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4.00 Credits
China in world affairs, emphasizing role in Pacific Rim: historical background; domestic politics; foreign and security policies; relations with regional and global powers; policies toward Asia and Third World; current and future issues. Wylie (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Japan in world affairs, emphasizing role in Pacific Rim: historical background; domestic politics; foreign and security policies; relations with regional and global powers; policies toward Asia and Third World; current and future issues. Wylie (SS)
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4.00 Credits
A survey of Japanese history and culture from 1500 to the present, following the theme of Japan's contact with the West. What enabled Japan to modernize and Westernize so successfully Topics covered include: the expulsion of Christianity, the first samurai mission to the U.S., the postwar American occupation, and contemporary issues. Readings include Japanese novels and short stories (in translation). Kraft (SS)
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4.00 Credits
The Soviet collapse and the emergence of Russia. Russia's relations with the other newly-independent states that emerged following the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The international relations of Eastern Europe (including the Balkans). Menon (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Survey of major international and domestic crises facing Central and South America. Examines factors affecting Latin American system of states such as international debt, involvement of foreign powers, and social and political instabilities. Barkey (SS)
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3.00 Credits
This is a survey course designed primarily for non-IR majors or minors. The purpose is to acquaint students with some of the concepts and historical facts behind current global issues. The content of this course will, in part, be dictated by international events as they unfold. Wylie. ( SS)
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4.00 Credits
Political economy of relations between developed and less developed countries. Issues arising from trade, investment, and foreign aid. Consequences of North- South transactions. Controversies over system structure and reform proposals for international institutions (e.g.World Bank, IMF, WTO). Prerequisite: IR 125 or permission of instructor. Moon (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Overview of the dynamics of strategic interaction between great powers, including the causes of conflict, origins of alliances, logic of coercion, sources of order, and definition of national interests. Focus on the interwar period (multipolarity), the Cold War (biopolarity), and the post-Cold War period (unipolarity). Prerequisite: IR 10. Narizny (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Explanations of international wars, civil wars, genocides, and terrorism. Arms races, escalation, and conflict resolution. The nuclear revolution and ballistic missile defense. Tools of national grand strategy, including alliances, deterrence, coercion, and institutions and norms. Current issues and near future prospects. Case studies. Prerequisite: IR 10. Kaufmann (SS)
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4.00 Credits
Examines how cooperation is achieved and sustained in world politics. Under what circumstances does cooperation take place What role do formal international organizations (such as the UN) play What roles do norms, values, and ethics play Can cooperation last Questions pursued theoretically and in practical terms across topical issues (e.g., human rights, poverty, the environment, international law). Prerequisite: IR 10. Bially Mattern (SS)
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