Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation An Introduction to Theory and History

Joseph S. Nye is University Distinguished Service Professor at and former Dean of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He also served as a Deputy to the Undersecretary of State in the Carter Administration, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Clinton Administration, and Chair of the National Intelligence Council.

David A. Welch is CIGI Chair of Global Security at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

Chapter 1. Are There Enduring Logics of Cooperation in World Politics?

Chapter 2. Explaining Conflict and Cooperation: Tools and Techniques of the Trade

Chapter 3. From Westphalia to World War I

Chapter 4. The Failure of Collective Security and World War II

Chapter 5. The Cold War

Chapter 6. Post-Cold War Cooperation, Conflict, Flashpoints

Chapter 7. Globalization and Interdependence

Chapter 8. The Information Revolution and Transnational Actors

Chapter 9. What Can We Expect in the Future?

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