Political Science 7, International Politics

Course Syllabus

Required Readings

• Realism and Idealism
• Conversation With Kenneth Waltz: A Theory of International Relations
• Conversation with Kenneth Waltz: The Idea of Structure in International Relations Theory
• Conversation With Kenneth Waltz: A Unipolar World
• Conversation with Kenneth Waltz: Deterrence and Rogues
• Conversation with Stephen Krasner: Beyond Sovereignty
• Conversation with Stephen Krasner: Idealism in International Politics
• Conversation with Stephen Krasner: Sovereignty
• Conversation with Stephen Krasner: Theory and Practice
• Conversations with Robert Jervis: Doing International Relations Theory
• Robert Jervis on the Bush Administration's Response to 9/11
• It's a Flat World, After All, by Thomas L. Friedman
• The World is Round, by John Gray
• The Neo-Neoconservatism, by Dena Roth, The Current
• The Neocons and Iraq by Peter Berkowitz, The Wall Street Journal
• Hans Morgenthau and the Iraq war: realism versus neo-conservatism by John J Mearsheimer, Open Democracy.net 
• The Politics and Psychology of Intelligence and Intelligence Reform, by Robert Jervis
• The Failure to See that The Shah Might Fall: The Jervis Post-Mortem For the CIA in Retrospect, Robert Jervis

Readings for in-Class Discussion  

• Hillary Clinton, Diplomat in chief, Los Angeles Times
• 5 Reasons to Intervene in Syria Now, The New York Times
• A New Kind of Warfare, The New York Times
• Nuclear Mullahs, The New York Times

• Risks of Syrian Intervention Limit Options for U.S.

• Free Syria, The Weekly Standard
• How to Defeat Iran, The National Interest
• Iran's Terrible Rationality, National Review Online
• Drones for Human Rights, The New York Times
• The End of American Intervention, The New York Times