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| Preface | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| The Foundations of World Politics | |
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| Analyzing World Politics | |
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| Continuity and Change in World Politics | |
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| The Emergence of the Nation-State System | |
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| The Rise of Nonstate Actors | |
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| How Perceptions Shape Our Interpretation of World Politics | |
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| Controversy: Should We Believe What We See? | |
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| Application: Seeing the World through Foreign Eyes | |
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| A Framework for Analyzing World Politics | |
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| Levels of Analysis | |
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| Time Sequences | |
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| Applying the Framework to the Cold War's End | |
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| Thinking Critically about World Politics | |
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| The Puzzle of Counterfactuals and Causal Inference | |
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| The Plan of the Book | |
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| The Investigative Challenge | |
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| Theories of World Politics | |
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| Contending Theories of World Politics | |
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| Realist Theory | |
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| The Realist Worldview | |
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| The Evolution of Realist Thought | |
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| The Limitations of Realism | |
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| Liberal Theory | |
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| The Liberal Worldview | |
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| The Evolution of Liberal Thought | |
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| The Limitations of Liberalism | |
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| Application: Steel and Good Intentions | |
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| Constructivist Theory | |
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| The Constructivist Worldview | |
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| The Evolution of Constructivist Thought | |
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| The Limitations of Constructivism | |
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| What's Missing in Theories of World Politics? | |
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| The Radical Critique | |
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| The Feminist Critique | |
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| Thinking Critically about Theories of World Politics | |
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| Controversy: Can Behavioral Science Advance the Study of World Politics? | |
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| The Puzzle of Fostering Cooperation among States in an Anarchic Setting | |
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| What Makes a Good Theory of World Politics? | |
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| The Historical Setting of Contemporary World Politics | |
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| Long Cycles of World Leadership | |
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| The First World War | |
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| The Causes of World War I | |
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| The Consequences of World War I | |
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| The Second World War | |
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| The Causes of World War II | |
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| The Consequences of World War II | |
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| The Cold War | |
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| The Causes and Evolutionary Course of the Cold War | |
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| Controversy: Was Ideology the Primary Source of East-West Conflict? | |
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| The Consequences of the Cold War | |
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| Thinking Critically about Great-Power War | |
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| The Puzzle of Realpolitik | |
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| What Are the Prospects for Another Great-Power War? | |
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| Application: Integrate, but Hedge | |
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| The Actors in World Politics | |
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| States and Foreign Policy Decision Making | |
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| Explaining Foreign Policy | |
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| International Sources of Foreign Policy | |
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| Polarity and Polarization | |
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| Geostrategic Position | |
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| Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy | |
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| Military Capabilities | |
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| Economic Conditions | |
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| Type of Government | |
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| Organizational Processes and Politics | |
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| Application: Bureaucratic Games | |
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| Individual Sources of Foreign Policy | |
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| Leaders as the Makers of the Global Future | |
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| Factors That Affect the Capacity to Lead | |
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| Controversy: Policy and Personality: Do Leaders Make a Difference? | |
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| Thinking Critically about the Foreign Policy-Making Process | |
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| The Puzzle of the Rational Choice in Foreign Policy | |
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| What Constrains Procedural Rationality in the Foreign Policy-Making Process? | |
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| Global and Regional Intergovernmental Organizations | |
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| Types of International Organizations | |
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| Global Intergovernmental Organizations | |
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| The United Nations | |
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| Application: Security Council Reform | |
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| Controversy: Should a League of Democracies Replace the United Nations? | |
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| Other Global IGOs | |
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| Regional Intergovernmental Organizations | |
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| The European Union | |
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| Other Regional IGOs | |
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| Thinking Critically about Regional Intergovernmental Organizations | |
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| The Puzzle of Regional Integration | |
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| Have Nation-States Become Obsolete? | |
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| Nongovernmental Organizations, Multinational Corporations, and Other Nonstate Actors | |
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| Transnational Relations and World Politics | |
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| Types of Nongovernmental Organizations | |
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| Ethnopolitical Associations | |
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| Religious Movements | |
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| Controversy: Are Religious Movements Causes of War or Sources of Transnational Harmony? | |
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| Issue-Advocacy Groups and Global Civil Society | |
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| Other Prominent Nonstate Actors | |
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| Multinational Corporations | |
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| Crime Syndicates | |
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| Terrorist Networks | |
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| Thinking Critically about Nonstate Actors in World Politics | |
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| Application: Mixed-Actor Approaches to Global Diplomacy | |
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| The Puzzle of Leadership in Mixed-Actor Diplomacy | |
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| Is the Westphalian Era Drawing to a Close? | |
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| The Politics of Global Security | |
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| Patterns of Armed Conflict | |
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| The Historical Record of Armed Conflict | |
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| Trends in Interstate and Civil War | |
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| Changes in the Conduct of Warfare | |
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| What Causes Armed Conflict? | |
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| The First Level of Analysis: Human Nature | |
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| Application: When Is It Worth Going to War? | |
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| The Second Level of Analysis: Internal Characteristics of States | |
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| The Third Level of Analysis: System Structure and Processes | |
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| Controversy: How Should the United States Respond to China's Growing Power? | |
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| Thinking Critically about the Causes of Armed Conflict | |
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| The Puzzle of Arms Races | |
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| Are Time Distinct Causal Paths to War? | |
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| Military Power and the Use of Force | |
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| Power in World Politics | |
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| Tim Elements of State Power | |
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| Military Power and Political Influence | |
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| The Classical Balance of Power | |
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| The Assumptions of Balance-of Power Theory | |
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| Difficulties with Balance-of Power Systems | |
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| Managing the Balance through a Concert of Great Powers | |
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| The Nuclear Balance | |
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| Compellence | |
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| Deterrence | |
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| Preemption | |
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| Controversy: How Should States Conduct Asymmetric Wars? | |
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| Stabilizing Power Balances by Limiting Arms | |
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| Arms Control versus Disarmament | |
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| Impediments to Arms Limitation Agreements | |
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| Thinking Critically about Force and Statecraft | |
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| The Puzzle of Brinkmanship | |
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| When Does Coercive Diplomacy Work? | |
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| Application: Who Is Penalizing Whom? | |
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| International Law and Human Rights | |
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| International Legal Norms and World Order | |
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| Sovereignty and the Rules of International Law | |
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| International Law and the Preservation of Peace | |
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| Controversy: Was the War in Iraq Just? | |
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| International Legal Norms and Human Rights | |
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| Internationally Recognized Human Rights | |
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| Communitarian and Cosmopolitan Approaches to Human Rights | |
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| Human Rights and the Protection of People | |
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| The Subordinate Status of Women | |
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| The Precarious Life of Indigenous Peoples | |
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| The Global Refugee Crisis | |
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| Responding to Human Rights Abuses | |
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| The Challenge of Enforcement | |
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| Application: Human Rights Start in Small Places, Close to Home | |
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| The International Criminal Court | |
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| Thinking Critically about International Human Rights Law | |
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| The Puzzle of the Responsibility to Protect | |
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| Is the Responsibility to Protect a Right to Intervene? | |
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| The Politics of Global Welfare | |
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| The Globalization of Trade and Finance | |
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| Economic Globalization and World Politics | |
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| Application: The Consequences of Financial Globalization | |
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| Rival Theories of International Political Economy | |
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| The Shadow of the Great Depression | |
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| The Clash between Liberal and Mercantile Values | |
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| Hegemony and the Management of the Global Economy | |
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| The Hegemonic Pillars of Open Markets and Free Trade | |
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| The Uncertain Future of Liberal Hegemony | |
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| The Changing Trade Regime | |
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| The Changing International Monetary Regime | |
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| The Elements of Monetary Policy | |
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| The Bretton Woods Monetary System | |
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| The End of Bretton Woods | |
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| Controversy: Economic Interdependence and Political Leverage | |
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| Reforming the International Financial Architecture | |
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| Thinking Critically about Economic Globalization | |
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| The Puzzle of Regional Trade Agreements | |
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| Is Globalization Irreversible? | |
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| The Political Economy of Global Poverty and Inequality | |
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| The Geography of Wealth | |
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| The Colonial Experience of the Global South | |
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| The First Wave of European Imperialism | |
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| The Second Wave of European Imperialism | |
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| Self-Determination and Decolonization | |
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| Economic Disparities Between the Global North and South | |
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| Theoretical Explanations of Underdevelopment | |
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| Internal Factors: Modernization Theory's Interpretation | |
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| External Factors: Dependency' Theory's Interpretation | |
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| Contending Development Strategies | |
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| From Import Substitution to Export-Led Industrialization | |
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| Reforming the International Economic Order | |
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| Controversy: Multinational Corporations in the Global South: Do They Help or Hurt? | |
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| Application: Development, Democracy, and Debt | |
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| Thinking Critically about Resources and Economic Development | |
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| The Puzzle of the Resource Curse | |
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| Can Commodity Cartels Promote Economic Development? | |
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| Global Ecological Trends and the Transformation of World Politics | |
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| Global Demographic Patterns | |
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| The Demographic Divide | |
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| World Population Prospects | |
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| Environmental Security and Sustainable Development | |
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| The Ecopolitics of Energy | |
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| Application: Energy Dependence and Political Vulnerability | |
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| The Ecopolitics of the Atmosphere | |
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| Controversy: Common but Differential Responsibilities | |
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| The Ecopolitics of Land and Water | |
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| Thinking Critically about the Ecopolitical Agenda | |
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| The Puzzle of Setting Global Priorities | |
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| What Alternative Futures Are Possible? | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |