Slides

July 9, 2012 (Introduction)

• Introduction
• Politics, Power and International Relations

July 10, 2012 (Approaches to International Relations)

• Politics as a Science / Paradigms

July 11, 2012 (Contending Perspectives, Part I)

• Structural Realism
• Offensive Realism
• Liberal Institutionalism
• Discussion Questions

July 12, 2012 (Contending Perspectives, Part II)

• Constructivism
• Radicalism

July 16, 2012

• Misconceptions and Clarifications from the First Closed-Book Assessment 

July 18, 2012 (The State, Parts II & III)

• Exercising State Power
• Summary 

July 19, 2012 (The Indiviual)

• Foreign Policy Elites

 July 20, 2012 (Intergovernmental Organizations)

• IGOs in World Politics 

July 24, 2012 (War and Strife, Part I)

• Types of War
• Why Do States Fight Wars?
• Conflict vs. Trade Over Time
• Conflict vs. Democracy Over Time

July 25, 2012 (War and Strife, Part II)

• Clausewitz and Fearon
• First- and Second Strike Capability
• Examples of Disarmament and Nonproliferation