Seminar Structure International History of the 20th century October 8th December 17th

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1. Introduction (8.10.2010)
- Structure and Content of Seminar/ Expectations and Requirements - Lecture: WWI Beginning of the 20th century Text 1: Goldstein, Erik. The Versailles System. In A Companion to International History 19002001, edited by Gordon Martel, 154-165. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

2. International History 1900-1990 (15.10.2010)

Text 1: Scott, Len, International History 1900-90, in The Globalization of World Politics An introduction to international relations, ed. John Baylis, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens, 54-69. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Text 2: Cox, Michael, From the cold war to the war on terror, in The Globalization of World Politics An introduction to international relations, ed. John Baylis, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens, 70-87. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008 - book-presentation 1: Winkler, Heinrich August. Germany: The Long Road West Volume 2:1933-1990. Oxford University Press, 2007. (Melih Kahmaran and Kersti Harvey) - book-presentation 2: Hobbesbawn, Eric. The Age of Extremes. A History of the World, 1914-1991. New York: Vintage Books, 1994. (Deirdre McCaughey and Jenny Marrenbach)

3. The Pan Movements (22.10.2010)

Text 1: Snyder, Louis L. Nationalism Writ Large, in Macro-Nationalisms. A History of the PanMovements, by id., 3-16. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1984. Text 2: Snyder, Louis L. Pan-Arabism: Integration versus Differentation, in Macro-Nationalisms. A History of the Pan-Movements, by id., 145-156. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1984. Text 3: Snyder, Louis L. Pan-Africanism: The Black Mans Burden, in Macro-Nationalisms. A History of the Pan-Movements, by id., 177-200. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1984. Text 4: Nkrumah, Kwame. Freedom First, in Africa must Unite by id., 50-57. London: Panaf Books, 1963. - presentation: Zionism as a Pan-Movement, Israels justification of land occupation (Mitchel report). (Hanna Krvers and Remke Lohmann)

4. Decolonization and Imperialism (29.10.2010)

Text 1:MacKenzie, John. Imperialism, In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 13-25. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. not in reader Text 2: Cooper, Frederick. Ending empire and imagining the future, in Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present by id., 66-84. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Text 3: Maier, Charles S. Empire Without End. Foreign Affairs 89 (2010):153-159. - presentation: The long way to freedom India from Gandhi to Nehru. (Saman Hamdi and Jennifer Blastorah)

5. Nation Building (5.11.2010)

Text 1: Bosworth, R.J.B. Nationalism. In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 26-38. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Text 2: Meredith, Martin. The Birth of Nations In The Fate of Africa by id. 141-161. Public Affairs, 2006. Text 3: Cederman, Lars-Erik, Wimmer, Andreas, and Min, Brian. Why Do Ethnic Groups Rebel?, In World Politics 62 (2010): 87-119. - presentation: Tanzania, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, South-Korea, or Sudan as examples of failed nation building. (Bekele Beakal and Alexander Vorwerk)

6. Cold War I. AND 7. Cold War II. Dtente (double session 12.11.2010)
Text 1: Gaddis, John Lewis, Cold War Empires: Europe, in We Now Know. Rethinking Cold War History, 26-84 and 221-280. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. u. 221-280 Text 2: Westad, Arne Odd. The New International History of the Cold War: Three (Possible) Paradigms, Diplomatic History 24 (4/2000): 551-565. Text 3:Freedman, Lawrence D. Frostbitten. Decoding the Cold War, 20 Years later, In Foreign Affairs (2010):136-144. presentation: The Iron Curtain and the American concept of Containment and Cuban Missile Crisis (Franz Fischer, Philipp Marten, Jasper Bauer). Text 1: Smith, Tony. New Bottles for New Wine: A Pericentric Framework for the Study of the Cold War, Diplomatic History 24 (4/2000), 567-591. Text 2: Paterson, Thomas G. Superpower Decline and Hegemonic Survival, in Major Problems in the History of American Foreign Relations, vol. II: Since 1914, edited by Dennis Merrill and Thomas G. Paterson, 513-520. Boston: Houghton Mifflin , 2005. Text 3: McCauley, Martin. The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War, In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 381-393. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - presentation: The Helsinki process (Human Rights) and the end of the Cold War. (Kim Plaetz and Charles Burns)

8. Concepts of Foreign Policy AND 9. Realism and NATO-Expansion a controversy (double session 26.11.2010)
Text 1: Jackson, Robert and Sorensen, Georg. Foreign Policy, in Introduction to International Relations. Theories and approaches, by ead., 222-248. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. Text 2: Crozier, Andrew. Appeasement, In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 243-256. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Text 3: Sperling, James. United States: a full spectrum contributor to governance? In National Security Cultures. Patterns of Global Governance, edited by Emil J. Kirchner and James Sperling, 172210. London and New York: Routledge, 2010. - presentation: Old Europe vs. America (soft power vs. hard power).(Sebastian Gomez and Zach Nichols)

 Text 1: Jackson, Robert and Sorensen, Georg. Realism, in Introduction to International Relations. Theories and approaches, by ead., 59-96. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. Text 2: Little, Richard. International Regimes, in The Globalization of World Politics An introduction to international relations, ed. John Baylis, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens, 296-311. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Text 3: Averre, Derek. Russia: a global power? In National Security Cultures. Patterns of Global Governance, edited by Emil J. Kirchner and James Sperling, 265-286. London and New York: Routledge, 2010. -presentation: The impact of determent a failure or success? (Tom Lindemann)

10. European Integration (3.12.2010)

Text 1: Hitchcock, William I. The Struggle for Europe. The History of the Continent Since 1945, 145-155, 221-238, 435-465. London: Anchor Books, 2005. Text 2: Dinan, Desmond. Uncertain Terrain 1958-1972, In Ever Closer Union. An Introduction to European Integration by id. 39-67. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Text 3: Ludlow, Piers. Making the New Europe: European Integration since 1950, In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 327-339. Oxford: WileyBlackwell, 2010. - presentation: Turkey as a member of the EU Pros and Cons. (Berkay Mandiraci Alex Soto and)

11. The Fragmentation of the Third World (7.12.2010)

Text 1: MacQueen, Norris . A Third World?, In A Companion to International History 19002001, edited by Gordon Martel, 314-326. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Text 2: Feigenbaum, Evan A. Indias Rise, Americas Interest. The Fate of the U.S.-Indian Partnership, Foreign Affairs (2010): 76-91. Text 3: Bellamy, Alex J. Humanitarian Intervention, In Contemporary Security Studies, edited by Alan Collins, 359-377. New York: Oxford University Press 2010. - presentation: Non-Alignment-Movement: Big leaders of the third world. (Philip Tantow, Nicole Ganja and Vanine Yeghiazaryan )

12. The Collapse of the Second World: Solidarnosc and the transition to democracy (10.12.2010)
Text 1: Huntington, Samuel P. The Third Wave. Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century. 358. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991. Text 2: Poku, Nana K. Globalization, Development, and Security, In Contemporary Security Studies, edited by Alan Collins, 256-273. New York: Oxford University Press 2010. -presentation: Polands way to democracy. (Michal Palacz and Olga Sazonova)

13. Excursion to Hamburg (GIGA) date not settled 14. Final Exam (17.12)

- concluding discussion

IRC-Course Reserve 1. Kaplan,Robert. The Geography of Chinese Power. How Far Can Beijing Reach on Land and at See?, In: Foreign Affairs, May/June 2010, p. 22-41 2. Scherpereel, John A. European Culture and the EU's 'Turkey Question', In: West European Politics, Vol. 33, Number 4, July 2010, p. 810-829. 3. Ferguson, Niall. Complexity and Collapse. Empires on the Edge of Chaos, In: Foreign Affairs, March/April 2010, p.18-32. 4. Hobsbawn, Eric. The Age of Extremes. 1914-1991. p.1-3 and 256-286. New York: Vintage Books, 1994. 5. Bunce,Valerie and Wolchik,Sharon. Defeating Dictators: Electoral Change and Stability in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes, In: World Politics, Vol. 62, January 2010, p.4386. 6. Gates, Robert. Helping Others Defend Themselves. The Future of U.S. Security Assistance, In: Foreign Affairs, May/June 2010, p. 1-6