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SIR 101: Introduction to International Relations Spring 2013 David Kang Professor of International Relations and Business kangdc@usc.

edu 213-821-4319 Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:50 THH 301 Office hours: Tuesday/Thursday 11-12 a.m., AHN 100 Teaching assistants: Jiun Bang, Eunice Kang

COURSE DESCRIPTION Two major puzzles sit at the core of world politics: Why do nations fight, and why do they cooperate? One popular theory views conflict as a normal state in international affairs, presenting its supporters with the task of explaining why so much cooperation exists. Another popular perspective characterizes cooperation as the norm, posing a dilemma for its supporters to account for the violence in world affairs. Understanding cause and effect in a complex world is a difficult challenge. This course provides an introduction to the systematic study of major issues in international relations. Some themes recur throughout the course: power, motivation and choice, nationstates, anarchy, sovereignty, interdependence, and political and economic market failure. We will systematically explore the players, their goals, the constraints within which players operate, the interactions between players, and the strategies they pursue. Part I introduces general theories for explaining international relations. Part II addresses domestic sources of foreign policy. Part III addresses asks why and under what conditions wars occur, while Part IV explores how values and culture affect international relations, focusing on the causes of terrorism. COURSE OBJECTIVES: By the end of the course, participants should: 1. Understand the principal approaches to the study of international relations; 2. Have a thorough knowledge of the levels of analysis and causes of war and peace; 3. Understand the policy options available to states and governments and the reasons why particular choices are made.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING: Grading 25%: midterm (short answers and essay question) 30%: final exam (short answers and essay questions) 20%: Analytical paper (1,000 words max) details to be handed out in class 25%: Section participation Regular participation in the discussion sections is expected of all students. The emphasis in participation will be on the quality rather than quantity. If you have a documented medical emergency, the sooner you talk to the professor the better. The only extensions will be given for documented illness that are brought to the professor before the assignment due date. Retroactive extensions will not be given. There will be no makeup exams, no re-grading of assignments, and no allowances for missed assignments. USC Statement on Academic Integrity USC seeks to maintain an optimal learning environment. General principles of academic honesty include the concept of respect for the intellectual property of others, the expectation that individual work will be submitted unless otherwise allowed by an instructor, and the obligations both to protect ones own academic work from misuse by others as well as to avoid using anothers work as ones own. All students are expected to understand and abide by these principles. Scampus, the Student Guidebook, contains the Student Conduct Code in Section 11.00, while the recommended sanctions are located in Appendix A: http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/SCAMPUS/gov/ Students suspected of academic dishonesty will be referred to the Office of Student Judicial Affairs and Community Standards. The inquiry process is explained at: http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/SJACS/ USC Statement for Students with Disabilities Any student requesting academic accommodations based on a disability is required to register with Disability Services and Programs (DSP) each semester. A letter of verification for approved accommodations can be obtained from DSP. Please be sure the letter is delivered to the professor or your TA as early in the semester as possible. Minimum is three weeks before an assignment is due. DSP is located in STU 301 and is open 8:30 a.m.5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The phone number is (213) 740-0776.

Readings Art and Jervis, International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues (PearsonLongman, 20011), available for purchase in the bookstore. Other readings available on blackboard or as links in the syllabus

Week 1: What is international relations? January 15: introduction and overview of the course January 17: what is international relations? Peter Baker, Obama puts his own mark on foreign policy issues, New York Times, April 13, 2010, p. A10. Stephen Krasner, Think Again: Sovereignty, Foreign Policy (January/February 2001). Week 2: Anarchy and equality -- the balance of power January 22: no class January 24: anarchy and levels of analysis Art and Jervis, pp. 1-7. Jack Snyder, One World, Rival Theories, Foreign Policy (November/December 2004), pp. 53-62. Kenneth Waltz, The Anarchic Structure of World Politics, Art and Jervis, pp. 3556. Week 3: Hegemony and inequality in international relations January 29: The security dilemma Stephen Walt, Alliances: balancing and bandwagoning, Art and Jervis, pp. 125-132 Robert Jervis, Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma, Art and Jervis, pp. 90110. January 31: Hegemony David Kang, Hierarchy and Hegemony in international Politics, Art and Jervis, pp. 132135. John Ikenberry, Getting Hegemony Right National Interest (Spring 2001). Niall Ferguson, Hegemony or Empire? Foreign Affairs (September/October 2003). Week 4: International institutions February 5: Interdependence Robert Keohane, International Institutions: Can Interdependence Work? Art and Jervis, pp. 151-159.

Dale C. Copeland, Economic Interdependence and War: A Theory of Trade Expectations, International Security 20, No. 4 (Spring 1996), pp. 5-41.

February 7: International institutions and democracies Michael Doyle, Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs, Art and Jervis, pp. 111-124. Robert O. Keohane and Lisa L. Martin, The Promise of Institutionalist Theory, International Security, 20, No. 1 (Summer, 1995), pp. 39-51. Week 5: Case Studies: the rise of China, and the decline of the US? February 12: The Rise of China John Mearsheimer and Zbigniew Brzezinski, "Clash of the Titans," Foreign Policy, (Jan/Feb. 2005). David C. Kang, Getting Asia Wrong: The Need for New Analytic Frameworks, International Security 27, no. 4 (Spring 2003), pp. 57-85. Pankaj Mishra, Asia Knows How to Get Along With a Bigger China, Bloomberg, October 14, 2012 February 14: The U.S. as unipolar power Christopher Layne, This Time Its Real: The End of Unipolarity and the Pax Americana, International Studies Quarterly 56, no. 1 (March 2012), pp. 201-213. William Wohlforth, How Not to Evaluate Theories, International Studies Quarterly 56, no. 1 (March 2012), pp. 219-222. Week 6: The causes of war February 19: Structures cause war John Mearsheimer, The Causes of Great Power War, in The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (New York: WW Norton, 2001), pp. 334-359. February 21: Ideas causes war **Analytic paper due beginning of class** James Fearon, Rationalist Explanations for War, International Organization 49, no. 3 (Summer 1995), pp. 379-414. Week 7: domestic politics: groups and individuals February 26: Domestic politics and foreign policy Michael J. Hiscox, The Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policies, Art and Jervis, pp. 282-291. Robert Putnam, Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games, International Organization 1988. February 28: Individuals and psychology

Denny Roy, " North Korea as an Alienated State," Survival 38, no. 4 (Winter 19967), pp. 22-36. Hazel Smith, Bad, Mad, Sad, or Rational Actor? Why the Securitization Paradigm Makes for Poor Policy Analysis of North Korea. International Affairs 76, no. 3 (2000), pp. 593-617.

Week 8: U.S. grand strategy, North Korea March 5: Enduring elements of US grand strategy David Kennedy, What Would Wilson Do? Atlantic Monthly, January/February 2010. Doug Bandow, Japan Can Defend Itself, National Interest, May 12, 2010. March 7: Religious War Monica Toft, Getting Religion? The Puzzling Case of Islam and Civil War, International Security 31, no. 4 (2007): 97-131. Alexander Woodside, Territorial Order and Collective-Identity Tensions in Confucian Asia: China, Vietnam, Korea. Daedalus 127, no. 3 (1998): 191-221. Week 9 (March 12 and 14): Midterm week **MIDTERM: Tuesday March 12** *No class March 14* ***SPRING BREAK*** March 19 and 21 Week 10 (March 26 and 28): Cultures and terrorism March 26: Is Culture important? Fareed Zakaria, Culture Is Destiny: A Conversation with Lee Kwan Yew, Foreign Affairs 73, no. 2 (March/April 1994), pp. 109-126. B.R. Myers, North Korea's Race Problem: What I learned in eight years reading propaganda from inside the Hermit Kingdom, Foreign Policy (March/April 2010). March 28: Causes of terrorism Mark Juergensmeyer, Terror in the Name of God, Current History (November 2001), pp. 357-361. John Mueller, Harbinger or Aberration? The National Interest 69 (Fall 2002), pp. 45-50. Week 11 (April 2 and 4): Non-traditional international relations April 2: Gender and international relations J. Ann Tickner, You Just Dont Understand: Troubled Engagements Between Feminists and IR Theorists, International Studies Quarterly 41(4) (1997): 611-632 Katharine H.S. Moon, South Korean Movements Against Militarized Sexual Labor, Asian Survey 39, no. 2 (March-April 1999).

April 4: Human rights and international relations Elizabeth Economy and Adam Segal, China's Olympic Nightmare: What the Games Mean for Beijing's Future, Foreign Affairs 87, no. 4 (July/August 2008), pp. 47-56. Perry, Elizabeth J. 2008. Chinese Conceptions of Rights: From Mencius to Maoand Now. Perspectives on Politics 6, no. 1 (March): pp. 37-50. Week 12 (April 9 and 11): International finance and territorial disputes April 9: territorial disputes Taylor Fravel, Regime Insecurity and International Cooperation: explaining Chinas Compromises on Territorial Disputes, International Security 30, no. 2 (Fall 2005): 46-83. Peter Gries, The Koguryo Controversy: National Identity, and Sino-Korean Relations Today, East Asia 22 (2005): 3-17. April 11: capital flows James Fallows, The $1.4 trillion question, Atlantic Monthly (January/February 2008). Jagdish Bhagwati, The Capital Myth: The Difference Between Trade in Widgets and Dollars, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 77, No. 3, (May/June, 1998), pp. 7-12. Week 13 (April 16 and 18): The international economy: trade and globalization April 16: trade Bruce Scott, The Great Divide in the Global Village, Art and Jervis, pp. 292-304. Dani Rodrik, Trading in Illusions, Art and Jervis, pp. 344-3351. April 18: Globalization? Geoffrey Garrett (2004) Globalization's Missing Middle, Foreign Affairs, November/ December. Branko Milanovic. (2003). The Two Faces of Globalization, World Development 31 (2003): 667-683. Week 14 (April 23 and 25): The environment April 23: international relations perspectives on the environment Garrett Hardin, The Tragedy of the Commons, Art and Jervis, pp. 501-506. David Victor, International Cooperation on Climate Change: Numbers, Interests, and Institutions, Art and Jervis, pp. 507-514. Week 15 (April 30 and May 2): The future of International relations April 30: Iran and China James M. Lindsay and Ray Takeyh, After Iran Gets the Bomb: Containment and its implications, Foreign Affairs (March/April 2010).

John Ikenberry, The Rise of China and the Future of the West: Can the Liberal System survive? Foreign Affairs (January/February 2008).

May 2: The U.S. in 2013: what have we learned in this class? Walter Russell Mead, The Carter Moment, Foreign Policy (January/February 2010).

FINAL EXAM, TBD

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