This is a list of extra readings for the IR 102 course.
* for course syllabus, click here.
WEEK 3
Realism:
– Thucydides, “The Melian Dialogue”, History of the Peloponnesian War.
– VIDEO: “Conversations with History: John Mearsheimer”
WEEK 4
Liberalism:
– Condoleezza Rice, “The Promise of Democratic Peace”, The Washington Post, Dec 11 2005.
– Abukar Arman, “Erdogan: The hero of Somalia”, Al-Jazeera, Jan 21 2015.
– VIDEO: “Conversations with History: Joseph S. Nye”
WEEK 5
Marxism:
– General Smedley D. Butler, War is a Racket, 1935.
WEEK 6
International Conflicts I:
– Barry Malone, “Next on Egypt’s to-do: Ethiopia and the Nile”, Al-Jazeera, Dec 9 2013.
– VIDEO: “Michael Klare: The Race for What’s Left”
WEEK 7
International Conflicts II:
– Samuel P. Huntington: “The Clash of Civilizations?”.
– VIDEO: “Mahmood Mamdani: State Formation and Conflict”
WEEK 8
Military Force:
– Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy, “Spectre Orange”, The Guardian, March 29 2003.
WEEK 9
Terrorism:
– “Interview wih Edward Peck“, DemocracyNow.org, July 28 2006. (Click “show full transcript” please. Or if you prefer ‘watching’, you may jump to the 36th minute of the video.)
WEEK 10
International Organizations:
– Gareth Evans, “Valuing the United Nations”, Project Syndicate, 26 March 2013.
– Thomas G. Weiss, “The illusion of UN Security Council reform“, Washington Quarterly, 26 (4), 2003, pp: 147-161.
WEEK 11
Human Rights:
– Gareth Evans, “R2P down but not out after Libya and Syria”, http://www.opendemocracy.net, Sep 9 2013.
WEEK 12
International Trade:
– Clyde Prestowitz, “As Accusations Fly, Poor Nations Suffer”, Washington Post, 8.6.2003.
WEEK 13
International Integration:
– Mabel Berezin, “Europe Was Yesterday”, Harvard International Review, Jan 6 2011.
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