Govt 1817 - Department of Government at Cornell University

Week 11: November 12-14Tues: “The weak do as they must?” Asymmetric International RelationsThursday: Economic Sanctions and Economic StatecraftReadings:Frieden, Global Capitalism, pp. 302-20, 412-34Scott, “The Great Divide in the Global Village,” in A&JBarnett and Snyder, “The Grand Strategies of Humanitarianism,” in A&JDowns, “To the Shores of Tripoli?” in A&JPape, “The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism,” in A&JWeek 12: November 19-21Tuesday: Globalization and National SecurityThursday: Looking Back at America’s Recent WarsReadings:Avant, “The Marketization of Security,” [Blackboard]Lynch, “After Egypt: Limits and Promise of Online Challenges,” in A&JHardin, “The Tragedy of the Commons,” in A&JVictor, “International Cooperation on Climate Change,” in A&JDrezner, “Military Primacy Doesn’t Pay” [Blackboard]Week 13: November 26Tuesday: Who Ordered the Financial Crisis, To Go?Thursday: No Class, Thanksgiving BreakReadings:Frieden, Global Capitalism, pp. 435-76.Helleiner/Kirshner, The Future of the Dollar, pp. 216-27 [Blackboard]Wade, “Financial Regime Change?” in A&JKirshner, “Dollar Diminution and American Power,” [Blackboard]Week 14: December 3-5Tuesday: The Rise of China and the Emerging International OrderThursday: Explaining Behavior in World PoliticsReadings:Art, “The United States and the Rise of China,” in A&JMearsheimer, “China’s Challenge to US Power in Asia,” [Blackboard]Kirshner, “The Tragedy of Offensive Realism,” [Blackboard]Ikenberry, “The Future of the Liberal World Order,” in A&JPapers due by noon on Friday, December 6