POLS 3400 Readings


Introduction

Friedman, Techno-Nothings (NYT, 18 Apr. 1998)
 

Realist Paradigm

Edward Wong, China's Disputes in Asia Buttress US Influence (NYT, 22 Sept. 2010)

Mearsheimer, India Needs the Bomb (NYT, 24 March 2000)
 

Institutionalist Paradigm

Diplomatic Immunity (NYT, 9 Aug. 1998)

Perejil (NYT, 21 July 2002)

Laws of War (NYT, 23 Aug. 1998)

How War Left the Law Behind (NYT, 21 Nov. 2002)

Paul Schroeder, "Iraq: The Case Against Preemptive War" (21 Oct. 2002)

Adam Roberts, "Counter-terrorism, Armed Force and the Laws of War"
 

Domestic Paradigm

Thomas Szayna, The Democratic Peace Idea

Pollack, Why Iraq Can't Be Deterred (NYT, 26 Sept. 2002) 

Mearsheimer and Walt, Keeping Saddam Hussein in a Box (NYT, 2 Feb. 2003)
 
Risen, CIA Missed Dissary in Iraqi Arms Program (NYT, 26 Jan. 2004)

International Political Economy

Martin Wolf, Unfettered Finance Is Fast Reshaping the Global Economy (Financial Times, 18 June 2007)

Schumer and Roberts, Second Thoughts on Free Trade (NYT, 6 Jan. 2004)

Keith Bradsher, China Is Blocking Minerals (NYT, 23 Sept. 2010)

Anatol Kaletsky, Blaming China Won't Help the Economy (NYT, 26 Sept. 2010)

Weisman, After Six Years, Global Trade Talks Are Just That (NYT, 21 June 2007)

David Jessop, WTO Sets Agenda for Negotiations: Will Doha Fare Any Better in 2011? (2 Jan. 2011)

CATO Handbook for Congress, "International Financial Crises and the IMF (2003)

"The IMF We Need" (NYT, 25 July 2010)

Sewell Chan, Debt Crisis Highlights IMF's Renewed Role (NYT, 26 Nov. 2010)

Ha-Joon Chang, Protectionism... the truth is on a $10 bill (The Independent, 23 July 2007)
 

Recent Challenges to the Realist Paradigm

Elisabeth Rosenthal, "UN Report Describes Risks of Inaction on Climate Change" (NYT, 17 Nov. 2007)

Elisabeth Rosenthal, "Biggest Obstacle to Global Climate Deal May Be How to Pay for It" (NYT, 15 Oct. 2009)

John Broder,As Time Runs Short for Global Climate Treaty, Nations May Settle for Interim Steps (NYT, 20 Oct. 2009)

George Dvorsky, Five Reasons the Copenhagen Climate Conference Failed (8 Jan. 2010)

Michael Levi, "Beyond Copenhagen" (Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2010)

"Cancun Climate Conference: What It All Means" (The Telegraph, 6 Jan. 2011)

Douglas Stuart, "Reconciling Non-Intervention and Human Rights"

Warren Hoge, "Intervention Is Shunned in Practice (NYT, 20 Jan. 2008)

Leigh Phillips, "Working the Night-Shift in the German Austerity Sweatship" (2010)

NGOs in war (NYT, 28 Nov. 1998)

Clark and Raustiala, Why Terrorists Aren't Soldiers (NYT, 8 Aug. 2007)

Carr, Wrong Definition for a War (WP, 28 July 2004)


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