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
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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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