Current Debates in International Relations

Ideal for introductory courses, the second edition of Current Debates in International Relations presents more than forty readings drawn from major scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, International Relations, and The Wall Street Journal. It provides students with a broad selection of articles--both classical/theoretical and practical/applied--and steers them through major international issues, offering contending yet complementary approaches.

Eric Shiraev is Professor and Head of CARP (Character Assassination and Reputation Politics Research Lab) at George Mason University.

Vladislav Zubok is Professor of History at the London School of Economics.

Preface
Acknowledgements
PART I. STUDYING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Main Perspectives: Their Evolution and Relevance Today (Editorial Introduction)

Section 1. Introducing the Field

1.1. Huntington, Samuel (1993). The Clash of Civilizations? Foreign Affairs. Summer, Vol. 72, no. 3, pp. 22-49.

1.2. Krasner, Stephen (2001). "Sovereignty." Foreign Policy, no. 122, January/February, pp. 20-29.

1.3. Nye, Joseph, (2010). The Future of American Power. Foreign Affairs, November/December, Vol. 89, no. 6, pp. 2-12.

Section 2. Historical Context I: Realism and Sovereign States

2.1. "Thomas Hobbes: Man in a State of Nature Is in a State of War" from Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan (1660). Chapter XIII of The Natural Condition Of Mankind As Concerning Their Felicity and Misery. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Classics, pp. 74-79.

2.2. Morgenthau, Hans (1978). Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace, Fifth Edition, Revised. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978, pp. 4-15.

2.3. Waltz, Kenneth. An Interview on a Theory of International Relations and the Role of Structure. Online at http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Waltz/waltz-con0.html.

2.4. Mearsheimer, John J. (2006). China's Unpeaceful Rise, Current History, Vol. 105, no. 690 (April), pp. 160-162.
Section 3. Historical Context II: Liberalism and International Organizations

3.1. Kant, Emmanuel (1795). Perpetual Peace. Excerpts. From: Perpetual Peace and Other Essays. 1983. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Classics, pp. 107-144.

3.2. Angell, Norman. The Great Illusion (1910). Excerpts. London, UK: Forgotten Books (2012).

3.3. Keohane, Robert O. (2012). Twenty Years of Institutional Liberalism. International Relations 26, no. 2: 125-138.

Section 4. Historical Context III: Exploring Alternatives: Class, Gender, and Values

4.1. Wendt, Alexander (1995). Constructing International Politics. International Security, Vol. 20, no. 1 (Summer), pp. 71-81.

4.2. Tickner, J. Ann (2004). The Growth and Future of Feminist Theories in International Relations. Brown Journal of World Affairs, Vol. 10, no. 2 (Winter/Spring), pp. 47-56.

4.3. Etzioni, Amitai (2008). The Kennedy Experiment Revisited. Political Research Quarterly,
Vol. 61, no. 1 (March), pp. 20-24.

Critical thinking and discussion questions for Part I

Part II. THREE FACETS OF THE GLOBAL WORLD

International Security, International Law, and International Political Economy. (Editorial Introduction)

Section 5. War, Security, and Terrorism

5.1. William S. Lind, Colonel Keith Nightingale (USA), Captain John F. Schmitt (USMC), Colonel Joseph W. Sutton (USA), Lieutenant Colonel Gary I. Wilson (USMCR). "The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation." Marine Corps Gazette, Volume 73, Issue 10 (October 1989).

5.2. Wieviorka, Michel (2007). From Classical Terrorism to "Global" Terrorism. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 92-104.

5.3. Boot, Max (2013). The Guerilla Myth. The Wall Street Journal. January 18.

Section 6. Law and International Community

6.1. Neff, Stephen C. (2006). "A Short History of International Law." In Malcolm Evans (ed.), International Law. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 3-30.

6.2. Yoffie, Adam (2011). The Palestine Problem: The Search for Statehood and the Benefits of International Law. The Yale Journal of International Law, Vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 497-511.

6.3. Barcia, Gizelle (2012) After Chabad: Enforcement in Cultural Property Disputes. The Yale Journal of International Law, Vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 463-478.

6.4. d'Aspremont, Jean (2016). The International Court of Justice and the Irony of System-Design. Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Vol. 8, issue 2, pp. 366-387.

Section 7. International Political Economy: From the North-South Divide to Globalization

7.1. Keohane, Robert O. (2009). The Old IPE and the New. Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 16, no. 1 (February), pp. 34-46.

7.2. Keynes, John Maynard (1965). Concluding Notes on the Social Philosophy Towards Which the General Theory Might Lead. In The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, Chapter 24. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World.

7.3. Polanyi, Karl (1944). The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time, pp. 234-244.

Critical thinking and discussion questions for Part II

Part III. TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CHALLENGES

Environmental Challenges, Human Rights Protection and Development, Culture and Nationalism, and Forecasting the World of 2025. (Editorial Introduction)

Section 8. Environmental Challenges and Policies

8.1. Pereira, Joana Castro (2015). "Environmental Issues and International Relations, a New Global (Dis)order - the Role of International Relations in Promoting a Concerted International System." Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, Vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 191-209.

8.2. Goldstein, Joshua (2016). "Climate Change as a Global Security Issue." Journal of Global Security Studies, Vol. 1, issue 1 (February), pp. 95-98. Online at
https://academic.oup.com/jogss/article/1/1/95/1841791/Climate-Change-as-a-Global-Security-Issue.

Section 9. Human Rights in the World: Their Protection and Development

9.1. Ahuja, Baird, Hicks, Kremer, Miguel, Powers (2015). "When Should Governments Subsidize Health? The Case of Mass Deworming." The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 29, issue 1 (January), pp. S9-S24.
9.2. Wallerstein, Immanuel (2015). "Passion about Migrants." Commentary No. 409. Sept. 15, 2015.

Section 10. Hearts and Minds: Culture and Nationalism

10.1. Alston, Phillip (2017). "The Populist Challenge to Human Rights," Journal of Human Rights Practice, Vol. 9, issue 1 (February), pp. 1-15.

10.2. Mölder, Holger (2011). The Culture of Fear in International Politics - a Western-dominated International System and its Extremist Challenge. ENDC Proceedings, Vol. 14, pp. 241-263.

10.3. Muller, Jerry Z. (2008). Us and Them: The Enduring Power of Ethnic Nationalism. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 87, no. 2 (March/April), pp. 18-35.

10.4. Torbakov, Igor (2011). History, Memory and National Identity: Understanding the Politics of History and Memory Wars in Post-Soviet Lands. Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 209-232.

Section 11. Global Forecasting: the World of 2025

11.1. Ward, Michael (2016). "Can We Predict Politics? Toward What End?" Journal of Global Security Studies, Vol. 1, issue 1 (February), pp. 80-91.

11.2. Ikenberry, G. John (2014). The Illusion of Geopolitics: The Enduring Power of the Liberal Order. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 93, no. 3 (May/June), pp. 80-90.

11.3. Goldstone, Jack (2010). The New Population Bomb. The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 89, no. 1 (January/February), pp. 31-43.


Critical thinking and discussion questions for Part III