International Relations: Power, Authority & Exchange

 

 

 

 

Pasco-Hernando

State College

 

DISCUSSION OUTLINES

Week 1-2   Jan 13

                    Syllabus overview

                    International Relations since WWII

                                       

Week 3-4   Jan 22

                    IR in Everyday Life (pg. 2-26)

 

Week 5-6   Jan 27

                    Fukuyama: The End of History?

                    Paper #1

 

Week 6-7   Feb 3

                    Evolution of academic IR

                    Reader Response #1

 

Week 8-9   Feb 10

                    Evolution of IR as a discipline pt. 2

                    Huntington: Clash of Civilizations

 

 Week 10-11   Feb 17

                    Liberal, Realist Schools

                    Capra: WWII Origins of Anarchy

 

 Week 12-13   Feb 24

                    UN Human Development Index

                    Walt: One World, Many Theories

 

Week 14-15   Mar 3

                    Easter / Spring break

 

Week 16-17   Mar 10

                    Midterm Exam (see review)

 

Week 18-19   Mar 17

                    Does the nation-state have a future?

                    Van Creveld: Through a Glass Darkly

                    Paper #2

 

Week 20-21   Mar 24

                    Int. Soc. Theory, African dilemmas

                    Kaplan: The Coming Anarchy

 

Week 22-23   Mar 31

                    IPE Theory, Middle East / Iraq                     Scruton / Dalrymple: Islam

                    Lind: 4th Generation War

                    Paper #3

 

Week 24-25   Apr 7

                    Foreign Policy: West-Russia-China

                    West-East Asia Relations

                    Lee Kwan Yew: Asian Culture

                    Buchanan: Putin and Russia Today

                    Paper #4

                    

Week 26-27   Apr 14

                    Terrorism / The Environment

 

Week 28-29   Apr 21

                    Gender / Human Future

                    Bloom: International Relations

                    Paper #5

 

Week 30-31   Apr 28

                    Final Exam- SEE REVIEW

 

 

 

ARTICLES, SITES AND BOOKS

U.S. Intelligence: NightWatch

 

Fukuyama: The End of History?

 

Huntington: Clash of Civilizations 

 

Walt: One World, Many Theories

 

Van Creveld: Through a Glass Darkly

 

Kaplan: The Coming Anarchy

 

Scruton: Islam

 

Dalrymple: When Islam Breaks Down

 

Other books referred to in the Week--->

 

VIDEO

Fukuyama: End of History, Islam, China

Huntington: Clash of Civilizations

Capra: WWII Origins of Anarchy

 

ASSIGNMENTS

Gordon Rule Reader Responses (5)

 

GRADING

Reader Responses (5): 50%, Midterm: 25%, Final: 25%. 

  

 

 

 

 

 

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 Companion Courses

 

  World History

 

  EUH 1000:

  Western Civ. I

  

  EUH 1001

  Western Civ II

  

  INR 2002

  International Relations

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