The Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences

The Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences

2012

Bar-Ilan University

The Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences

Introduction to International Relations 74-144-18/19

Dr. Ben Mollov

Topics of the course:

The course is intended to impart the students with perceptual tools and research principles to understand and analyze processes and events in the field of international relations. The course will focus on three important research questions which correspond to the three main levels of analysis:

1) What are the factors that contribute to conflict or stability in the international system?

2) What elements influence a state’s successful foreign policy?

3) What elements determine the effectiveness of a leader at the international level?

The course will place special emphasis on historic and cultural aspects for understanding processes. In addition students will be encouraged to apply academic tools to issues on the international agenda.

Requirements of the course:

  1. Attendance and active participation in lectures and exercises.
  2. Reading and exhibiting proficiency in the compulsory readings of the course.
  3. Submitting research exercises.
  4. Final exam.

Composition of the grade:

  1. Homework + attendance and active participation (40%).
  2. Final exam (60%).
  1. Introduction – What are international relations? – The historic development; Theories and Approaches

Karen Mingst and M. Arreguin-Toft (2011) , Essentials of International Relations (5th Edition). pp.1-14; 65-92; 15-64 (Optional).

Reserved: under MIN (001215120)

E.H. Carr (1947). The Twenty Years' Crisis, (New York: Harper and Row). pp. 1-10,

Reserved: under CAR t2 (000179876) AND offprint (000322547)

Charles W. Kegely Jr. and Gregory A. Raymond (1999). How Nations Make Peace. (New York: St. Martin's), pp. 142-168; pp. 169-199.

Reserved: under KEG (000447340)

Henry Kissinger (1994). Diplomacy. (New York: Simon and Schuster), pp.201-217; pp. 246-265; pp. 288-318 (Optional).

Reserved: under KIS d (000245118)

Suggested:

Sussanne Carruthers (2001). International History in: John Baylis and Steve Smith (eds.), the Globalization of World Politics (2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press). pp. 440-455

Reserved: under GLO (000491577)

  1. The basic controversy: Idealism versus realism; Classical Vs. Scientific Approaches

Tim Dunne and Brian Schmidt (2001). The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (2nd edition) John Baylis and Steven Smith (eds.) pp. 141-162.

Reserved: under GLO (000491577)

OR

Charles Kegley and Eugene Wittkopf (2001). World Politics: Trends and Transformation (8th edition Bedford/St. Martins) pp.25-49;

Reserved: under KEG (000490703)

J.D. Singer and David Small (1976). The war proneness of democratic regimes: 1816-1965. Jerusalem Journal of International Relations, 1(4), pp.49-69.

Journal (000153622) AND full text: from Google

Hans J. Morgenthau, and Kenneth Thompson (1985), Politics among Nations (Sixth Edition: New York: Alfred Knopf), chapter 1, pp. 3-17.

Reserved: under MOR p (000067592)

Optional:

Ole R. Holsti (1989). "Models of International Relations and Foreign Policy," Diplomatic History, 13(1), January: pp. 15-44.

Journal AND Ejournal (000142870)

  1. Levels of analysis in international relations

Bruce Russett and Harvey Starr (2006). "Levels of Analysis" in: World Politics: The Menu for Choice (4th edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth), pp. 124-151.

Ed. 4 (1992)- Reserved: under RUS w4 (000198096)

Ed. 8 (2006)- Reserved: under RUS w8 (001111264)

  1. The international system
  1. Models

Morton A. Kaplan.(1957). " Balance of Power, Bipolarity and Other Models of International Systems". The American Political Science Review, Vol. 51, No. 3 , pp. 684-695.

Journal AND Ejournal (000119278)

Charles W. Kegley, Jr. and Gregory A. Raymond (1999). How Nations Make Peace (Worth Publishers), pp.142-199

Reserved: under KEG (000447340)

Henry Kissinger (1994). Diplomacy (New York: Simon and Schuster), pp. 288-331.

Reserved: under KIS d (000245118)

  1. The State
  1. Fred Halliday (2001). "Nationalism" in: John Baylis and Steve Smith (eds.), the Globalization of World Politics (2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press). pp. 440-455

Reserved: under GLO (000491577)

Bruce Russett and Harvey Starr (1992). World Politics: The Menu for Choice (4th edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth), pp. 46-72.

Reserved: under RUS w4 (000198096)

  1. What are power and influence? How are they characterized?

H. Morgenthau, chapters 3-7, pp. 31-114.

Reserved: under MOR p (000067592)

Karen Mingst and M. Arreguin-Toft, Essentials of International Relations (5th Edition), pp.115-154

Reserved: under MIN (001215120)

Bruce Russett and Harvey Starr (1992). World Politics: The Menu for Choice (4th edition, Belmont, CA: Wadsworth), pp. 124-151.

Reserved: under RUS w4 (000198096)

Yehoshafat Harkabi, Nuclear War and Nuclear Peace. (Tel-Aviv: Maarachot, Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense, 1990), pp. 217-238.

Reserved: under HAR (001138720)

Reserved: under HAR (002361074)

R. Ned Lebow (2008). "Deterrence". (To appear on Moodle Site).

Dr. Ben Mollov has access to this article.

Joseph Nye (2004). "The Decline of America's Soft Power", Foreign Affairs 83, 3: pp. 16-20.

Journal AND Ejournal (000146564)

Eytan Gilboa (2008). "Searching for a Theory of Public Diplomacy", The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 616: pp. 55-77.

Ejournal (000125618)

Eytan Gilboa (2006). "Public Diplomacy: The Missing Component in Israel's Foreign Policy", Israel Affairs, 12, 4: pp. 715-747.

Ejournal (000268705)

  1. Setting national goals, elements of power and cultural background of Foreign Policy

Morgenthau, Chapters 8-10, pp. 117-183.

Reserved: under MOR p (000067592)

Simon Murden, "Cultural Conflict in International Relations: The West and Islam" in The Globalization of World Politics, pp. 374-389.

Reserved: under GLO (000491577)

John Gerard Russie (1997). "Interests, Identity and American Foreign Policy," International Security, 21 (4) Spring: pp. 89-125.

Journal AND Ejournal (000151847)

Bernard Lewis (2003). This Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror, (New York: The Modern Library): pp. 103-112.

Reserved: under LEW (001066654)

Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scoball (2012). "How China Sees America," Foreign Affairs,

Vol. 91, Issue 5 (September/October): pp.32-47.

Ejournal (000146564)

Qin Yaqing (2012). "Chinese Culture and its Implications for Foreign Policy Making."

Stephen White, Morgot Light and Ian McAllister (2005). Russia and the West: is there a Values Gap? International Politics, 42 (3). Pp. 314-333.

Ejournal (000582125)

  1. Interests, means and goals

Robinson, T. (1967). “National interests”, pp. 182-190. In Rosenau, G.N. (ed.), International Politics and Foreign Policy, New York: Free Press.

Ed. 1969 - Reserved: under INT (000002967) AND Offprint (001208841)

  1. The level of the individual – psychology and making decisions
  1. Perspective of the leader

Michael Brecher, Blema Steinberg and Janice Stein (1969). “A Framework for Research on Foreign Policy Behavior", Journal of Conflict Resolution, Volume 13, No.1 (March) pp. 75-101.

Journal AND Ejournal (000117345)

Robert Jervis (1968). "Hypothesis on Perception", World Politics, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 454-479.

Journal AND Ejournal (000150304)

Mingst and Arreguin-Toft (2011). Essentials of International Relations, pp.155-180.

Reserved under MIN (001215120)

  1. The Decision making the rational model versus the bureaucratic model

Graham Allison (1969). “Conceptual models and the Cuban missile crisis”, American Political Science Review, 63 (3) (September), pp. 689-718.

Journal AND Ejournal (000119278)

Y. Ben-Meir, National Security Decision Making: The Israeli Case (Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishers), optional.—check if English

Reserved: under BEN-MEI (000061819)

Henry A. Kissinger (1977). “Domestic structure and foreign policy”, in American Foreign Policy (third edition), New York: Norton & Co., chapter 1, pp. 11-43.

Ed. 1974 - Reserved: under KIS (000182843)

  1. Diplomacy and international cooperation
  1. The challenge of diplomacy and conflict resolution

K.H. Holsti (1992). International Politics: A Framework for Analysis, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, chapter 6, pp. 132-156.

Reserved: under HOL (000186664)

Ken Booth and Nicholas Wheeler (2008). The Security Dilemma: Fear, Cooperation and Trust in World Politics (Palgrave Macmillan), pp. 261-299.

Dr. Ben Mollov has access to this book.

Raymond Cohen (1997). “Intercultural dissonance”, in Negotiating across Cultures, Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace, chapter 3, pp. 25-43.

Reserved: under COH (000466230) AND Offprint (001099212)

  1. International organizations versus the balance of power

Morgenthau, chapter 11, pp. 213-226.

Reserved: under MOR p (000067592)

Stanley Hoffmann (1970). “International organization and the International System”, International Organization, 24 (3) (Summer), pp. 389-413.

Journal AND Ejournal (000151686)

Paul Taylor (2001)."The United Nations and International Order," in: Baylis, John and Smith, Steve. The Globalization of World Politics : an introduction to international relations, pp. 331-355.

Reserved: under GLO (000491577)

Charles W. Kegley and Eugene R. Wittkopf (2001). World Politics: Trend and Transformation, (8th edition: Bedford/ St. Martins): pp. 618-647.

Reserved: under KEG (000490703)

  1. International cooperation

Kegley and Wittkopf (2001). "Globalization and the Disappearance of National Borders,"

in: World Politics: Trend and Transformation, pp. 291-327.

Reserved: under KEG (000490703)

Richard N. Cooper, (1972). “Economic Interdependence and Foreign policy in the Seventies”, World Politics, Vol. 24, No.2, pp.159-181.

Journal AND Ejournal (000150304)

Karl W. Deutsch (1968). “International Integration”, in The Analysis of International Relations, pp. 190-202.

Reserved: under DEU a (000271123)

  1. Between stability and conflict in the 21st century: Risks and opportunities in the new age of international relations – intercivilizational conflict, terrorism, expansion of democracies and globalization

Robert H. Jackson (2001). "The Evolution of International Society," in John Baylis and Steven Smith (eds.) The Globalization of World Politics, pp. 35-50.

Reserved: under GLO (000491577)

H. Singer, and A. Wildavksy (1996). The Real World Order: Zones of Peace / Zones of Turmoil (Chatham House).

Reserved: under SIN (000257316)

S.P. Huntington, “The Clash of Civilizations?” Foreign Affairs, Summer 1993, 72 (3), pp. 22-44.

Journal AND Ejournal (000146564)

Jeffrey Haynes (2009). "The Political and Social Context of Intercivilizatonal Conflict and the Possibilities of Peace Building" in Ben Mollov (ed.) The Israel Journal of Conflict Resolution 1 (1): pp. pp. 29-47.

Journal: Social Sciences library (001181308) AND Law library (000610878)

Full text: from Google

T. Clifton Morgan and Valerie L. Schwebach.(1992). “Take two democracies and call me in the morning: A prescription for peace?” International Interactions, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 305-320.

Journal (000166914)

  1. Jenkins, B.M. (1990). “International terrorism: The War”, pp. 27-38. In Kegley, C.W. (ed.), International Terrorism, New York: St. Martin’s.

Reserved: under INT (000543303)

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(Note: Changes or Additions to Bibliography in Syllabus might be announced by lecturer during the period of the course).

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