds-to-his-critics.html; Fareed Zakaria's "Why do they hate us" at http://www.fareedzakaria.com/ARTICLES/newsweek/101501_why.html      Suggested Reading: Stanley Kurtz's "Demographics and the Culture War" at http://www.policyreview.org/feb05/kurtz.html   Nov. 15-27                            Asymmetric Wars & Terrorism           Kaufmann’s “Possible and Impossible Solutions to Ethnic Civil Wars” in Art & Jervis; Stern’s “Al Qaeda” in Art & Jervis; Mohammed Ayoob's "Political Islam: Image and Reality" at http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/articles/wpj04-3/ayoob.htm; Mark Gould's "Understanding Jihad" at http://www.policyreview.org/feb05/gould.html; F. Gregory Gause's "Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?" at http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050901faessay84506/f-gregory-gause-iii/can-democracy-stop-terrorism.html    Suggested Reading: Hoffman’s “The Logic of Suicide Terrorism” at http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200306/hoffman; and Glen Segell's "Terrorism: London Public Transport—July 7, 2005"     Nov 28 -Dec. 1                  Human Rights                                          Howard & Donnelly’s “Human Rights in World Politics” in Art & Jervis; Kurlantzick’s “Taking                                                                                                                 Multinationals to Court” at http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/articles/wpj04-1/kurlantzick.htm;                                                                                                  Rights to Remember by Harold Hongju Koh at                                                                                     http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2173160; John Feffer's "The                                                                                     Forgotten Lessons of Helsinki Human Rights" at                                                                                                                   http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/articles/wpj04-3/Feffer.html Suggested Reading: Q&A on the Agent Orange Lawsuit by Long Le   Final Exam Period (Dec.6-14)                                                              FINAL EXAM & PAPER-PART TWO DUE                                                                                                                 Dec.11 11-2pm