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INTS 100-03, Introduction to International Relations, Fall 2011
Kirdis, Esen
Kirdis, Esen
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Abstract
“What
made
war
inevitable
was
the
growth
of
Athenian
power
and
the
fear
which
this
cause
in
Sparta.”
With
this
quote,
Thucydides,
an
Athenian
general
and
historian,
explains
the
basic
cause
of
international
wars:
insecurity.
On
the
one
hand,
since
ancient
times,
not
much
has
changed
in
that
war
is
still
caused
by
insecurities
of
nations.
On
the
other
hand,
everything
else
has
changed
since
ancient
times:
we
are
not
divided
into
castes
anymore,
we
respect
human
rights
for
all,
and
we
try
war
criminals.
Hence,
international
relations
is
the
study
of
analyzing
how
things
have
changed
and
how
they
have
stayed
the
same
in
international
politics.
This
co-‐existence
of
change
and
stability
in
international
politics
is
the
subject
of
this
class.
This
course
is
composed
of
four
sections.
In
the
first
section,
we
will
look
at
the
historical
development
of
the
international
political
system
and
its
evolution
to
its
current
state.
In
the
second
section,
we
will
look
at
three
theoretical
approaches
(realism,
liberalism,
constructivism)
to
understanding
international
relations
and
question
how
these
varying
approaches
explain
various
international
developments.
In
the
third
section,
we
will
look
at
the
four
subfields
of
international
relations:
(1)
international
security
that
deals
with
questions
of
war
and
peace,
(2)
international
norms
and
institutions
that
deals
with
questions
of
international
cooperation,
(3)
international
political
economy
that
deals
with
questions
of
global
economic
interdependencies,
and
(4)
foreign
policy
that
deals
with
questions
of
how
politicians
make
foreign
policy
decisions.
In
the
last
section
of
the
class,
we
will
look
at
various
international
developments
around
the
world
and
question
how
they
influence
the
average
American.
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