International Politics - International Student Edition

Scott P. Handler (Ph.D., Stanford University) is Assistant Professor of international relations and deputy director of the international relations program at the United States Military Academy, West Point. He is an active-duty Army officer who studies international cyber strategy and policy, state-building, and post-conflict reconstruction. At Stanford he was a Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, a Graduate Fellow at the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation, and a Degree Fellow at the East-West Center. Robert Person is an associate professor of International Affairs at the United States Military Academy (West Point), where he teaches courses in international relations, comparative politics, political economy, and post-Soviet politics. He holds a PhD in political science from Yale University, as well as an MA in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from Stanford University. His research focuses on foreign and domestic politics of Russia and other former Soviet states, democratization, nationalism, and political culture. He has published several scholarly articles and book chapters on the politics of the post-Soviet states, as well as numerous articles in media outlets on contemporary challenges in the post-Soviet space. He is currently writing a book on Russian grand strategy in the 21st century.

• Chapter 1 - The Science of PoliticsInternational Relations: One World, Many TheoriesLeaving Theory BehindMan, the State, and War: A Theoretical AnalysisConceptual Models and the Cuban Missile CrisisChapter 2 - RealismA Realist Theory of International PoliticsThe Origins of War in Neorealist TheoryAnarchy and the Struggle for PowerAlliance Formation and the Balance of World PowerThe Melian DialogueChapter 3 - LiberalismThe Liberal Tradition and International RelationsInternational Institutions: Can Interdependence Work?The Great IllusionThe Rise of the Trading StateEconomic Interdependence and War: A Theory of Trade ExpectationsDemocracy, War, and ExpansionDemocratization and WarChapter 4 - ConstructivismConstructivismStigmatizing the BombInternational Norm Dynamics and Political ChangeThe Violence of IllusionNSC 68: A Report to the National Security Council on United States Objectives and Programs for National SecurityChapter 5 - Alternative Approaches in International Relations TheoryImperialism, the Highest Stage of CapitalismDependence Theory: Concepts, Classifications, and CriticismsFeminism Meets International RelationsThe Positivist Study of Gender and International RelationsWhy Race Matters in International RelationsChapter 6 - International SecurityCooperation Under the Security DilemmaShifting Power and the Preventive War OptionThe Diplomacy of ViolenceWhy Iran Should Get the BombMore Will Be Worse: The Spread of Nuclear WeaponsExploring the Bargaining Model of WarUnderstanding Civil WarTransnational Dimensions of Civil WarStructural Causes of Oppositional Political TerrorismChapter 7 - International Political EconomyWhat You Should Know About Globalization and the World Trade OrganizationState Power and the Structure of International TradeVotes and Vetoes: The Political Determinants of Commercial OpennessThe Free Trade Paradox: The Bad Politics of a Good IdeaWhy Globalization Stalled and How to Restart ItThe Use and Misuse of Economic StatecraftChapter 8 - Contemporary Challenges in International RelationsBeyond the Failed State: Toward Conceptual AlternativesFailed States in a World of Terror”Warming World: Why Climate Change Matters More Than Anything ElseReport on Effects of a Changing ClimateHow the U.S. Can Play Cyber Offense - Deterrence Isn’t EnoughWill the Liberal Order Survive? The History of an IdeaAmerica and the Geopolitics of Upheaval