EXAMPLE SYLLABUSPlease note that this is from the Fall 2018 semester.

Some aspects of the course will change for Spring 2019. This gives a general overview of the course structure, assignments and topics covered.

A syllabus will be distributed on the first day of class.

POL 3835: International RelationsFall 2018, W 6:20-8.50pm

Anderson Hall 230

Bridget MarchesiUniversity of Minnesota

Department of Political Science

Bridget MarchesiInstructor march122@umn.edu733 Social Sciences (7th floor)Office Hours: Friday 12:45-2:30

Matt EichingerTeaching Assistanteichi023@umn.edu1214 Social Sciences (12th floor)Office Hours: Wed 4:00-5:30

Course Schedule:

Week Topic 1 Topic 2 Important Information

Theoretical Approaches to International Relations

Week 1, 09/05/2018

Course Introduction Subtopic: The United States, President Trump and IR Theory

Register for Top Hat

Week 2, 09/12/2018

Realism Subtopic: Strategies for Survival

Week 3, 09/19/2018

Liberalism Subtopic: A Democratic Peace

Week 4, 09/26/2018

Neoliberal Institutionalism

Subtopic: Climate Change

Week 5, 10/03/2018

Constructivism Subtopic: Transnational Activists and Actors

Writing assignment 1 due today

Week 6, 10/10/2018

Challenges to Mainstream IR Theory: Critical Approaches

Challenges to Mainstream IR Theory: Feminism

EXAM Week 7, 10/17/2018

No readings In-class midterm exam

International Structures and Processes

Week 8, 10/24/2018

Power in International Relations

Global Governance and International Institutions

Week 9, 10/31/2018

IPE Guest lecture: Matt Eichinger

Week 10, 11/07/2018

International Law Writing assignment 2 due today

Substantive/ Contemporary Issues

Week 11, 11/14/2018

Terrorism, Counterterrorism and New Technologies of War

Week 12, 11/21/2018

No readings HolidayNo class

Week 13, 11/28/2018

International Movement: Migrants and Refugees

Week 14, 12/05/2018

International Justice International Human Rights

Writing assignment 3 due today

Week 15, 12/12/2018

The United Nations, Peacekeeping, and Humanitarian Intervention

EXAMWeek 16, 12/19/2018

No readings Take-home final exam due today by 4:30pm

Course Description:

Why do countries go to war? Are individuals, organizations, and states driven by their interests or their ideas? What role does power play in international relations and is there any role for justice in global politics? Do international laws and transnational advocacy groups matter in a world dominated by powerful states? Whose interests are served by a globalizing world

economy? These questions are central to the study of international relations, yet different theoretical approaches have been developed in an attempt to answer them. Often these approaches disagree with one another, leading to markedly different policy prescriptions and predictions for future events.

This course provides the conceptual and theoretical means for analyzing these issues, processes, and events in international politics. By the end of this class, you will be able to understand the assumptions, the logics, and the implications of major theories and concepts of international relations. These include realism and neorealism, liberalism and liberal institutionalism, constructivism, critical theory and feminism.

The first part of the course provides an overview of the main theoretical approaches to understanding international relations. The second part of the course examines the structures and processes that shape and are shaped by international politics. Topics include sovereignty, territory, power and international law. The third part of the course examines contemporary issues in international relations. Topics include international justice and international human rights; nuclear weapons; terrorism, counterterrorism and new technologies of war; international migration and refugees; and the united nations, peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention.

Course Learning Objectives:

World politics today has a daily impact on the lives of people throughout the globe. Policymakers and activists increasingly demand expertise on a range of international political issues. Thousands of experts–both within and outside of governments–interpret the significance of governmental and nongovernmental actions, and seek to determine their impact on things we care about: security, energy supplies, climate change, technological development, and civil, political, and human rights. Theories of world politics are a central albeit implicit part of this task.

This course places special emphasis on helping you–as a global citizen–learn to: (1) synthesize and evaluate existing theoretical approaches within international relations; (2) identify their strengths and weaknesses; (3) construct an argument for why we observe particular outcomes in world politics. These analytical skills will not only allow you to read, understand, and comment on world events you read about in newspapers; for many of you, these skills will be invaluable as you enter policy-relevant careers.

Course Structure:

The content for this course will be broken up into three major themes or parts, covered in the following order: (1) Theoretical Approaches to International Relations; (2) Structure and Processes of International Relations; (3) Substantive Issues in International Relations.

This is a 3-credit course. As such, it is expected that you will require as many as 9 hours of study time each week related to this course. A detailed schedule is provided below. It is suggested that you add these important dates to your calendar.

Course Material:

Textbook

The following book is required for the course and are available for purchase at the University of Minnesota bookstore:

Karen A. Mingst and Jack L. Snyder, Essential Readings in World Politics, Sixth Edition (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016/2017).

Note: Please purchase the sixth edition of the book, published in 2016/2017.

Top Hat Technology

We will be using the Top Hat (www.tophat.com) classroom response system in class. You will be able to submit answers to in-class questions using Apple or Android smartphones and tablets, laptops, or through text message. Top Hat is a paid subscription. It cost you $18 for the semester and covers any class that uses the technology.

You can visit the Top Hat Overview (https://success.tophat.com/s/article/Student-Top-Hat-Overview-and-Getting-Started-Guide) within the Top Hat Success Center which outlines how you will register for a Top Hat account, as well as providing a brief overview to get you up and running on the system. An email invitation will be sent to you by email, but if don’t receive this email, you can register by simply visiting our course website: International Relations 3835

Note: our Course Join Code is 553315

Should you require assistance with Top Hat at any time, due to the fact that they require specific user information to troubleshoot these issues, please contact their Support Team directly by way of email (support@tophat.com), the in app support button, or by calling 1-888-663-5491.

Other Material

All other required readings for the course are articles or book chapters, available on the course website. Some of these readings are academic journal articles or book chapters, some are from general-interest publications such as Foreign Affairs, and others are particularly relevant pieces of journalism.

Whenever possible, I assign publicly available video lectures, video interviews or audio interviews with scholars. The materials help enrich readings, lectures and in-class discussion. Please take the time to watch them – I think you will find them helpful. I indicate non-text material using this symbol:

It is strongly suggested that you regularly follow current events in world politics, which will be incorporated into our discussions of different theoretical approaches and which you might find helpful when writing analytical papers and exams. A few topics of interest are: international and internationalized conflict (e.g. Syria, Iraq, ISIS), United Nations (e.g. Security Council, peacekeeping, US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council), nuclear weapons (e.g. Iran,

North Korea), NATO, great power relations (e.g. Russia, China, United States), international migration etc.

Some of the major international news sources include: • The New York Times (www.nytimes.com) • The Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com) • The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com) • BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk/news) • Al Jazeera English (www.aljazeera.com)

Course Requirements, Grading, and Important Dates:

Assignment Due Date Point ValueAttendance & Participation 20Writing Assignment 1 10/03/2018 10 In-Class Midterm Exam 10/17/2018 20Writing Assignment 2 11/07/2018 10Writing Assignment 3 12/05/2018 10Take-Home Final Exam 12/19/2018 30

1. Attendance & Class Participation – 20% of your grade

This is a lecture course with a significant in-class discussion component. Those who take this course agree to treat discussion participation at least as seriously as they do exams or papers. You are responsible to remain attentive in class, be prepared to demonstrate your grasp of course materials when called on, and respect other members of the class as you and they participate.

Participation in class discussions and small group activities (of which there will be many) should provide an invaluable opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of those concepts and theories. Regularly attending class well prepared and actively engaging in class discussions will also be grounds for boosting borderline grades. Students will not be penalized for absence during the semester due to unavoidable or legitimate circumstances.

You will be penalized for missing lecture. We will take attendance through the Top Hat technology and you are expected to submit individual and small group responses during most lectures. These will not be graded for content but will be graded for participation.

2. Writing Assignments (Mini-Analytical Papers) – 30% of your grade

Three reflection papers, each worth 10% of your grade, that respond to a question that ties together major topics for the course. Outside research will not be required. Detailed instructions for writing the papers, as well as the grading criteria, will be provided. The position papers should be no more than 1,000 words. Please include the word count at the bottom of the paper.

Writing assignments are due by the start of class. Please submit a hard copy (with your name, stapled pages etc.). If you are unable to submit a hardcopy before the start of class, please send an electronic copy to the teaching assistant so that you are not penalized for a late submission.

Late papers will be penalized 5-points for each 24-hour period.

3. In-Class Midterm Exam – 20% of your grade

The closed-book, closed-notes midterm exam will be held in class and is worth 20% of your final grade. It will be a combination of multiple choice, short answer and long answer questions. There will be no make-up exams unless the student provides a written excuse from a physician.

4. Take-Home Final Exam – 30% of your grade

The take-home, open-book, open-notes final will be cumulative. You will be asked to answer two essay questions and write a response of no more than 1,500 words for each (total of 3,000 words). The exam question will be posted on the course website on 12/13/2018 (Th) by 1:30pm and is due 12/19/2018 (Wed) at 4:30pm. You will be asked to email an electronic version of the exam to the instructor and the teaching assistant AND submit a hardcopy in the department of political science main office (1414 Social Sciences). Please include the word count at the end of each response.

Late exams will be penalized 5-points for each 24-hour period. Late exams will not be accepted after 12/21/2018 (Fri) at 4:30pm.

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University and Department Policies

Student Conduct Code

The University seeks an environment that promotes academic achievement and integrity, that is protective of free inquiry, and that serves the educational mission of the University. Similarly, the University seeks a community that is free from violence, threats, and intimidation; that is respectful of the rights, opportunities, and welfare of students, faculty, staff, and guests of the University; and that does not threaten the physical or mental health or safety of members of the University community. As a student at the University you are expected adhere to Board of Regents Policy: Student Conduct Code. To review the Student Conduct Code, please see: http://regents.umn.edu/sites/default/files/policies/Student_Conduct_Code.pdf.

Academic Integrity and Scholastic Dishonesty

You are expected to do your own academic work and cite sources as necessary. Failing to do so is scholastic dishonesty. Scholastic dishonesty means plagiarizing; cheating on assignments or examinations; engaging in unauthorized collaboration on academic work; taking, acquiring, or using test materials without faculty permission; submitting false or incomplete records of academic achievement; acting alone or in cooperation with another to falsify records or to obtain dishonestly grades, honors, awards, or professional endorsement; altering, forging, or misusing a University academic record; or fabricating or falsifying data, research procedures, or data analysis. If it is determined that a student has cheated, he or she may be given an "F" or an "N" for the course, and may face additional sanctions from the University. For additional

information, please see: http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/Education/Education/INSTRUCTORRESP.html.The Office for Student Conduct and Academic Integrity has compiled a useful list of Frequently Asked Questions pertaining to scholastic dishonesty: http://www1.umn.edu/oscai/integrity/student/index.html. If you have additional questions, please clarify with your instructor for the course.

Use of Personal Electronic Devices in the Classroom

The University establishes the right of each faculty member to determine if and how personal electronic devices are allowed to be used in the classroom. For complete information, please reference: http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/Education/Education/STUDENTRESP.html.

Makeup Work for Legitimate Absences

Students will not be penalized for absence during the semester due to unavoidable or legitimate circumstances. http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/Education/Education/MAKEUPWORK.html.

Incompletes

The instructor will specify the conditions, if any, under which an “Incomplete” will be assigned instead of a grade. No student has an automatic right to an incomplete.

Department of Political Science Policy : The instructor may set dates and conditions for makeup work using a "Completion of Incomplete Work" contract form. All work must completed no later than one calendar year after the official last day of the class.

Appropriate Student Use of Class Notes and Course Materials

Taking notes is a means of recording information but more importantly of personally absorbing and integrating the educational experience. However, broadly disseminating class notes beyond the classroom community or accepting compensation for taking and distributing classroom notes undermines instructor interests in their intellectual work product while not substantially furthering instructor and student interests in effective learning. Such actions violate shared norms and standards of the academic community. For additional information, please see: http://policy.umn.edu/Policies/Education/Education/STUDENTRESP.html.

Sexual Harassment

"Sexual harassment" means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and/or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work or academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working or academic environment in any University activity or program. Such behavior is not acceptable in the University setting. For additional information,

please consult Board of Regents Policy: http://regents.umn.edu/sites/default/files/policies/SexHarassment.pdfUniversity of Minnesota employees must report sexual misconduct they learn about in accordance with University policy. More information on mandated report can be found here: https://diversity.umn.edu/eoaa/reporting

Sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking and relationship violence

In my role as a University employee, I am required to share information that I learn about possible sexual misconduct with the campus Title IX office that addresses these concerns. This allows a Title IX staff member to reach out to those who have experienced sexual misconduct to provide information about the personal support resources and options for investigation that they can choose to access. You are welcome to talk with me about concerns related to sexual misconduct. Within the requirements of my job, I will be as responsive to your requests for confidentiality and support as possible. You can also or alternately choose to talk with a confidential resource that will not share information that they learn about sexual misconduct. Confidential resources include The Aurora Center, Boynton Mental Health and Student Counseling Services.

Equity, Diversity, Equal Employment Opportunity, and Affirmative Action

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Mental Health and Stress Management

As a student you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down, difficulty concentrating and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance and may reduce your ability to participate in daily activities. University of Minnesota services are available to assist you. You can learn more about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus via the Student Mental Health Website: http://www.mentalhealth.umn.edu.

Disability Accommodations

The University of Minnesota is committed to providing equitable access to learning opportunities for all students. The Disability Resource Center is the campus office that collaborates with students who have disabilities to provide and/or arrange reasonable accommodations. If you have, or think you may have, a disability (e.g., mental health, attentional, learning, chronic health, sensory, or physical), please contact DS at 612-626-1333 to arrange a confidential discussion regarding equitable access and reasonable accommodations. If you are registered with

DS and have a current letter requesting reasonable accommodations, please contact your instructor as early in the semester as possible to discuss how the accommodations will be applied in the course. For more information, please see the DS website: https://diversity.umn.edu/disability/.

Academic Freedom and Responsibility

Academic freedom is a cornerstone of the University. Within the scope and content of the course as defined by the instructor, it includes the freedom to discuss relevant matters in the classroom. Along with this freedom comes responsibility. Students are encouraged to develop the capacity for critical judgment and to engage in a sustained and independent search for truth. Students are free to take reasoned exception to the views offered in any course of study and to reserve judgment about matters of opinion, but they are responsible for learning the content of any course of study for which they are enrolled.Reports of concerns about academic freedom are taken seriously, and there are individuals and offices available for help. Contact the instructor, the Department Chair, your adviser, the associate dean of the college, or the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs in the Office of the Provost. 

Students are responsible for class attendance and all course requirements, including deadlines and examinations. The instructor will specify if class attendance is require or counted in the grade for the class.

Grading and Late Submissions

Writing assignments are due on the date listed on the syllabus. Late submissions will be penalized, except in cases of documented family or medical emergency.

All assignments as well as the final course grade will use the following grading scale:

A 93-100 (Represents achievement that is outstanding relative to the level necessary to meet course requirements)

A- 90-92

B+ 87-89

B 83-86 (Represents achievement that is significantly above the level necessary to meet course requirements)

B- 80-82

C+ 77-79

C 73-76 (Represents achievement that meets the course requirements in every respect)

C- 70-72

D+ 67-69

D 60-66 (Represents achievement that is worthy of credit even though it fails to meet fully the course)

F 59 and below

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Schedule of Course Readings:

Part 1. Theoretical Approaches to International Relations

Background Reading – Classic Texts (Optional)

These are not required reading but they are important and interesting early texts of international relations theory.

Thucydides (~411 BC). “The Melian Dialogue.” From History of the Peloponnesian War, reprinted in International Politics: Enduring Concept and Contemporary Issues, 12th Ed., pp. 7-12. (link) also available in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 12-16

Niccolo Machiavelli (~1532), “The Prince,” originally published in 1532, various editions available

Thomas Hobbes (~1651), “Leviathan,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 17-19. Immanuel Kant (~1795), “Perpetual Peace,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 20-22.

Week 1, 09/05/2018

A. Course Introduction (Required)

Read the syllabus and register for Top Hat Jack Snyder, “One World, Rival Theories,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 3-11.

B. Subtopic: The United States, President Trump and IR Theory (Required)

Robert Jervis, “Policy Series: President Trump and IR Theory,” January 02, 2017 (link) (11 mins)

Michael Barnett, “Policy Series: Trump and International Relations Theory: A Response to Robert Jervis’s “President Trump and IR Theory,” February 07, 2017 (link) (16 min)

C. Further Reading (Optional)

Stephen M. Walt. 2012. “Theory and Policy in International Relations: Some Personal Reflections.” Yale Journal of International Affairs 7(2): pp. 33-43.

Week 2, 09/12/2018

A. Realist Approaches to International Relations – Anarchy (Required)

Kenneth Waltz. 1979. “The Anarchic Structure of World Politics,” in Theory of International Politics, pp. 79-106.

John Mearsheimer, “Anarchy and the Struggle for Power,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 60-77.

B. Subtopic: Strategies for Survival (Required)

Scott D. Sagan, “The Korean Missile Crisis: Why Deterrence Is Still the Best Option,” Foreign Affairs (November/December 2017).

Kenneth N. Waltz, “Why Iran Should Get the Bomb: Nuclear Balancing Would Mean Stability,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 398-401.

Nicholas Miller, “U.S. nonproliferation policy is an invisible success,” in the Washington Post, Monkey Cage, October 2014. (link) – You can skim this reading.

C. Further Reading (Optional)

Randall Schweller (2011) on Realism (link) (4 mins) Hans Morgenthau, “A Realist Theory of International Politics and Political Power,” in

Mingst & Snyder, pp. 55-59. John Mearsheimer: We are Moving to a Multipolar World with Three Great Powers (link) (9

mins) Stephen Walt. 1987. The Origins of Alliances, pp. 17-21; 27-32. Robert Jervis, “Cooperation under the Security Dilemma,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 359-373.

Week 3, 09/19/2018

A. Liberalism (Required)

Michael Doyle, “Liberalism and World Politics,” American Political Science Review, 80, no. 4 (1986): 1151-1170 or in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 78-87

B. Subtopic: A Democratic Peace (Required)

Bruce Russett and John Oneal, “The Kantian Peace: The Pacific Benefits of Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations, 1885-1992,” World Politics 52 (1999): 1- 37.

Sebastian Rosato, “The Flawed Logic of Democratic Peace Theory,” American Political Science Review 97 (2003): 585-602.

C. Further Reading (Optional)

Stephen M. Walt (2016), “What Went Wrong with Liberalism?,” talk Carnegie Council of Ethics in International Affairs (link) (6 mins)

Bruce Russett, “Liberalism,” in Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki, and Steve Smith, eds., International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, 2nd ed (2010): 95-113.

Week 4, 09/26/2018

A. Neoliberal Institutionalism – Cooperation Under Anarchy (Required)

Robert O. Keohane, “From After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 284-299.

John Mearsheimer, “The False Promise of International Institutions” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 300- 309.

B. Subtopic: Climate Change (Required)

Garrett Hardin, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 638-648. Scott Barrett, “Why Have Climate Negotiations Proved So Disappointing,” in Mingst &

Snyder, pp. 649-658

C. Further Reading (Optional)

Helen Milner, “The Assumption of Anarchy in International Relations Theory: A Critique,” Review of International Studies, vol. 17, no. 1 (1991), pp. 67-85.

Jessica F. Green, “What’s Next for the Paris Agreement,” The Washington Post: Monkey Cage Blog, 6 November 2017. You can skim this reading.

Week 5, 10/03/2018

A. Constructivist Approaches to International Relations (Required)

Alexander Wendt, “Anarchy Is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 93-114.

B. Subtopic: Transnational Activists and Actors (Required)

Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, “Transnational Advocacy Networks in International Politics,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 310-320.

Clifford Bob. March/April 2002. “Merchants of Morality.” Foreign Policy: pp. 36-45.

C. Further Reading (Optional)

Kathryn Sikkink on Transnational Advocacy Networks (link) (8 min) Caleb Gallemore (2011) on Constructivist theory (link) (8 mins) Richard Price, “Transnational Civil Society and Advocacy in World Politics,” World Politics

55, no. 4 (2003): 579-606. Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink. 1998. “International Norm Dynamics and Political

Change.” International Organization 52(4): pp. 887-917.

Writing Assignment Due Today (800-1000 words, worth 10 points)

Week 6, 10/10/2018

A. Challenges to Mainstream IR Theory: Critical Approaches (Required)

Barkawi, Tarak (2010) ‘Empire and Order in International Relations and Security Studies’, in: Bob Denemark ed. The International Studies Encyclopedia (New York: Blackwell).

Epstein, Charlotte (2013) ‘Constructivism or the Eternal Return of Universals in International Relations’, European Journal of International Relations 19(3): 499-519.

B. Challenges to Mainstream IR Theory: Feminism (Required)

Ackerly, Brooke, and Jacqui True (2008) ‘Power and Ethics in Feminist Research on International Relations’, International Studies Review 10(4): 693-707.

Carpenter, Charli (2002) ‘Gender Theory in World Politics: Contributions of a Nonfeminist Standpoint’, International Studies Review 4(3): 152-165

Week 7, 10/17/2018

IN-CLASS MIDTERM (20 points) The exam is closed book and closed note. There will be three parts to the exam: multiple choice (5 points), short answer (5 points), and long answer (10 points).

Part 2. International Structures and Processes

Week 8, 10/24/2018

A. Power in International Relations (Required)

Barnett, M. & Duvall, R. ‘Power in International Politics’, International Organization 59(1) 2005: 39-75.

Anne-Marie Slaughter (2009), “Power in the Networked Century”, Foreign Affairs 88(1): 94- 113.

B. Global Governance and International Institutions (Required)

Deborah D. Avant, Martha Finnemore, and Susan K. Sell, “Chapter 1: Who Governs the Globe?” in Deborah Avant, Martha Finnemore, and Susan K. Sell, eds., Who Governs the Globe? (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Michael N. Barnett and Martha Finnemore, “The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 321-342.

C. Further Reading (Optional)

Jeff D. Colgan and Robert O. Keohane, “The Liberal Order Is Rigged: Fix It Now or Watch It Wither,” Foreign Affairs (May/June 2017)

Tana Johnson, “Chapter 1 – The Making of Global Governance: Not by States Alone,” in Organizational Progeny: Why Governments are Losing Control over the Proliferating Structures of Global Governance (Oxford University Press, 2014).

Week 9, 10/31/2018

Guest Lecture: Matt Eichinger

A. International Political Economy (Required)

Gilpin, Robert. 1987. "The Nature of Political Economy" in Political Economy of International Relations. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Lake, David. 2009. "Open economy politics: a critical review". The Review of International Organizations 4(3): 219-244.

Cox, Robert W. 1981. "Social Forces, States, and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory". Millenium Journal of International Studies 10(2): 126-155.

B. Further Reading (Optional)

Gourevitch, Peter. 1978. "The Second Image Reversed: The International Sources of Domestic Politics". International Organization 32(4): 881-912.

Schumpeter, Joseph. "Marx the Sociologist". In Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Taylor and Francis Online Library.

Hayek, Friedrich. 1944. "Individualism and Collectivism" and "Why the Worst Get on Top". In The Road to Serfdom. Chicago: Chicago University Press.

Przeworski and Sprague. 1987. "The Dilemma of Electoral Socialism," in Paper Stones: A History of Electoral Socialism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Week 10, 11/07/2018

A. International Law (Required)

Beth Simmons, “International Law,” in Handbook of International Relations ed. Carlsnaes, Risse and Simmons, 2013

J. Martin Rochester, “Chapter 3: Is International Law Really Law, or a Charade?” in Between Peril and Promise: The Politics of International Law (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006).

Oona Hathaway, “The Promise and Limits of the International Law of Torture,” in Sanford Levinson, ed., Torture: A Collection (Oxford University Press, 2004).

B. Further Reading (Optional) Anne-Marie Slaughter, “International Law and International Relations Theory: Twenty Years

Later” in Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Mark A Pollack, eds., Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2012)

Writing Assignment Due Today

Part 3. Substantive Issues

Week 11, 11/14/2018

A. Terrorism, Counterterrorism and New Technologies of War (Required)

Mary Kaldor, “Old Wars, Cold Wars, New Wars, and the War on Terror,” International Politics, 42: 491, 2005

Charli Carpenter, “Beware the Killer Robots: Inside the Debate over Autonomous Weapons,” Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2013

Daniel Byman, “Why Drones Work” Foreign Affairs (July/August 2013) Audrey Kurth Cronin, “Why Drones Fail” Foreign Affairs (July/August 2013)

B. Further Reading (Optional)

Carpenter, C. (2016). Rethinking the Political / -Science- / Fiction Nexus: Global Policy Making and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Perspectives on Politics, 14(1), 53-69.

Dylan Matthews, “Everything You Need to Know About the Drone Debate, in One FAQ,” The Washington Post, March 8, 2013

Keith Wagstaff, “Jody Williams Helped Ban Landmines. Can She Stop Killer Robots?” NBC News, 15 April 2015 (link)

Andrew H. Kydd and Barbara F. Walter, “The Strategies of Terrorism,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 402-424.

Week 12, 11/21/2018

No class. Enjoy your time off. If you have fallen behind, use this week to catch up.

Week 13, 11/28/2018

A. International Movement: Migrants and Refugees (Required)

Jeanne Park, “Europe’s Migration Crisis,” Council on Foreign Relations, 23 September 2015 (link)

Tara Zahra, “Europe’s Shifting Borders: Migration Returns to the Continent,” Foreign Affairs, 11 February 2017.

Megan Greene and R. Daniel Keleman, “Europe’s Failed Refugee Policy: The Crisis in the Mediterranean Continues,” Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2016.

Alexander Betts and Paul Collier, “Jordan’s Refugee Experiment: A New Model for Helping the Displaced,” Foreign Affairs, 28 April 2016.

B. Further Reading (Optional)

Luca Mavelli, “The Politics of the Refugee Crisis,” (10 min interview link), 2015 UNHCR, “Refugee Protection: A Guide to International Refugee Law,” (link)

Week 14, 12/05/2018

A. International Justice (Required)

David Kaye, “Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court?” Foreign Affairs (May/June 2011)

Kenneth Roth, “Africa Attacks the International Criminal Court,” The New York Review of Books, February 6, 2014.

B. International Human Rights (Required)

Kathryn Sikkink, “Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century,” University of London lecture (link) Listen from 8-48 mins.

Beth A. Simmons, “From Mobilizing for Human Rights,” in Mingst & Snyder, pp. 597-628.

C. Further Reading (Optional)

Judith G. Kelley, “The Problem of Human Trafficking,” excerpt from Judith G. Kelley, Scorecard Diplomacy: Grading States to Influence Their Reputation and Behavior (Cambridge University Press, 2017) (link)

Interview with Fatou Bensouda, “The International Criminal Court on Trial: A Conversation with Fatou Bensouda,” Foreign Affairs (January/February 2017).

Writing Assignment Due Today

Week 15, 12/12/2018

A. The United Nations, Peacekeeping, and Humanitarian Intervention (Required)

Michael Barnett, Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2002), pp.1-12 in the Introduction and Chapters 1, 3, 4, and 5. If you are not familiar with the conflict in Rwanda, I would recommend skimming Chapter 2 before you read Chapters 3-5.

Jennifer M. Welsh, “The Responsibility to Protect after Libya & Syria,” Daedalus, the Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, vol. 145, no. 4 (2016).

B. Further Reading (Optional)

Joshua S. Goldstein, “Winning the War on War” (with Stephen Pinker) (4-min interview link) (30-min interview link )

Emilie Hafner-Burton and Kiyoteru Tsutsui, “Justice Lost! The Failure of International Human Rights Law to Matter Where Needed Most”

Bessma Momani and Tanzeel Hakak, “Syria,” in Alex J. Bellamy and Tim Dunne, The Oxford Handbook of the Responsibility to Protect (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Week 16, 12/19/2018

TAKE-HOME FINAL EXAM DUE ON 12/19/2018 by 4:30PM