Fall 2009 Course Syllabus. 310 Fayerweather T, Th 10:35-11: IAB Office Hours: T 3-5pm

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1 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE V INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Fall 2009 Course Syllabus 310 Fayerweather T, Th 10:35-11:50 Professor Tonya Putnam 1326 IAB Office Hours: T 3-5pm Teaching Assistants: Jonathan Blake jsb2177@columbia.edu TBD Erica Borghard edb2002@columbia.edu TBD Sara Moller sbm2145@columbia.edu TBD Course Objective: This course offers an introductory survey of major topics in, and approaches to the study of, international relations. The readings explore how scholars in the field have sought to engage important questions, such as why international cooperation on economic issues is so difficult, and why states sometimes go to war. The last part of the course applies the theories explored in the first two sections to current and emerging challenges namely global health challenges and climate change. Requirements: Course grades will be based on (1) one in-class midterm examination (25%); (2) two reading response papers (20%); (3) a final examination (40%), and (4) participation in weekly discussion sections (15%). Please note that the final examination will have an identification component that will be administered on the last day of class (Thursday, December 10) and a take-home essay portion that will be distributed on December 10, and will be due on Tuesday, December 15 at 9 am. It is a firm policy that no late assignments will be accepted without official documentation of a major medical or family emergency. Reading Response Papers: Students are expected to complete two reading response papers one from Part II of the course syllabus (i.e. War and Deadly Conflict), and one from Part III (International Political Economy and Development). Well-regarded papers will not simply summarize information, but will analyze and critically discuss the arguments, and may also relate the readings to a 1

2 current or historical event. Students will be required to sign up for topics on the first meeting of discussion sections; a maximum of five students per topic will be permitted in each section. Each response paper should be 3-4 double-spaced, 12pt-font-size pages, and must be ed to your TA by 10 a.m. on the day the topic is covered in lecture, or the day on which the material will be discussed in your section whichever comes first. Materials: The following text is on reserve at Butler Library, and can be purchased at Book Culture on 112 th Street. Robert J. Art and Robert Jervis (eds.), International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues, (9 th edition), Longman Publishers, 2008 (AJR in syllabus) All other readings will be available for downloading on Courseworks, or through web links provided. Part I: Basic Concepts September 8: What is Distinctive About International Politics? Max Boot, Pirates, Then and Now Foreign Affairs, (July/August 2009), September 10: Isle of Bob Exercise Hans J. Morgenthau, Six Principles of Political Realism, AJR 7-14 September 15: The Concept of Anarchy and Its Importance Kenneth Waltz, The Anarchic Structure of World Politics, AJR Alexander Wendt, Anarchy is What States Make of It, AJR, Robert M. Sapolsky, A Natural History of Peace Foreign Affairs, 85 (January/February 2006) September 17: Overcoming Anarchy Frieden, Lake, &Schulz, When Can Actors Cooperate? World Politics: Interests, Interaction, Institutions, Robert O. Keohane, International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work? AJR Stanley Hoffman, The Uses and Limits of International Law, AJR

3 September 22: War What Is It Good For? Part II: War and Deadly Conflict Robert J. Art, Four Uses of Force, AJR Thomas Shelling, The Diplomacy of Force, AJR John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, Iraq: An Unnecessary War, Foreign Policy134 (Jan./Feb. 2003) September 24: The Security Dilemma and Its Implications Charles L. Glaser, The Security Dilemma Revisited World Politics, 50 (October 1997) Greg Cashman, Empirical Theory and the Causes of War in What Causes War? (1993), pp September 29: Theories of Systemic (In)stability John J. Mearsheimer, Anarchy and the Struggle for Power, AJR Douglas Lemke, The Continuation of History: Power Transition Theory and the End of the Cold War Journal of Peace Research, 34:1 (1997) Jacek Kugler, The Asian Ascent: Opportunity for Peace or Precondition for War? International Studies Perspectives (2006) 7: October 1: Domestic Factors and State Dyads Michael Doyle, Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs, AJR Edward D. Mansfield, and Jack Snyder, Democratization and War Foreign Affairs 74:3 (May/June 1995) October 6: Individuals and Leadership Frank McDonough, From Peace to Global War, , The Origins of the First and Second World Wars, (1997) Ch. 4, Robert Jervis, Hypotheses on Misperception Essential Readings in World Politics, 3rd Ed. (Mingst & Snyder, eds.) (2008), October 8: Case Study Japan s Decision to Enter World War II Scott D. Sagan, Origins of the Pacific War Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 18 (Spring 1988)

4 October 13: Are We Now in an Era of Structural Instability? And if So So What? Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth, American Primacy in Perspective Foreign Affairs, July/August 2002, Robert A. Pape, The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, AJR Adam Roberts, The United Nations and International Security, AJR October 15: Nuclear Proliferation, Deterrence, and the Risk of War Scott D. Sagan and Kenneth Waltz, Nuclear Instability in South Asia, AJR, or A Nuclear Iran: Promoting Stability or Inviting Disaster? (Video archive of a debate between Kenneth Waltz and Scott Sagan at SIPA, Columbia University on February 8, 2007), available at Stephen Peter Rosen, After Proliferation: What to Do If More States Go Nuclear Foreign Affairs, 85 (September/October 2006) 9-14 Barry R. Posen, A Nuclear Armed Iran: A Difficult but Not Impossible Policy Problem AJR, October 20: Failed States and Internal Conflicts Robert I. Rotberg, Failed States, Collapsed States, Weak States: Causes and Indicators, AJR, The Failed State Index 2009, failed_states_index_interactive_map_and_rankings Barry R. Posen, The Security Dilemma and Ethnic Conflict in Essential Readings in World Politics, 4 th Ed. (Karen A. Mingst & Jack Snyder, eds.) (2008), October 22: The Promise and Pitfalls of International Humanitarian Intervention Kofi Annan, Reflections on Intervention, AJR, Richard Betts, The Delusion of Impartial Intervention Foreign Affairs, (November/December 1994), Edward Luttwak, The Curse of Inconclusive Intervention, Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict (Crocker, Hampson, & Aall, eds.), United States Institute of Peace, October 27: MIDTERM EXAMINATION Part III: International Political Economy and Society October 29: Institutional Pillars of the International Economic Order Andrew C. Sobel, Political Economy and Global Affairs, 2006,

5 Michael J. Hiscox, The Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policies AJR, Andrew G. Brown, Reluctant Partners: A History of Multilateral Trade Cooperation , Trade Diplomacy: The Rules of the Game, November 3: University Holiday November 5: International Economic Integration and Growth Martin Wolf, Why Globalization Works in Essential Readings in World Politics, 3 rd Ed. (Karen A. Mingst & Jack Snyder, eds.) (2008), John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, Why the Globalization Backlash is Stupid AJR, November 10: A Failed International Agenda for the Poor? Joseph Stiglitz, The Promise of Global Institutions, The Global Transformations Reader (David Held and Anthony McGrew, eds.), 2003, Dani Rodrik, Trading in Illusions AJR, Robert Hunter Wade, What Strategies are Viable for Developing Countries Today? The World Trade Organization and the Shrinking of Development Space, Review of International Political Economy, 10:4 (November 2003), November 12: Case Studies The IMF and World Bank in Action Ngaire Woods, The Globalizers: The IMF, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers, ( The Mission in Mexico ) , and ( Mission Unaccomplished in Africa ) November 17: Transnational Non-State Actors and Processes I The (Sort of) Happy Side Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Transnational Activist Networks AJR, Kenneth Rodman Think Globally, Punish Locally: Non-State Actors, Multinational Corporations, and Human Rights Sanctions, Ethics and International Affairs (1998), 12: Sebastian Mallaby, NGO s: Fighting Poverty, Hurting the Poor AJR, November 19: Transnational Non-State Actors and Processes II The Darker Side Lousie Shelley, The Unholy Trinity: Transnational Crime, Corruption, and Terrorism, Brown Journal of World Affairs, XI:2 (Winter/Spring 2005), Moses Naim, The Five Wars of Globalization Foreign Policy, (January/February 2003) Deborah Avant, Private Security Companies New Political Economy, 10:1 (March 2005),

6 November 24: Stability and Flux in the International Economic System Aaditya Mattoo and Arvind Subramanian, From Doha to the Next Bretton Woods: A New Multilateral Trade Agenda, Foreign Affairs (Jan/Feb 2009), Rawi Abdelal and Adam Segal, Yes, Globalization Passed its Peak Foreign Affairs (postscript) (3 pages) Jerry Harris, Emerging Third World Powers: China, India, and Brazil, Race and Class, 46:3 (2005), pp November 26: Thanksgiving Holiday December 1: Global Health Part IV: Emerging Issues David P. Fidler, The globalization of public health: the first 100 years of international health diplomacy, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001, 79:9, Michael T. Osterholm, Unprepared for a Pandemic Foreign Affairs, 86 (March/April 2007) Colin McInnes and Kelley Lee, Health, Security, and Foreign Policy Review of International Studies, 32 (2006), 5-23 December 3: The Politics of Climate Change Jon Barnett, Security and Climate Change Global Environmental Change, 13:1 (April 2003), 7-17 Scott G. Bogerson, Arctic Meltdown: the Economic and Security Implications of Global Warming Foreign Affairs, 87 (March/April 2008), Elinor Ostrom, Joanna Burger, Christopher B. Field, Richard B. Norgaard, David Policansky, Revisiting the Commons: Local Lessons, Global Challenges, Science, 284 (April 1999), December 8: Natural Resource Scarcity and Conflict Michael T. Klare, The New Geography of Conflict, Foreign Affairs, (May/June 2001), Meredith Giordano, Mark Giordano, and Aaron Wolf, The geography of water conflict and cooperation: internal pressures and international manifestations The Geographical Journal, 168:4, December 2002, December 10: Round-Up + Identification Portion of Final Exam 6

7 NOTES: John Mearsheimer, Why We Will Soon Miss the Cold War, The Atlantic Monthly, August 1990, 35-50, at G. John Ikenberry, The Myth of Post-Cold War Chaos Foreign Affairs, (May/June 1996) Michael Ignatieff, Intervention and State Failure, Dissent, Winter 2002, pp Bruce R. Scott, The Great Divide in the Global Village AJR,