SYLLABUS Introduction to International Relations Yonsei International Summer School (YISS) Summer 2011 Professor Chung Min LEE Dean, Graduate School of International Studies and Underwood International College Yonsei University Tel: 02-2123-4182, E-mail: cmlee@yonsei.ac.kr I. Course Description This course offers a birds-eye-view of world politics and international affairs in the early 21 st century including the origins and evolutions in global affairs since the end of World War II, traditional and non-traditional sources of conflict, problems associated with conflict management, newly emerging global security challenges including global climate change, environmental degradation, the rise of new powers, and key evolving concepts that are likely to affect and shape the global village over the next 20-30 years. The study of world politics and international affairs is a relatively new field, i.e., based primarily on developments since the post-1945 era. Yet over the past six decades, the field has evolved beyond anyone s imagination. The world in 1945 compared to 2011, for example, is nearly beyond comparison. The sheer magnitude of issues, actors, societies, organizations, and technological revolutions defies any orderly conceptualization. Yet, one of the key goals of this course is to enable students to understand, analyze, and predict trends and issues in the global village. Today, the ever-changing field encompasses aspects of traditional international relations, military studies and defense planning, arms control and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, economic and energy security, international law and regimes, and human and environmental security, gender equality, and human rights to name just a few of the more relevant sub-fields in world politics. Many of these elements are evident in the on-going Jasmine Revolution throughout the greater Middle East. At a fundamental level, the course seeks to seeks to understand the visible and invisible forces which shapes the so-called Five C s Spectrum, e.g., ConflictàCrisisàCollaborationàCo-existenceàCooperation. The first half of the course is devoted primarily to excavating the historical, conceptual, and theoretical components of international affairs. The second half (after the mid-term) emphasizes some of the more salient issues confronting humanity in the early 21 st century. This course is designed for undergraduate students (particularly for freshmen and sophomores) who may seek to broaden and deepen their understanding of international relations. 1
II. Lectures, Requirements, and Evaluation Although it would be helpful if students have had exposure to international relations, world history, and international economics, there is no prerequisite for the class given that it is designed as an introductory module for the Yonsei International Summer School (YISS) for those who may want to major in International Relations or are interested in exploring and understanding key global issues. The final grade is going to be decided on the basis 0f a mid-term exam, final exam, and attendance/class participation. Readings: All lecture notes, syllabus, and relevant materials will be posted on YSCEC. Whenever possible, reading materials will be posted on YSCEC although there will be a course packet. Students must read all of the required materials. From time to time, case studies will be posted on YSCEC that will be discussed in the following week. Given that a full semester worth of work is compressed into six weeks, the required readings are limited to those contained in the syllabus although students are actively encouraged to search think-tanks, media outlets, government sources, etc., to buttress the readings and to also enhance the diversity of views and sources. Office Hours: Office hours will be announced on the first day of class. If students have an urgent matter to discuss outside of office hours, please make an appointment with my T.A., see me after class, or email me. III. Course Outline and Weekly Topics WEEK 1: June 27-July 1 [First Class begins on June 28, Tuesday] Topic 1: Thinking About International Relations Topic 2: Concepts, Theories and Policies: The International System WEEK 2: July 4-July 8 Topic 1: Traditional Approaches to Wars and Conflicts Topic 2: The New Face of War and Humanitarian Intervention WEEK 3: July 11-July 15 Topic 1: The Nuclear Question in the Early 21 st Century Topic 2: Terrorism and the Post-9/11 World MID-TERM: July 15 2
WEEK 4: July 18-July 22 Topic 2: Globalization and Interdependence Topic 1: The Global Economic Crisis WEEK 5: July 25-July 29 Topic 1: The Democratic Revolution Topic 2: Transnational Issues and the Rise of New Domains WEEK 6: August 1-August 4 Topic 1: The Rise of Asia Topic 2: New Frontiers in World Politics FINAL: August 5 IV. Weekly Topics and Readings WEEK 1: June 27-July 1 Topic 1: Thinking About International Relations 1. Chapter 1, Is There an Enduring Logic of Conflict in World Politics?, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Understanding International Conflicts, 5 th ed., (New York, NY: Pearson Longman, 2005), pp. 1-32. 2. Chapter 1-5, Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 2 nd ed., (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1970), pp. 1-51. Topic 2: Concepts, Theories and Policies: The International System 1. Chapter 1, Theoretical Approaches to International Relations, and Chapter 2, From Realist to Neorealist and Neoclassical Realist Theory, in James E. Dougherty and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr., Contending Theories of International Relations: A Comprehensive Survey, 5 th ed., (New York: Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc., 2001), pp. 1-103. 2. Chapters 1-2, International Relations and Security Studies, and Traditional Views of Security in International Politics, Terry Terriff, Stuart Croft, Lucy James and Patrick M. Morgan, Security Studies Today, (London: Polity Press, 1999), pp. 10-64. 3. Chapter 8, Paul Kennedy, The Parliament of Man: The United Nations and the Quest for World Government, (New York: Penguin Books, 2006), pp. 243-280. 3
WEEK 2: July 4-July 8 Topic 1: Traditional Approaches to Wars and Conflicts 1. Chapter 3, Balance of Power and World War I, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Understanding International Conflicts, 5 th ed., (New York, NY: Pearson Longman, 2005), 58-84. 2. Chapter 1, The Causes of Wars, and Chapter 2, War and the Nation State, Michael Howard, The Causes of Wars, 2 nd ed., (Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard University Press, 1983), pp. 7-22, pp. 23-35. 3. Chapter 10, Why Nations Go To War, John G. Stoessinger, Why Nations Go To War, 9 th ed., (Toronto: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005), pp. 221-245. Topic 2: The New Face of Wars 1. Part 1, The Changing Face of Global Violence, and Part 5, Why the Dramatic Decline in Armed Conflict? Human Security Report 2005, (Vancouver: The University of British Columbia, 2005), pp. 15-54 and pp. 147-155. 2. Alexander Klimburg, Mobilising Cyber Power, Survival, vol. 53, no. 1, (February- March 2011), pp. 41-60. WEEK 3: July 11-July 15 Topic 1: The Nuclear Question in the Early 21 st Century 1. David Cortright and Raimo Vayrynen, Chapter 1, Why Disarmament? Why Now? and Chapter 2, Challenges to the Non-proliferation Regime, Towards Nuclear Zero, (London: IISS, 2010), pp. 13-32, 33-48. 2. Paul Bracken, The Structure of the Second Nuclear Age, Orbis, vol. 47, no. 3, (September 2003) Topic 2: Terrorism and the Post-9/11 World 1. Alexander Lee, Who Becomes a Terrorist? Poverty, Education, and the Origins of Political Violence, World Politics, vol. 63, no. 2, (April 2011), pp. 203-45. 2. Graham Allison, Chapters 1-2, Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, (New York: Owl Books, 2004), pp. 19~60 MID-TERM 4
WEEK 4: July 18-July 22 Topic 2: Globalization and Interdependence 1. Chapter 7, Globalization and Interdependence, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Understanding International Conflicts, 5 th ed., (New York, NY: Pearson Longman, 2005), pp. 191-216. 2. Chapters 1, 2, and 3 in Joseph E. Stiglitz, Making Globalization Work, (New York: W.W.Norton, 2007), pp. 3-102 Topic 1: The Global Economic Crisis 1. Stephen Fidler and Alexander Nicoll, Out of Balance: The Fragile World Economy, Survival, vol. 52, no. 6, (December 2010-January 2011), pp. 89-106. 2. Daron Acemoglu, The Crisis of 2008: Structural Lessons for and from Economics, Working Paper, MIT, January 6, 2009, pp. 1-13. 3. David Colander, et. al., The Financial Crisis and the Systemic Failure of the Economics Profession, Critical Review, vol. 21, nos. 2-3, (2009), pp. 249-264. WEEK 5: July 25-July 29 Topic 1: The Democratic Revolution 1. Samuel P. Huntington, Democracies Third Wave, Journal of Democracy vol. 2, no. 2, (Spring 1991),, pp. 12-34. 2. Larry Diamond, Why Democracies Survive, Journal of Democracy, vol. 22, no. 1, (January 2011), pp. 17-30. 3. Elham Fakhro and Emile Hokayem, Waking the Arabs, vol. 53, no. 2, Survival (April-May 2011), pp. 21-30. Topic 2: Transnational Issues and the Rise of New Domains 1. Chapter 8, The Information Revolution, Transnational Actors, and the Diffusion of Power, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Understanding International Conflicts, 5 th ed., (New York, NY: Pearson Longman, 2005), pp. 217-239. 2. Joel Kurtzman, The Low-Carbon Diet, vol. 88, no. 5, Foreign Affairs (September/October 2009), pp. 114-122. 3. Chapters 1-2, Jeff Rubin, Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, (London: Virgin Books, 2010), pp. 27-83. 5
WEEK 6: August 1-August 4 Topic 1: The Rise of Asia 1. G. John Ikenberry, The Rise of China and the Future of the West, vol. 87, no. 1, (January/February 2008), Foreign Affairs, pp. 2-22. 2. C. Raja Mohan, India and the Balance of Power, Foreign Affairs, vol. 85, no. 4, (July/August 2006), pp. 18-32. 3. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, India Engages the World: The View From New Delhi, Global Asia, vol. 6, no. 1, (Spring 2011), pp. 12-16. 4. Chung Min Lee, China s Rise, Asia s Dilemma, The National Interest, (Fall 2005), pp. 1-7. Topic 2: New Frontiers in World Politics 1. Chapter 9, A New World Order?, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Understanding International Conflicts, 5 th ed., (New York, NY: Pearson Longman, 2005), pp. 242-263. 2. Fareed Zakaria, Chapter 2, The Twisted Path, The Future of Freedom, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2003). 3. Jack A. Goldstone, The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World, Foreign Affairs, vol. 89, no. 1, (January/February 2010), pp. 31-43. 6