Readings in International Relations

Readings in International Relations Political Science PhD Program Schar School of Policy and Government George Mason University Version: January 2014 (* = especially recommended) Books Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett, eds., Security Communities. (1998 ). *Graham Allison, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis, 2nd ed. (1999; first published in 1971 ). Robert Axelrod, The Evolution of Cooperation (1984 ). David Baldwin, ed., Neorealism and Neoliberalism. (1993 ). Stephen Brooks, Producing Security (Princeton, 2005) Stephen Brooks and William Wohlforth, World Out of Balance (Princeton, 2008) Michael Brown, et al, eds., Debating the Democratic Peace. (1996 ).. Bruce Bueno De Mesquita and David Lalman, War and Reason. (1992 ). J.J. Brierly, The Law of Nations, 6th Ed. (1978 ). *Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society: A Study in Order in World Politics. (1977 ). David Campbell, Writing Security. Dale Copeland, Origins of Major War. (2000 ). Nazli Choucri and Robert C. North. 1975. Nations in Conflict. (1978 ). James Dougherty and Robert Pfaltzgraff, Contending Theories of International Relations. (2000). Druckman, D. and Diehl, P.F. Diehl (2006). Conflict resolution: theory, research, and practice. In D. Druckman and P.F. Diehl (Eds.) Conflict Resolution vol. 1. Sage Library of International Relations. London: Sage. SPGIA Political Science PhD IR Reading List, p. 1

Colin Elman and Miriam Fendius Elman, eds., Progress in International Relations Theory (2003). Peter Evans, Harold Jacobson and Robert Putnam, eds., Double-Edged Diplomacy: International Bargaining and Domestic Politics. (1993 ). Cynthia Enloe, Bananas, Beaches, and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics. (2001 ). Martha Finnemore, National Interests in International Society. Martha Finnemore, The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs About the Use of Force (2003 ). Thomas Friedman. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. (2000 ).. *Charles Glaser, Rational Theory of International Politics (Princeton, 2010) Robert Gilpin, Global Political Economy (2001 ). *Robert Gilpin, War and Change in World Politics. (1981 ). Judith Goldstein and Robert Keohane, eds., Ideas and Foreign Policy. (1993 ). Judith L. Goldstein, Miles Kahler, Robert Keohane, and Anne-Marie Slaughter, Legalization and World Politics (2001 ). Lloyd Gruber, Ruling the World (Princeton, 2000) Ernst B. Haas, When Knowledge Is Power (1990 ).. Keith Hamilton and Richard Langhorne, The Practice of Diplomacy (1995 ). Albert O. Hirschman, National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade. Michael Hiscox, International Trade and Political Conflict (2002 ). Bruce Hoffman. Inside Terrorism. Revised and Expanded Edition, Columbia University Press ( 2006 ).. *John Ikenberry, After Victory (Princeton, 2001) John Ikenberry, Liberal Leviathan (Princeton, 2012) John Ikenberry (ed), America Unrivalled (Cornell, 2002) Patrick Jackson, The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations (Routledge, 2010) *Irving Janis, Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes (1972 ). *Robert Jervis, Perception and Misperception in International Politics. (1976 ).. Alaistair Johnston, Cultural Realism: Strategic Culture and Grand Strategy in Chinese History. (1995 ). SPGIA Political Science PhD IR Reading List, p. 2

Mark Kaldor, Old and New Wars. *Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace, any edition. Peter J. Katzenstein, ed., Between Power and Plenty: Foreign Economic Policies of Advanced Industrial States (1984 ).. *Peter Katzenstein, ed., The Culture of National Security. (1996 ). Peter Katzenstein, Robert Keohane and Stephen Krasner, eds., Exploration and Contestation in the Study of World Politics (1999 ). Keck and Sikkink, Activists Beyond Borders. *Robert Keohane, After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy (1984 ). Robert Keohane, ed., Neorealism and its Critics (1986 ). *Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye, Power and Interdependence (Third edition, 2001; first published in 1977). Yuen Khong, Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965. (1992 ). Stephen Krasner, ed., International Regimes. (1983 ). *Steven N. Krasner, Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy (Princeton, 1999) Friedrich Kratochwil, Rules, Norms and Decisions. Andy Kydd, Trust and Mistrust in International Relations (Princeton, 2005) David Lake and Robert Powell, eds., Strategic Choice and International Relations (1999 ). *David Lake, Hierarchy in International Relations (Cornell, 2011) Deborah Larson, Origins of Containment: A Psychological Explanation. (1985 ). Richard Ned Lebow, A Cultural Theory of International Relations (Cambridge, 2009) Richard Ned Lebow and Thomas Risse-Kappen, eds., International Relations Theory and the End of the Cold War. (1995 ). Andrew Linklater, Beyond Realism and Marxism: Critical Theory and International Relations. Edward D. Mansfield and Helen V. Milner, eds., The Political Economy of Regionalism SPGIA Political Science PhD IR Reading List, p. 3

Rose McDermott, Risk-Taking in International Politics: Prospect Theory in American Foreign Policy. (1998 ). William H. McNeill, The Pursuit of Power. *John Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2002 ). Helen Milner, Interests, Institutions and Information. (1997 ). Helen V. Milner, Resisting Protectionism (1988 ).. George Modelski, A Theory of Foreign Policy (1962 ). *Hans Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. (First published in 1948). Michael Nicholson, Formal Theories of International Relations. (1989 ). Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Peace in Parts: Integration and Conflict in Regional Organization. Boston: Little, Brown. 1971. Joseph Nye, The Future of Power (Public Affairs, 2011) Nicholas Onuf, World of Our Making. Kenneth Oye, ed., Cooperation Under Anarchy. (1985 ). Robert Powell, In the Shadow of Power. (1999 ). Daryl Press, Calculating Credibility (Cornell, 2007) *Rawls, John. Theory of Justice. Harvard University Press, 1971. Rawls, John. Law of Peoples. Harvard University Press, 2001. Thomas Risse-Kappen, Bringing Transnational Relations Back In. Fiona Robinson, Globalizing Care: Ethics, Feminist Theory, and International Relations, Westview Press, 1999. James Rosenau and Cziempel, eds., Governance without Government. John Ruggie, Constructing World Polity. Bruce Russett, Triangulating Peace (2001 ). *Scott Sagan and Ken Waltz, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons (W.W. Norton, 2002) *Thomas Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict (1960 ). Kenneth Schultz, Democracy and Coercive Diplomacy. (2001 ). SPGIA Political Science PhD IR Reading List, p. 4

Anne-Marie Slaughter, A New World Order (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005 ).. Christine Sylvester, Feminist Theory and International Relations in a Postmodern Era. Paul Taylor, International Organization in the Age of Globalization (2005 ). Judith Ann Tickner, Gendering International Relations: Issues and Approaches in the Post-Cold War Era. Columbia University Press, 2001. *Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War Peter Trubowitz, Defining the National Interest. (1998 ). R. Harrison Wagner, War and the State (Michigan, 2007) R.B.J. Walker, Inside/Outside: International Relations as Political Theory. *Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World System. (1974 ). *Kenneth Waltz, Man, the State and War: A Theoretical Analysis (1959 ). *Kenneth Waltz, Theory of International Politics. (1979 ). *Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars. (Third edition, 2000 ). Michael Walzer. Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad. University of Notre Dame Press, 1994 Thomas G. Weiss, David P. Forsythe, Roger A. Coates, and Kelly-Kate Pease, The United Nations and Changing World Politics, 5th Ed. (2007 ). *Alexander Wendt, Social Theory of International Politics. (1999 ). Articles Max Abrahms, 2006. Why Terrorism Does Not Work, International Security 31(2): 42-78. *Ivan Arreguin-Toft, 2001. How the Weak Win Wars: A Theory of Asymmetric Conflict, International Security 26(1): 93-128. *Benjamin Barber. Jihad vs. McWorld. Atlantic Monthly 269:3 (1992 ).. *1999. Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore, The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations, International Organization 53(4): 699-732. *Brooks, Stephen G. 1997. Dueling Realisms, International Organization, 51:3, pp. 445-477. SPGIA Political Science PhD IR Reading List, p. 5

Jeffrey Checkel, The Constructivist Turn in International Relations Theory, World Politics 50:2 (January Bruce Bueno de Mesquita et al, 1999. An Institutional Explanation of the Democratic Peace, APSR 93(4): 791-807. Busby, Joshua W., Who Cares about the Weather? Climate Change and U.S. National Security," Security Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Summer 2008), pp. 468-504. David Davenport, The New Diplomacy Policy Review, Dec 2002-Jan 2003 (1998 )., 324-8. *Doyle, Michael. 1986. Liberalism and World Politics. American Political Science Review 80(4 ).:1151 69. Doyle, M.W. and N. Sambanis (2000). "International peacebuilding: A theoretical and quantitative analysis." American Political Science Review, 94 (4), 779-801. Dan Drezner, 2003, "The Hidden Hand of Economic Coercion," International Organization 57(3): 643-659 *James Fearon, Domestic Political Audiences and the Escalation of International Disputes, APSR 88:3 (September 1994 ). *James Fearon, Rationalist Explanations for War, International Organization 49:3 (Summer 1995 )., 379-414. *Jim Fearon and David Laitin, 2003. Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War, American Political Science Review 97(1): 75-90. Fortna,V.P. (2004). "Does peacekeeping keep the peace? International intervention and the duration of peace after civil war." International Studies Quarterly, 48, 269-292. *Francis Fukuyama. The End of History? National Interest 16:3-18. Erik Gartzke, 2007. The Capitalist Peace, American Journal of Political Science 51(1): 166-191. *Alexander George, The Operational Code: A Neglected Approach to the Study of Political Leaders and Decision-Making, International Studies Quarterly 13:2 (June 1969 )., 190-222. Peter Gourevitch, The Second Image Reversed: The International Sources of Domestic Politics, International Organization 32:4 (Fall 1978 )., 881-912. Joseph Grieco, Anarchy and the Limits of Cooperation: A Realist Critique of the Newest Liberal Inter nationalism, International Organization 42:3 (Summer 1988 ). 48. SPGIA Political Science PhD IR Reading List, p. 6

J.M. Goldgeier and P.E. Tetlock, Psychology and International Relations Theory, Annual Review of Political Science, no. 4 (2001 )., pp. 67-92. *Garrett Hardin. The Tragedy of the Commons, Science, 162 (December 13, 1968 )., 1243-48. Samuel Huntington. The Clash of Civilizations, Foreign Affairs, 72:3 (1993 ). John Ikenberry, Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Persistence of American Postwar Order, International Security 23:3 (Winter 1998/99 )., 43-78. Robert Jervis, Cooperation under the Security Dilemma, World Politics 30:2 (January 1978 )., 167-214 Stephen Krasner, State Power and the Structure of International Trade, World Politics 28:3 (April 1976 ). Matthew Kroenig, 2013. Nuclear Superiority and the Balance of Resolve: Explaining Nuclear Crisis Outcomes, International Organization 67(1): 141-171. Kroenig, Matthew, Time to Attack Iran: Why a Strike Is the Least Bad Option," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 91, No. 1 (January/February 2012), pp. 76-86. Jacek Kugler and A.F.K. Organski, The Power Transition: A Retrospective and Prospective Evaluation, in Manus I. Midlarsky, ed., Handbook of War Studies (Boston, Unwin Hyman, 1989 )., pp. 171-194. Andy Kydd and Barbara Walter. 2002. Sabotaging the Peace: The Politics of Extremist Violence, International Organization 56(2): 263-296. Jeffrey Legro and Andrew Moravcsik, Is Anybody Still A Realist? International Security 24:2 (Fall1999)., 5-55 Jack Levy, Prospect theory, rational choice, and international relations, International Studies Quarterly 41:1 (March 1997 ). Lieber, Kier A. 2000. Grasping the Technological Peace: The Offense-Defense Balance and International Security, International Security, 25:1, pp. 71-104. Keir Lieber and Daryl Press, 2006. The End of MAD? The Nuclear Dimension of U.S. Primacy, International Security 30(4): 7-44. Lyall, Jason, and Isaiah Wilson, III, Rage Against the Machines: Explaining Outcomes in Counterinsurgency Wars," International Organization, Vol. 63,No. 1 (Winter 2009), pp. 67-106. John Mearsheimer, The False Promise of International Institutions, International Security 19:3 (Winter 1994/95)., 5-49. SPGIA Political Science PhD IR Reading List, p. 7

John J. Mearsheimer. Why We Shall Soon Miss the Cold War. Atlantic Monthly 226: 2 (1990) John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, 2013. Leaving Theory Behind: Why Simplistic Hypothesis Testing is Bad for IR, European Journal of International Relations 19(3): 427-457. *Jennifer Mitzen, 2006. Ontological Security in World Politics: State Identity and the Security Dilemma, European Journal of International Relations 12(3): 341-370. *Modelski, George. Is World Politics Evolutionary Learning? International Organization 44, 1 (Winter 1990 )., pp. 1-24. *Nuno Monteiro, 2011/12. Unrest Assured: Why Unipolarity is not Peaceful, International Security 36(3): 9-40. *Andrew Moravcsik, Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics, International Organization 51:4 (Autumn 1997)., 513-553. Mueller, John, and Mark G. Stewart, The Terrorism Delusion: America's Overwrought Response to September 11," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Summer 2012), pp. 81-110. Bob Pape, 2003. The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, APSR 97(3): 343-361. Bob Pape, 2012. When Duty Calls: A Pragmatic Standard of Humanitarian Intervention, International Security 37(1): 41-80. Daryl Press, Scott Sagan, and Ben Valentino. 2013. Atomic Aversion: Experimental Evidence on Taboos, Traditions, and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons, APSR 107(1): 188-206. *Robert Putnam, Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games, International Organization 42:3 (Summer 1988 ). Brian Rathbun, 2007. Uncertain about Uncertainty: Understanding the Multiple Meanings of a Crucial Concept in IR Theory, International Studies Quarterly 51(3): 533-557. *Rosato, Sebastian. 2003. The Flawed Logic of Democratic Peace Theory, American Political Science Review, 97, pp. 585-602. Gideon Rose, Neoclassical Realism and Theories of Foreign Policy, World Politics 51:1 (October J. Scott *Sagan, 1996/97. Why do States Build Nuclear Weapons? Three Models in Search of a Bomb, International Security 21(3): 54-86. Schelling, T.C.(1957). "Bargaining, communication, and limited war." Journal of Conflict Resolution 1 (1), 19-36. SPGIA Political Science PhD IR Reading List, p. 8

Randall Schweller, Bandwagoning for Profit: Bringing the Revisionist State Back In, International Security 19:1 (Summer 1994 )., 72-107. Todd Sechser and Matthew Fuhrmann, 2013. Crisis Bargaining and Nuclear Blackmail, International Organization 67(1): 173-195. *David Singer, The Level of Analysis Problem in International Relations, World Politics 14:1 (October 1961 )., 77-92. Glenn Snyder, The Security Dilemma in Alliance Politics, World Politics 36, 4 (July 1984 )., pp. 461-95. Staniland, Paul, Organizing Insurgency: Networks, Resources, and Rebellion in South Asia," International Security, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Summer 2012), pp. 142-177. Stedman, S.J. (1997). "Spoiler problems in peace processes." International Security,22 (2), 5-53. Stern, P.C. and Druckman, D. (2000). "Evaluating interventions in history: The case of international conflict resolution." International Studies Review, 2, 33-63. Patricia Sullivan, 2007. War Aims and War Outcomes: Why Powerful States Lose Limited Wars, Journal of Conflict Resolution 51(3): 496-524. *1999. Nina Tannenwald. The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Normative Basis of Nuclear Non-Use, International Organization 53(3): 433-468 Stephen Van Evera, Offense, Defense, and the Causes of War, International Security 22:4 (Spring 1998)., 5-43. Stephen Walt, Rigor or Rigor Mortis? Rational Choice and Security Studies, International Security 23:4 (Spring 1999 )., 5-48. See also the responses to this article in International Security 24:2 (Fall 1999 ). Waltz, Kenneth N., Why Iran Should Get the Bomb: Nuclear Balancing Would Mean Stability," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 91, No. 4 (July/August 2012),pp. 2-5. Alex Wendt, 2003. Why a World State is Inevitable, European Journal of International Relations 9(4): 491-542. Michael Williams, 2003. Words, Images, Enemies: Securitization and International Politics, International Studies Quarterly 47(4): 511-531. William Wohlforth, Realism and the End of the Cold War, International Security 19:3 (Winter 1994/95).,91-129. SPGIA Political Science PhD IR Reading List, p. 9