Cases in International Relations
ISBN: 9780205723782 | 0205723780
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2010
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Cases in International Relationschallenges students to use international relations theory to understand the most current and pressing issues facing the world. Designed to complement the main themes of any introductory course, this bestselling text presents 16 original case studies that survey the state of the international system and look in-depth at issues of current interest.Cases in International Relationsoffers more than a collection of journal articles; it provides a coherent and accessible approach that encourages students to put international relations concepts to practical use.
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Enduring Dynamics | p. 1 |
| Democratic Peace: Popular Terror and Unfriendly Democracies | p. 3 |
| Precis | p. 3 |
| The Democratic Peace Idea | p. 5 |
| The Challenges: Hamas and Others | p. 13 |
| Conclusion | p. 17 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 18 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 19 |
| Web Sites | p. 20 |
| S... MORE | p. 21 |
| Precis | p. 21 |
| The Concept of Sovereignty | p. 23 |
| The Assault on Sovereignty Outside the UN: The Iraq Precedent | p. 29 |
| Conclusion | p. 36 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 36 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 37 |
| Web Sites | p. 38 |
| War Crimes: International Law and the Problem of Torture | p. 39 |
| Precis | p. 39 |
| Background of the Problem | p. 41 |
| Evolution of the Problem | p. 44 |
| Bosnia and Rwanda: The Problem Revived | p. 46 |
| The Bosnia "Ethnic Cleansing" | p. 47 |
| Proposals for a Permanent War Crimes Tribunal | p. 50 |
| Conclusion | p. 55 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 56 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 57 |
| Web Sites | p. 57 |
| Irresolvable Conflicts: The Israeli-Palestinian Impasse | p. 58 |
| Precis | p. 58 |
| Irresolvable Conflicts | p. 59 |
| The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | p. 61 |
| Israeli Independence, War, and Displacement | p. 63 |
| The Current Impasse | p. 73 |
| Conclusion | p. 75 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 77 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 77 |
| Web Sites | p. 78 |
| National and International Security | p. 79 |
| Future War: From Symmetrical to Asymmetrical Conflict | p. 81 |
| Precis | p. 81 |
| Planning Twentieth-Century Style: Anticipating World War II | p. 84 |
| Planning Twenty-First-Century Style: Anticipating Future Wars | p. 89 |
| Conflict Environment | p. 89 |
| Conclusion | p. 96 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 97 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 97 |
| Web Sites | p. 98 |
| Peacekeeping: The Case of Darfur | p. 100 |
| Precis | p. 100 |
| Peacekeeping in Theory and Practice | p. 102 |
| Peacekeeping in Darfur | p. 112 |
| Conclusion | p. 117 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 118 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 119 |
| Web Sites | p. 119 |
| Proliferation: North Korea and the Future | p. 120 |
| Precis | p. 120 |
| The Proliferation Problem | p. 121 |
| The Proliferation Problem Applied: Iran, Iraq, and North Korea | p. 130 |
| Conclusion | p. 135 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 136 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 137 |
| Web Sites | p. 137 |
| Pivotal States: Confronting and Accommodating Iran | p. 138 |
| Precis | p. 138 |
| Iran: A Pivotal State | p. 140 |
| Dealing with Iran | p. 149 |
| Conclusion | p. 155 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 155 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 156 |
| Web Sites | p. 157 |
| International Political Economy | p. 159 |
| Free Trade: From ITO to WTO and Beyond | p. 161 |
| Precis | p. 161 |
| Institutionalizing Trade | p. 164 |
| Is Institutionalized Free Trade a Good Idea? | p. 169 |
| Conclusion | p. 174 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 175 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 176 |
| Web Sites | p. 177 |
| Rising Powers: China as Friend, Enemy, or Frenemy | p. 178 |
| Precis | p. 178 |
| The Setting: From Humiliation, Chaos, and Poverty to Modernization | p. 180 |
| Economic Growth, But Questions | p. 182 |
| The "Fourth Modernization:" Military Enhancement | p. 184 |
| Noncoercive Influence: The Beijing Olympics | p. 188 |
| Policy Alternatives: Containment or Engagement? | p. 189 |
| Conclusion | p. 191 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 192 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 192 |
| Web Sites | p. 194 |
| Economic Globalization: India and Venezuela | p. 195 |
| Precis | p. 195 |
| The Bases of Globalization | p. 198 |
| The Globalization Debate: India versus Venezuela | p. 202 |
| Conclusion | p. 210 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 212 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 212 |
| Web Sites | p. 213 |
| Regional Integration: the European Union Faces the Future | p. 214 |
| Precis | p. 214 |
| The Regional Integration Process | p. 216 |
| The European Union Experience | p. 220 |
| Conclusion | p. 229 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 230 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 231 |
| Web Sites | p. 231 |
| Human Security | p. 233 |
| Global Warming: Facing the Problem, Kyoto and Beyond | p. 235 |
| Precis | p. 235 |
| The Road to Kyoto-and Beyond? | p. 237 |
| Warm and Getting Warmer: But How Much? | p. 243 |
| Conclusion | p. 247 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 249 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 250 |
| Web Sites | p. 251 |
| Resource Scarcity: Oil, the Lubricant That Corrodes | p. 252 |
| Precis | p. 252 |
| The Problem of Petroleum Scarcity | p. 256 |
| Petroleum Scarcity and Conflict | p. 263 |
| Conclusion | p. 270 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 270 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 271 |
| Web Sites | p. 272 |
| International Disasters: African AIDS-Worse Than the Bubonic Plague | p. 273 |
| Precis | p. 273 |
| The Pandemic as a Transstate Issue | p. 275 |
| Dimensions of the Problem | p. 277 |
| International Solutions | p. 283 |
| Conclusion | p. 286 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 287 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 288 |
| Web Sites | p. 289 |
| Terrorism: Whence the War on Terror | p. 290 |
| Precis | p. 290 |
| What is Terrorism? | p. 292 |
| Evolving Terrorism since September 11 | p. 299 |
| Dealing with Terrorism: The GWOT | p. 301 |
| Conclusion: Whence the Threat | p. 306 |
| Study/Discussion Questions | p. 307 |
| Reading/Research Material | p. 308 |
| Web Sites | p. 309 |
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