International Relations Theory

Mark V. Kauppi is associate adjunct professor with the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He retired from the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2016 after a thirty-year career which included assignments as professor at the National Intelligence University and chief of a Department of Defense/intelligence community counterterrorism training program for analysts and managers.Paul R. Viotti is professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. His expertise is in the areas of foreign policy, national security, and international relations theory. A retired colonel in the U.S. Air Force, Viotti has also been a member of the Denver Council on Foreign Relations, its president (1993-2003), Vice Chair (2003-17) and emeritus board member (2017-present). He is also on the Board of Advisors of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society.

• Chapter 1 Thinking About IR TheoryPart I: The Intellectual Roots of International Relations Theory [formerly Part 3]Chapter 2: The Ancients: Greeks, Chinese, and Indian ThoughtChapter 3: Greco-Roman Thought and the Middle AgesChapter 4: The Rise of the State and Modern Political ThoughtPart II: Images of International Relations TheoryChapter 5: Realism: The State and Balance of PowerChapter 6: Liberalism: Interdependence and Global GovernanceChapter 7: Economic Structuralism: Global Capitalism and PostcolonialismChapter 8: The English School: International Society and Grotian RationalismPart III: Interpretive Understandings & Normative ConsiderationsChapter 9: Constructivist UnderstandingsChapter 10: Positivism, Critical Theory, and Postmodern UnderstandingsChapter 11: Feminist Understandings in IR TheoryChapter 12: Normative IR Theory: Ethics and MoralityGlossary

I was taught with an earlier version of this text, and I teach with the newest one today. It is simply the best introduction to IR theory, a one-stop shop that provides a strong foundation for more advanced study of the field. I cannot recommend it highly enough.