Cases in International Relations: Portraits of the Future

by Snow, Donald M.

• ISBN13: 9780321080615
• ISBN10: 0321080610
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

This collection of 16 original case studies gets students applying IR concepts to real-world situations and helps them to understand the most important current and enduring problems facing the international system. Specifically crafted to cover the main themes of any introductory course, this exciting new volume addresses the critical issues that are currently facing the world and are likely to be enduring issues into the future. the cases were chosen because of their importance, freshness and timeliness, and inherent interest to readers. As each case study was written by the authors, this volume is more than a collection of journal articles (which do not often work together to form a coherent whole). Cases in International Relations provides an original, integrated approach to covering real-world problems that is sure to engage students and get them thinking critically.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
PART 1 ``New'' Forces in International Relations	1	(54)
China Rising: A Looming Threat?	5	(16)
Precis	5	(1)
Before the Rise: Humiliation, Chaos, and Poverty	6	(1)
The Foundations of China's Rise	7	(2)
Economic Growth, but a Litany of Woes	9	(1)
The ``Fourth Modernization'': Military Enhancement	10	(7)
Conclusion	17	(2)
Study/Discussion Questions	19	(1)
Reading/Research Material	20	(1)
Web Sites	20	(1)
The Growing Significance of NGOs: Medecins sans Frontieres and Peacekeeping	21	(16)
Precis	21	(3)
Medecins sans Frontieres	24	(4)
Peacekeeping Operations	28	(5)
Conclusion	33	(2)
Study/Discussion Questions	35	(1)
Reading/Research Material	35	(1)
Web Sites	36	(1)
The Democratic Peace: Who Will Prevail?	37	(18)
Precis	37	(3)
The Democratization Movement	40	(1)
Transparency and Soft Power	40	(4)
What Could Go Wrong?	44	(6)
Conclusion	50	(2)
Study/Discussion Questions	52	(1)
Reading/Research Material	52	(1)
Web Sites	53	(2)
PART 2 Evolving Dynamics of International Relations	55	(60)
War Crimes: The Past in the Present in the Future	57	(20)
Precis	57	(2)
Background of the Problem	59	(4)
Evolution of the Problem	63	(1)
Bosnia and Rwanda: The Problem Revived	64	(5)
Proposals for a Permanent War Crimes Tribunal	69	(4)
Conclusion	73	(1)
Study/Discussion Questions	74	(1)
Reading/Research Material	75	(1)
Web Sites	75	(2)
Sovereignty and the Right of Intervention in Internal Wars: A Study of the Assault on State Sovereignty	77	(18)
Precis	77	(2)
The Concept of Sovereignty	79	(7)
International Intervention in Internal Wars	86	(4)
Conclusion	90	(3)
Study/Discussion Questions	93	(1)
Reading/Research Material	93	(1)
Web Sites	94	(1)
Camp David I and II: It's Always Jerusalem, or Is It?	95	(20)
Precis	95	(2)
Issues and Outcomes, 1978 and 2000	97	(5)
Influences on the Process	102	(7)
Conclusion	109	(3)
Study/Discussion Questions	112	(1)
Reading/Research Material	112	(1)
Web Sites	113	(2)
PART 3 Economic Globalization	115	(58)
Saving Failed States: The Problem of Haiti	117	(19)
Precis	117	(3)
Haiti: Portrait of a Failed State	120	(8)
Saving Haiti	128	(4)
Conclusion	132	(1)
Study/Discussion Questions	133	(1)
Reading/Research Material	134	(1)
Web Sites	134	(2)
The New Trinity of Globalism: Geopolitics for a New Age?	136	(18)
Precis	136	(2)
Nature of the Problem	138	(7)
Applying the Past to the Future	145	(5)
Conclusion	150	(2)
Study/Discussion Questions	152	(1)
Reading/Research Material	153	(1)
Web Sites	153	(1)
Debating Globalization: The Case of Indonesia	154	(19)
Precis	154	(3)
Indonesia: A Thumbnail Sketch	157	(6)
Where Is Indonesia Going?	163	(5)
Conclusion	168	(1)
Study/Discussion Questions	169	(1)
Reading/Research Material	170	(1)
Web Sites	170	(3)
PART 4 The Altered Face of Security	173	(60)
Future War: The Shape of Conflict in a New Millennium	175	(21)
Precis	175	(3)
Planning Twentieth-Century Style: Anticipating World War II	178	(6)
Planning Twenty-First Century Style: Anticipating Future Wars	184	(9)
Conclusion	193	(1)
Study/Discussion Questions	194	(1)
Reading/Research Material	194	(1)
Web Sites	195	(1)
When National and International Politics Collide: The Case of Missile Defense	196	(19)
Precis	196	(4)
Missile Defense in the Past: History and Precedents	200	(6)
International Reactions	206	(5)
Conclusion	211	(1)
Study/Discussion Questions	212	(1)
Reading/Research Material	213	(1)
Web Sites	214	(1)
Who Cares about Kashmir? An Old Problem with New Teeth	215	(18)
Precis	215	(2)
Evolution of the Problem	217	(4)
Status of the Problem	221	(2)
Prospects for Resolution	223	(5)
Conclusion	228	(2)
Study/Discussion Questions	230	(1)
Reading/Research Material	231	(1)
Web Sites	231	(2)
PART 5 Transnational Issues	233	(86)
The Millennium Summit: Rhetoric or Agenda of the 2000s?	235	(18)
Precis	235	(3)
The ``Summits'' of the 1990s and Before	238	(8)
Impediments to Implementation	246	(4)
Conclusion	250	(1)
Study/Discussion Questions	251	(1)
Reading/Research Material	251	(1)
Web Sites	252	(1)
``Let Them Drink Oil'': Resource Conflict in the New Century	253	(19)
Precis	253	(2)
Middle Eastern Water	255	(5)
Caspian Sea Oil	260	(5)
Diamond Wars	265	(4)
Conclusion	269	(1)
Study/Discussion Questions	270	(1)
Reading/Research Material	270	(1)
Web Sites	271	(1)
Worse Than the Bubonic Plague: AIDS in Africa as a Transstate Issue	272	(17)
Precis	272	(2)
The Pandemic as a Transstate Issue	274	(2)
Dimensions of the Problem	276	(6)
Transstate Solutions	282	(3)
Conclusion	285	(2)
Study/Discussion Questions	287	(1)
Reading/Research Material	287	(1)
Web Sites	288	(1)
September 11, 2001: The New Face of War?	289	(30)
Precis	289	(2)
What Is Terrorism?	291	(11)
The Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001	302	(8)
Conclusion: Responding to September 11, 2001	310	(5)
Study/Discussion Questions	315	(1)
Reading/Research Material	316	(1)
Web Sites	317	(2)
Index	319