Duke University

Department of Political Science

PS 93: International Relations

Fall 2002

Course hours: Mon & Wed 1:10 - 2:00 p.m. Peter Feaver

Class location: White Lecture Hall 107 (East Campus) 331 Perkins Lib

Office hours: Mon & Wed 11:00-12:15 660-4331

or by appointment

Teaching Assistants: Eddy Malesky, ejm5@duke.edu Head TA

Adam Brinegar, adam.brinegar@duke.edu

Ari Kohen, ak19@duke.edu

Sergiy Taran, sergiy.taran@duke.edu

Jimmy Teng, jt6@duke.edu

Michael Tofias, michael.tofias@duke.edu

Overview of the Course

This course aims to help students make sense of the confusing daily stream of headlines coming from around the world by providing the background and conceptual tools students need to understand contemporary international relations.

The course will introduce students to the wide range of issues that make up the study of international relations, including the workings of the state system, the causes of war, the evolving nature of power, the basics of international political economics, and special global challenges. The course will cover both the military and the socio-economic aspects of international relations.

This course is organized around the metaphor of Chinese food. In the beginning, students will examine the basic ingredients of the study of international relations. We will consider the actors, goals, means, and consequences of state interaction – IR’s soy sauce, ginger root, garlic, and MSG. The rest of the course is designed to give an overview of the breadth and scope of the wide-ranging field of international relations. Along the way, students will get a taste of follow-on courses they might choose to take in international security, international political economy, international law, American foreign policy, and so on. You might say that this is the "dim sum" of international relations courses in the department of Political Science. The fortune cookie dessert will be a look to the future and an examination of some of the most important issues currently on the international agenda: terrorism, friction along civilizational fault-lines, and current debates in American foreign policy.

Requirements and Grading

One in-class midterm exam worth 20%

One take-home midterm exam worth 20%

One final cumulative in-class examination worth 40%

The remaining 20% is a Preceptor grade consisting of class participation, weekly current events quizzes, and a short writing project.

Readings

The following books are on order at the bookstore:

Karen A. Mingst, Essentials of International Relations (W.W. Norton & Company, Second Edition) {listed below as Mingst EIR}

Robert Art & Robert Jervis, International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues, Sixth Edition {listed below as Art, IPECCI}

Thomas L. Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree

Readings not included in one of the texts can be found through one of Duke’s online databases. These readings are listed in the syllabus in italics. Compared to previous years, the reading load has been streamlined and it is expected that every student will do all the readings. That said, there is something of a priority in the readings. The articles from Art & Jervis and the other online articles are the most important and students should make every effort to master them. The Mingst book does not really function as a traditional textbook; it is not the primary reader. It is useful for providing background, especially for the initial part of the course on theory and concepts. Finally, the Friedman book is a lively read and is meant to provide the immediate context for current events, context that you may otherwise be missing. The Friedman reading assignments are not really pegged to the lectures but are designed to get you to finish the book in time for the second half of the course.

In addition, I expect students to read regularly either the New York Times or the Washington Post, both of which are available for free on the WWW.

The course is designed so that it is impossible to get an A unless the student is actively keeping up with what is going on in the real world. About half of the preceptor grade (roughly 10% of the course grade) will be based on current events quizzes. The quizzes will be drawn from that week’s New York Times and from Friedman’s The Lexus and the Olive Tree. The exams will also ask you to relate general IR concepts to current events.

COURSE OUTLINE

CONCEPTS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. Introduction Monday, 26 August

* Introduction, Mingst, EIR, "Approaches to International Relations," pp. 1-16

2. Anarchy: Domestic vs. international politics Wednesday, 28 August

* Mingst, EIR, "Contending Perspectives: How to Think About International Relations Theoretically," pp. 57-82.

* Art, IPECCI, Kenneth N. Waltz, "The Anarchic Structure of World Politics," pp. 47-67

* Ole Holsti, "Theories of International Relations" only available on the web at http://www.duke.edu/~pfeaver/holsti.pdf

* Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Chapters 1-3

3. Actors: The nation-state et al. Monday, 2 September

* Art, IPECCI, Jessica Mathews, "Power Shift," pp. 539-550

* Art, IPECCI, Stephen D. Krasener, "The State is Alive and Well," pp. 551-556

* Art, IPECCI, Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, "Transnational Activist Networks," pp. 557-563

* Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye, "Transgovernmental Relations and International Organizations," World Politics, 27(1) October 1974: 39-62. Search JSTOR with (authors) Keohane, Nye, and (journal) World Politics

4. Goals: National Interest Wednesday, 4 September

* Art, IPECCI, Hans J. Morgenthau, "The Moral Blindness of Scientific Man," pp. 7-16

* Art, IPECCI, J. Ann Tickner, "A Critique of Morganthau’s Principles of Political Realism," pp. 17-28

* Art, IPECCI, Joseph M. Grieco, "Anarchy and the Limits of Cooperation," pp. 68-72

* Art, IPECCI, Alexander Wendt, "Anarchy is What States Make of It," in Art, IPECCI, pp. 73-80

* Stephen D. Krasner, Defending the National Interest (Princeton University Press, 1978), pp. 5-34 THIS IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON ELECTRONIC RESERVE

* Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Chapters 4-6

5. Instruments: Power Monday, 9 September

* Art, IPECCI, Robert J. Art, "The Fungibility of Force," pp. 247-262

* Joseph S. Nye, Jr., "Soft Power," Foreign Policy 80 (Fall 1990): pp. 153-171.

Search EBSCOHost with (au) nye and (ti) soft power

6. Shaping Forces: Nationalism Wednesday, 11 September

* Mingst, EIR, "The Historical Context of Contemporary International Relations," pp. 17-56.

* Amitai Etzioni, "The Evils of Self-Determination," Foreign Policy, No. 89 (Winter 1992/93):21-35 Search EBSCO Host with (au) Etzioni and "evils"

* Peter van Ham, "The Rise of the Brand State," Foreign Affairs 80(5) (September/October 2001): pp. 2-6 Search EBSCO Host with (au) van Ham and "brand"

* Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Chapters 7-9

7. Three images: levels of analysis Monday, 16 September

* Mingst, EIR, "The International System," pp. 83-99; "The State," pp. 100-130; and "The Individual," pp. 131-151.

8. System vs. State Wednesday, 18 September

* reread: Art, IPECCI, Kenneth N. Waltz, "The Anarchic Structure of World Politics," pp. 47-67

* reread: Art, IPECCI, Joseph M. Grieco, "Anarchy and the Limits of Cooperation," pp. 68-72

* Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Chapters 10-12

9. MID-TERM I Monday, 23 September

THE INTERSECTION OF SECURITY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY: REGIMES AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

10. Security dilemma and power management Wednesday, 25 September

* Art, IPECCI, Robert Jervis, "Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma," pp. 180-199

* Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Chapters 13-15

11. Three Images and the Causes of War Monday, 30 September

* Mingst, EIR, "War and Strife," pp. 151-181

12. What is International Political Economy? Wednesday, 2 October

* Art, IPECCI, Robert Gilpin, "The Nature of Political Economy," pp. 281-297

* Art, IPECCI, Robert O. Keohane, "Hegemony in the World Political Economy,"

pp. 298-310

* Mingst, EIR, "International Political Economy," pp. 182-216

* Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Chapters 16-18

13. Globalization Monday, 7 October

* Joseph M. Grieco and G. John Ikenberry, "Economic Globalization and its Discontents," available online at http://www.duke.edu/~pfeaver/grieco_reading.chapter6.htm

* Art, IPECCI, Dani Rodrik, "Trading in Illusions," pp. 495-502

* Art, IPECCI, John Micklethwait and Adrian Woolridge, "Why the Globalization Backlash is Stupid," pp. 503-510

14. Regimes and International Cooperation Wednesday, 9 October

* Mingst, EIR, "The Quest for Global Governance," pp. 217-250

* Art, IPECCI, Robert O. Keohane, "A Functional Theory of Regimes," pp. 131-137

* Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Chapters 19-20

15. Ethics and International Relations Wednesday, 16 October

* Mingst, EIR, "Human Rights," pp. 265-279

* Art, IPECCI, Rhoda E. Howard and Jack Donnelly, "Human Rights in World Politics," pp. 29-46

16. International Law Monday, 21 October

* Art, IPECCI, Stanley Hoffmann, "The Uses and Limits of International Law," pp. 126-130

* Art, IPECCI, Steven R. Ratner, "International Law: The Trials of Global Norms,"

pp. 577-582

17. International Government Wednesday, 23 October

* Art, IPECCI, Adam Roberts, "The United Nations and International Security," pp. 138-146

* Helman, Gerald B. and Steven R. Ratner, "Saving Failed States," Foreign Policy, No. 89, Winter 1992-93, p. 3-20 Search EBSCO Host with (au) Helman and Ratner and "failed"

MID-TERM II: Handed out at end of lecture

SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY

18. The Cold War As History Monday, 28 October

* Zbigniew Brzezinski, "The Cold War and Its Aftermath," Foreign Affairs 71(4) (Fall 1992): 31ff. Search EBSCO Host with (au) Brzezinski and "aftermath"

MID-TERM II: Due at beginning of lecture

19. Colonialism and Imperialism Wednesday, 30 October

* Art, IPECCI, Bruce R. Scott, "The Great Divide in the Global Village," pp. 311-323

* Sebastian Mallaby, "The Reluctant Imperialist: Terrorism, Failed States, and the Case for American Empire," Foreign Affairs 81(2) (March/April 2002), pp. 2-7 Search EBSCO Host with (au) Mallaby and "reluctant"

20. The Nuclear Revolution Monday, 4 November

* Art, IPECCI, John Mueller, "The Irrelevance of Nuclear Weapons," pp. 207-220

* Art, IPECCI, Robert Jervis, "The Utility of Nuclear Deterrence," pp. 221-230

21. The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Wednesday, 6 November

* Art, IPECCI, Kenneth N. Waltz, "Peace, Stability, and Nuclear Weapons," pp. 448-462

* Peter D. Feaver, "Proliferation Optimism and Theories of Nuclear Operations," Security Studies, Vol. 2, No. 3/4 (Spring/Summer 1993), pp. 159-191 THIS IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON ELECTRONIC RESERVE

22. Ethnic Conflicts Monday, 11 November

* Art, IPECCI, Chaim Kaufmann, "Possible and Impossible Solutions to Ethnic Civil Wars," pp. 426-447

* Charles King, "The Myth of Ethnic Warfare: Understanding Conflict in the Post-Cold War World," Foreign Affairs 80(6) (November/December 2001): pp. 165-170. Search EBSCO Host with (au) King and "ethnic warfare"

* Edward N. Luttwak, "Give War a Chance," Foreign Affairs 78(4) (July/August 1999): pp. 36-44. Search EBSCO Host with (au) Luttwak and "war"

*Ron Pundak, "From Oslo to Taba: What Went Wrong?" Survival 43, no. 3 (Autumn 2001), pp, 31-45 Only way to get full text: search Duke libraries for title "Survival" (type limited to "serial"). It will give you two electronic access links. Do not go to ProQuest (both ProQuest and EBSCO have only the abstract). Go to the Survival link, go to the volume and issue, and click on the PDF link for the article. You get the full text.

* Yossi Klein Halevi, "The Asymmetry of Pity," The National Interest Fall 2001, pp. 37-44. Search EBSCO Host with (au) Halevi and "asymmetry"

23. Wielding Economic Power Wednesday, 13 November

* Jesse Helms, "What Sanctions Epidemic," Foreign Affairs 78(1) (January/February 1999), pp. 2-8. Search EBSCO Host with (au) Helms and "epidemic"

* John and Karl Mueller, "Sanctions of Mass Destruction," Foreign Affairs 78, No. 3 (May/June 1999), pp. 43-53. Search EBSCO Host with (au) Mueller and "sanctions"

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

24. Clash of Civilizations Monday, 18 November

* Art, IPECCI, Samuel P. Huntington, "The Clash of Civilizations?" pp. 411-425

* David Welch, "The Clash of Civilizations Thesis as an Argument and as Phenomenon," available at http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/~welch/misc/cc Note you will be asked for a user name (use "duke" in lower case) and a password (use "gobluedevils" in lower case)

* Robert Kaplan, "Anarchy," Atlantic Monthly, Feb 1994, pp. 44-76. Located on the Web at: http://www.theatlantic.com/election/connection/foreign/anarchy.htm

25. Terrorism Wednesday, 20 November

* Art, IPECCI, Brian Jenkins, "International Terrorism," pp. 200-206

* Art, IPECCI, Richard A. Falkenrath, Robert D. Newman, and Bradley A. Thayer, "The Non-State NBC Threat," pp. 463-468

* Walter Laqueur, "Postmodern Terrorism: New Rules for an Old Game," Foreign Affairs, 75(5) September/October 1996: 24ff. Search EBSCO with Laqueur and "postmodern"

* L. Paul Bremer, "A New Strategy for the New Face of Terrorism," National Interest, 65 (Thanksgiving 2001), pp. 23-30 Search EBSCO Host with Bremer and "terrorism"

* Graham E. Fuller, "The Future of Political Islam," Foreign Affairs 81(2) (March/April 2002), pp. 48-60 Search EBSCO Host with Fuller and "islam"

*Charles J. Dunlap, "International Law and Terrorism: Some Q’s and A’s for Operators," unpublished manuscript available at http://www.duke.edu/~pfeaver/dunlap.pdf

26. America the "Hyper-Power"? Monday, 22 November

* Art, IPECCI, Samuel P. Huntington, "Why International Primacy Matters," pp. 367-376

* Art, IPECCI, William C. Wohlforth, "The Stability of a Unipolar World," pp. 469-476

* Art, IPECCI, G. John Ikenberry, "The Stability of Post-Cold War Order," pp. 477-483

*Sophie Meunier, "The French Exception," Foreign Affairs, 79(4) July/August 2000: 104ff
Search EBSCO Host with Meunier and "French"

* Kenneth Pollack, "Next Stop Baghdad," Foreign Affairs 81(2) (March/April 2002), pp. 32-47 Search EBSCO Host with Pollack and "Baghdad"

27. Emerging Great Power Rivalries Monday, 2 December

* Richard Bernstein and Ross H. Munro, "China I: The Coming Conflict with America," Foreign Affairs, 76(2) March/April 1997, pp. 18-32 Search EBSCO Host with Bernstein, limit journal to Foreign Affairs March/April 1997

* Robert S. Ross, "China II: Beijing as a Conservative Power," Foreign Affairs, March/April 1997, pp. 33-44 Search EBSCO Host with Ross, limit journal to Foreign Affairs March/April 1997

* Gerald Segal, "Does China Matter?", Foreign Affairs 78, No. 5 (September/October 1999), pp. 24-36. Search EBSCO Host with Segal and "china matter"

* Thomas J. Christensen, "China, the U.S.-Japan Alliance, and the Security Dilemma in East Asia," International Security 23, no. 4 (Spring 1999), pp. 49-80 Search EBSCO Host with Christensen and "security dilemma"

* Kurt M. Campbell and Derek J. Mitchell, "Crisis in the Taiwan Strait?," Foreign Affairs 80(4) (July/August 2001), pp. 14-25 Search EBSCO Host with Campbell and Mitchell and "taiwan"

28. Review Wednesday, 4 December

* Kenneth Waltz, "Structural Realism after the Cold War," International Security 25, no. 1 (Summer 2000), pp. 5-41 Search EBSCO Host with Waltz and "cold war"