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| The Structure and Actors of International Relations | |
| The Importance of International Relations | |
| Why study International Relations? | |
| What is the difference between international relations and comparative government? | |
| Why are current events so complex? | |
| What are the new forces shaping the planet? | |
| How can I make sense of the changes in the world? | |
| Chapter Summary | |
| Case Study: India and Pakistan Nuclear Issues | |
| The State and Its Role in the International System | |
| What is a state and how did it come to play such an important role? | |
| How do we define a state and what are its primary characteristics? | |
| What is the difference between a nation-state and a multinational state? | |
| How did the state come into being? | |
| What exactly is the international system? | |
| What are the levels of analysis and how do they help us understand the international system? | |
| The International System as a Whole | |
| What is the regional level of analysis and who are the actors? | |
| What does the state level of analysis enable us to investigate? | |
| What do we know about the substate level of analysis? | |
| Why might people not want to live together? | |
| Who are the actors at the individual level of analysis? | |
| What can be said of the role of more average people in the world today? How do we use the levels of analysis? | |
| Case Study: Should Chechnya be independent of Russia? | |
| Power Factors in International Relations | |
| What is power and how is it defined? | |
| What are the major characteristics of power? | |
| What are the major objective power capabilities? | |
| What are the major subjective power capabilities? | |
| How does power change over time? | |
| What is the impact of change in the global distribution of power? | |
| What does the term balance of power mean? | |
| How is balance of power different from collective security? | |
| Which states are tomorrow's great powers and super powers? | |
| Case Study: The next balance of power | |
| Foreign Policy Formation and Execution | |
| Introduction: What exactly is foreign policy? | |
| What have been the consequences for foreign policy after the Cold War? What goals and objectives do states pursue in foreign policy? What are the factors that influence foreign policy? | |
| What are some of the key issues associated with broader foreign policy goals? | |
| What has been the impact of the Cold War's end on American and Russian foreign policy? | |
| What in general do the foreign policies of other key countries look like in the early 21st century? | |
| Case Study | |
| Intergovernmental Actors | |
| Introduction | |
| Why would a country join an international intergovernmental organization? | |
| Why are intergovernmentalism and supranationalism important? | |
| Intergovernmental organizations that are global in scope | |
| Why have international financial and trade organizations? Regional international organization | |
| Single Purpose Intergovernmental Organizations | |
| Case Study: The Influence of the UN | |
| Corporate and Non-governmental Actors | |
| The Growing Visibility of NGOs | |
| Diversity among NGOs | |
| Why are there so many NGOs? | |
| What do non-governmental actors do? | |
| Why is there state opposition to NGOs? | |
| What kinds of corporate actors operate in the international arena? | |
| How powerful are corporate actors and what kinds of influence do they have on nation-states? | |
| Terrorism | |
| Conclusion | |
| Case Study: US Prepares for Terrorist Attacks | |
| Selected Global Issues | |
| Political Geography | |
| What specific geographical and topological factors does a political geography worldview speak to when addressing international issues? | |
| Political Geography of Transportation and Communications | |
| Where do geopolitics and geostrategies come into play? What is Geoeconomics? | |
| What is the difference between older and current versions of geopolitics? | |
| How have geopolitical views affected world politics? | |
| What do maps and map statistics tell us about geopolitics? | |
| Why do territorial factors dramatically affect a country's national interests? | |
| States and Geopolitics | |
| Where do we see geostrategy and geoeconomics operating today? | |
| How do geopolitical factors help explain conflict in international relations? | |
| What are some of the core geopolitical concepts used to explain conflict in international relations? What are the geopolitical ramifications of world religions? Do natural disasters have geopolitical consequences? | |
| What is the impact of climate on international politics? | |
| What is the future of geopolitics in international affairs? | |
| Case Study: Bracing for Crisis | |
| Nationalism, Regionalism, Tribalism | |
| What is nationalism? | |
| Where does nationalism fit in the study of international relations? | |
| What are the origins of nationalism? | |
| In what ways does nationalism vary from one region of the world to the next? | |
| What are the positive and negative effects of nationalism? | |
| How have national leaders used the emotion of nationalism in foreign policy? | |
| What has been the impact of nationalism on world politics? | |
| What is transnationalism and how is it different from nationalism? | |
| What is regionalism and how does it affect international relations? What is Tribalism? | |
| What has been the impact of tribalism within the international system? | |
| Case Study: Europe After Communism | |
| Global Violence: Wars, Weapons, Terrorism | |
| Introduction | |
| What are the causes of war? | |
| What is the difference between immediate and underlying causes of war? | |
| What are the different kinds of weapons of mass destruction? | |
| What are conventional and unconventional weapons? | |
| Why are there so many weapons available everywhere around the world? | |
| What are the threats from terrorists? | |
| What efforts have been made to control the spread of weapons? | |
| Controlling global violence | |
| Case Study: National missile defense | |
| Global Justice: Women, Poverty, Human Rights | |
| Introduction: Are women, poverty and human rights global problems we should worry about? | |
| What is global justice and can it ever be achieved? | |
| How does the women's movement relate to global justice? | |
| Who were some of the famous women in history? What changes could women bring to the study of international relations and to solutions to international problems? | |
| What is the relation between social justice, women's rights and poverty? What can be done about poverty? | |
| What is the international community doing about poverty? | |
| Should the UN or NATO intervene militarily in a member state if human rights are being violated? Case Study | |
| International Political Economy I: The Advanced Industrial Countries | |
| What is International Political Economy? | |
| How Can We Make Sense of IPE? | |
| The Legacy of Bretton Woods | |
| The international trading system | |
| The international monetary system | |
| The importance of corporate actors | |
| The importance of the international oil industry | |
| Case Study: US Trade with China | |
| International Political Economy II: The Politics of Development | |
| What are the major characteristics of underdevelopment? What is development? | |
| What is the Third World? | |
| Explaining Development: Why are there rich and poor countries? | |
| What is meant by the politics of development? | |
| What factors shape the politics of development? | |
| What is the connection b | |
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