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30 Cards in this Set
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Jackson |
Scholar who wrote our "textbook"; defined IR, sovereignty, the state system, brief history of the system, etc; he was really the anchor for our study
- Why Study IR? - Liberalism - Realism - Constructivism |
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E. H. Carr |
Talked about "utopianism" as a liberal standpoint; discussed "political science"; contrasted realism to liberalism - "The Role of Utopianism" in The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919 - 1939 - "Impact of Realism" in same book above |
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Professor Calvert Jones |
Conducted studies on IR, cross-border contact, Al Qaeda and why it may be less dangerous than we think (weaken communication, network; hamper decision-making; intensify collective-action issues) and concluded that bureaucracies can still overcome these networks; - "Exploring the Microfoundations of International Community" tested out transnational (sociological) liberalism - "Assessing the Dangers of Illicit Networks" |
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John Mearsheimer |
Possibly THE most important scholar for class; discussed "great power politics", hegemony, argued that multipolar systems are more war-prone than bipolar systems, offensive vs. defensive realism, assumptions about the world (military capability, anarchic, etc); defined strategies for war such as blackmail, bait and bleed, bloodletting, balancing and buck-passing, appeasement, and bandwagoning and why some work better than others; claimed China cannot/will not rise peacefully and that US will engage as China tries to dominate Asia like US does the Western Hemisphere - The Tragedy of Great Power Politics - "Better to be Godzilla than Bambi" |
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Martha Finnemore |
Big scholar in terms of "norms" of humanitarianism and democracy; discussed humanitarian disasters and constructivism (why it better explains humanitarianism than realism and liberalism) - "Constructing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention" |
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Jeffrey W. Legro |
Argued that norms do not define all and yet are still important when it comes t international relations and situations |
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James Fearon |
Discussed how rationalists explain war: private information, incentives to misrepresent, commitment problems, issue indivisibilities - Rationalist Explanations for War |
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Spiegel |
Essentially another "textbook" author; gave context for the World Wars; cult of the offensive; discussed consequences of both wars - "The World Wars" in Foundations of World Politics - Peacekeeping |
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Robert Jervis |
Discussed the Iran Deal and why he believed P5+1 did not get the best deal but that this one ended up to be quite fine; Iran is not in the position to go against US - Turn Down for What |
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Colin Kahl |
Offered direct contrast to Waltz' ideas on Iran and the bomb; argues that Iran would be irresponsible and more aggressive with the bomb; make Middle East more violence-prone - Would Nuclear Iran Make ME More Safe? |
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Kenneth Waltz |
Probably most important second only to Mearsheimer; discussed benefits of Iran getting the bomb as a stabilizer in Middle East due to the bomb causing them to act more responsibly; directly contrasts Kahl; favors bipolar power over multipolar; great-power politics still matters, a lot of global politics is still local, no state is worse than a bad state, "take it or leave it" = bad diplomacy, beware hubris - Why Iran Should Get the Bomb - Top Five Foreign Policy Lessons of the Past 20 Years |
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Tom Price |
Discussed the United Nations and its feasibility, problems (too much power, is it worth the money), background, peacekeeping, scandal (oil for food), current situation, and outlook - Assessing the United Nations |
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Michael Barnett and Songying Fang |
Discussed the UN and its peacekeeping; talked about three changes needed for peace forces to build peace: bargain instead of selling, lose superiority, be accountable - "The UN Reviewed Its Peacekeeping" |
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Erica Chenoweth |
Determined interventions work when they are in the form of peacekeeping missions, multilateral, multidimensional, and combatants are ready to negotiate and consent to intervention - "When Do Interventions Work?" |
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Christopher Layne |
Discusses the definition of democracy and outlines near-misses that lead him to conclude that the existence of the democratic peace is uncertain - The Myth of the Democratic Peace |
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Easterly |
Does not believe foreign aid is beneficial in any way; disagreed with Sachs; does not believe in the poverty trap; talked about times where he thought aid was heavily misused (malaria nets) - Why Foreign Aid Doesn't Work |
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Jeffrey Sachs |
Talked about aid as a tool of economic development; believes it is important in improving health; combated Easterly's idea that malaria nets were only misused - The Case for Aid |
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Cooley and Ron |
Competition between NGOs for contracts, materials, etc leads to inefficiency and loss of focu; dysfunctional results - The NGO Scramble |
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Keck and Sikkink |
Talked about TANs and their ways of working: information politics, symbolic politics, leverage politics, accountability politics - "Transnational Activist Networks" |
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Brooks, Ikenberry, and Wohlforth |
Talk about US being deeply engaged in world problems and recent public trends toward wanting the US to pull back; argue that there is little evidence to suggest America provokes other countries to balance against it; list benefits of staying engaged (reduce competition in key regions and check potential rivals, help maintain open world economy, makes it easier for US to secure cooperation); generally conclude that we know the world with America as is and not as it isn't - "Lean Forward" |
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Brzezinski |
China is not inclined to challenge us militarily; it is too dependent on us and would not survive a blockade by the US; confrontational approach is not good for it - "Make Money, Not War" |
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Barry R. Posen |
Shrinking our military and giving up our global regime for narrow national security will help in the long run; doing too much discourages allies from paying on their own, convinces powerful states to band together, raises costs of carrying out policy; restrain ourselves instead of trying to become hegemons; refocus on preventing powers from upending us, fighting terrorists, and limiting nuclear proliferation - "Pull Back" |
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Alan Dupont |
Talked about the plethora of issues that will come with climate change: food/water scarcity, extreme weather events, crop yields going down, flooding, diseases, environmental refugees... conclusion = climate change is as bad as war and we need long-term security policies - "The Strategic Implications of Climate Change" |
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Hartzell and Hoddie |
Made points on power-sharing: should be done with a third party to moderate; define sharing as enduring peace that says no group may monopolize; alternatives include military victory, partition, moderation incentives, all of which do not work as well in their opinion; costs of power-sharing include gov't gridlock and limited democracy - "Crafting Peace Through Power Sharing" |
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Chaim Kaufman |
States need to protect population movements instead of trying to restore areas with civil politics that didn't work; cross-ethnic appeals do not work and create security dilemmas; ethnic wars only end when one side has a complete victory, third party suppresses, or communities self-govern; boundaries should be drawn along defensible terrain; objections to idea: splintered states, human suffering, defies western values - "Possible and Impossible Solutions to Ethnic Civil Wars" |
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David Kilcullen |
Discussed counterinsurgency and insurgency; says that today insurgents want to preserve status quo; cyber-mobilization changes war; urban bombs - Counterinsurgency Redux |
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Shadi Hamid |
Talked about US's participation in the Arab Spring and how the power vacuum left in the Middle East could be traced to the US; internationalized with foreign media and Western policy agenda; victory is more dangerous than defeat - "Islamism, the Arab Spring, and the Failure of America's Do-Noting Policy in the Middle East" |
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Mehran Kamrava |
Rebellion has weakened the Arab state system and there is an opening for the Gulf Cooperation Council to expand their regional influence and global profile; GCC to contain Arab Spring; bolster states, bring money in; GCC could enhance legitimacy - The Arab Spring and the Saudi-Led Counterrevolution |
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Marc Lynch |
Determined whether or not arming rebels in Syria would have stopped Islamic state; says that a unified and coordinated movement would have had to be in place that did not exist at the time; rebel groups in Syria were too anarchical and loosely-formed to support aid of weaponry from US and situation was too opportune to jihadist movements - "Would Arming Syria's Rebels Have Stopped the Islamic State?" |
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Fotini Christia et al. |
Syria's conflict qualifies it as a civil war; there are so many rebel groups that it will be a challenge to make an agreement; Fearon: what would a deal look like?; conclusion that US should pressure rebels into negotiation instead of forcing Assad to leave - The Political Science of Syria's War |
