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| Preface | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Maps of the World | |
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| Foundations | |
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| Introduction to Global Politics | |
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| International Relations and Global Politics | |
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| Global Actors | |
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| Global Issues | |
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| Theories of Global Politics | |
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| What Are Theories? | |
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| The Rise of Realism | |
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| Rival Theories | |
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| Research Approaches and Levels of Analysis | |
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| The Historical Approach | |
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| The Social Scientific Approach: Levels of Analysis | |
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| The Constructivist Approach | |
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| Dimensions of Globalization | |
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| Features | |
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| Case Study: Global Production and the i Pod | |
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| Case Study: Cell Phones, Poverty, Civil War, Okapi, and Prostitution | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: Why Should I Care? | |
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| The Evolution of Global Politics | |
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| The Significance of the Peace of Westphalia | |
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| Revolutionary Wars | |
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| World Wars: Modern and Total | |
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| Legacies and Consequences of European Colonialism | |
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| Cold War | |
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| Onset of the Cold War | |
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| Conflict, Confrontation, and Compromise | |
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| The Rise and Fall of D�tente | |
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| From D�tente to A Second Cold War | |
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| From the End of the Cold War to the War on Terrorism | |
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| Globalization: Challenging the International Order? | |
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| From Superpower to Hyperpower--US Primacy | |
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| Europe in the New World System | |
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| Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin | |
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| East Asia: Primed for Rivalry? | |
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| Latin America: Becoming Global Players | |
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| The War on Terrorism: From 9/11 to Iraq and Afghanistan | |
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| Features | |
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| Global Perspective: Perception, Continuity, and Change after January 20, 2009 | |
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| Case Study: The Iraq War and Its Origins | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: Understanding and Resolving National Conflicts | |
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| Theories of World Politics | |
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| Realism and Liberalism | |
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| What Is Realism? | |
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| The Essential Realism | |
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| One Realism, or Many? | |
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| What Is Liberalism? | |
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| Defining Liberaliscm | |
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| The Essential Liberalism | |
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| Neoliberalism | |
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| Liberalism in Practice: Globalization | |
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| Features | |
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| Global Perspective: Russia and Realism | |
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| Case Study: The Melian Dialogue--Realism and the Preparation for War | |
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| Theory in Practice: The Prisoner's Dilemma | |
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| Case Study: The Power of Ideas: Politics and Neoliberalism | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: A Summit on Global Problems | |
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| Critical Approaches | |
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| The Essential Marxism | |
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| The Origins of World-System Theory | |
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| The Key Features of Wallerstein's World-System Theory | |
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| Third-World Socialists | |
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| Feminist Theory | |
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| Constructivism | |
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| Features | |
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| Global Perspective: What Makes a Theory "Critical?" | |
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| Case Study: Sexual Violence | |
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| Theory in Practice: Gendered Perspective on Human Rights: the Worst Places in the World to be Born a Woman | |
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| Theory in Practice: Jane Addams and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: Meeting of the Minds | |
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| Global Actors | |
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| Making Foreign Policy | |
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| What Is Foreign Policy? | |
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| States, Nationalism, and National Interests | |
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| Foreign Policy from Different Perspectives | |
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| Who Makes Foreign Policy? | |
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| What Do We Expect from Foreign Policy? | |
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| Levels of Analysis in Foreign Policy | |
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| Individual, or the Human Dimension | |
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| Domestic Sources, or National Attributes | |
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| Systemic Factors | |
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| Global Factors | |
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| The Foreign Policy Process | |
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| Phase One: Initiation or Articulation Phase | |
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| Phase Two: The Formulation of Foreign Policy | |
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| Phase Three: Foreign Policy Implementation | |
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| Phase Four: Foreign Policy Evaluation | |
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| Foreign Policy Strategies and Tools | |
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| Sticks: Military and Economic Tools | |
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| Carrots: Foreign Assistance | |
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| Sermons: Diplomatic Messaging and the Use of the Media | |
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| Soft and Hard Power in Foreign Policy | |
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| Foreign Policy Styles and Traditions | |
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| Great Powers, Middle Powers, and Small States | |
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| Great-Power Foreign Policy | |
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| Middle-Power Foreign Policy | |
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| Small-State Foreign Policy | |
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| Features | |
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| Case Study: Refugees | |
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| Global Perspective: Central America: A Perpetual Pursuit of Union? | |
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| Theory in Practice: The Impact of Globalization on Different Kinds of States | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: Designing a New World Order | |
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| Global and Regional Governance | |
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| International Law | |
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| International Order and Institutions | |
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| Criticisms of International Law | |
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| From International to Supranational Law? | |
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| The United Nations | |
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| A Brief History of the United Nations and Its Principal Organs | |
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| The Security Council | |
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| The General Assembly | |
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| The Secretariat | |
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| The Economic and Social Council | |
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| The Trusteeship Council | |
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| The International Court of Justice | |
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| Maintenance of International Peace and Security | |
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| Increased Attention to Conditions within States | |
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| Intervention within States | |
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| Economic and Social Questions | |
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| The Reform Process of the United Nations | |
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| Country Level | |
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| Headquarters Level | |
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| The EU and Other Regional Organizations | |
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| The Process of European Integration | |
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| Other Regional Actors: The African Union and the Organization of American States | |
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| Features | |
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| Theory in Practice: Why Some Realists Have Concerns About the UN | |
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| Case Study: The 2003 Intervention in Iraq | |
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| Global Perspective: The UN and Environmental Protection | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: Who Could Help Tomorrow? Twenty Global Problems and Global Issues Networks | |
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| Global Civil Society Actors | |
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| Problems with the State-centric Approach | |
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| NGOs as Political Actors | |
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| Types of NGOs | |
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| Types of Interests NGOs | |
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| Business International NGOs (BINGOs) | |
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| Religious International NGOs (RINGOs) | |
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| Other Nonstate Global Actors | |
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| Transnational Social Movements | |
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| Terrorist Organizations/Networks | |
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| Multinational Corporations/Transnational Banks | |
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| Think Tanks and Research Centers | |
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| Foundations | |
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| Critical Individuals | |
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| International Organizations as Structures of Global Politics | |
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| Features | |
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| Case Study: The Baby Milk Advocacy Network | |
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| Global Perspective: NGOs and Protecting the Rights of Children | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: Who Could Help Tomorrow? Twenty Global Problems and Global Issues Networks | |
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| Global Issues | |
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| International Security and Military Power | |
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| What Is "Security"? | |
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| The Mainstream Approaches to National Security | |
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| Realist Views on Security | |
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| Key Structural-Realist Assumptions | |
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| Liberal Institutionalists on Global Security | |
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| Alternative Views on Global Security | |
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| Constructivist Theory and War | |
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| Critical Security Studies: Feminism | |
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| Marxist and Radical Liberal, or Utopian, Views on Security | |
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| The Changing Character of War | |
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| The Nature of War | |
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| The Revolution in Military Affairs | |
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| Postmodern War | |
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| Globalization and New Wars | |
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| New Roles for NATO? | |
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| Nuclear Proliferation and Nonproliferation | |
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| The Zero Movement | |
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| Proliferation Optimism and Pessimism | |
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| Nature of Nuclear Weapons | |
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| Nuclear Weapons Effects | |
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| Nuclear Defense | |
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| Theorizing Nuclear Proliferation | |
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| Nuclear Motivations | |
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| Nuclear Capabilities and Intentions | |
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| Post-Cold War Antiproliferation Efforts | |
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| Features | |
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| Global Perspective: The Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
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| Theory in Practice: Re-imaging War | |
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| Case Study: Asymmetric Conflict: The US and Iraq, 2003-2011 | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: Perspectives on the Arms Race | |
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| Terrorism and Globalization | |
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| Defining Terrorism | |
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| Terrorism: From Domestic to Global Phenomena (1968-2001) | |
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| The Impact of Globalization on Terrorism | |
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| Cultural Explanations | |
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| Economic Explanations | |
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| Religion and "New" Terrorism | |
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| Globalization, Technology, and Terrorism | |
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| Proselytizing | |
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| Coordination | |
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| Security | |
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| Mobility | |
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| Lethality | |
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| Combating Terrorism | |
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| The Death of Bin Laden and the End of the War on Terrorism? | |
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| Features | |
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| Global Perspective: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Fighting Terrorism in the Former Communist Bloc | |
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| Theory in Practice: The Realist-Theory Perspective and the War on Terror | |
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| Case Study: Cyberterrorism | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: [TBD] | |
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| Human Rights and Human Security | |
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| What Are Human Rights? | |
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| Human Rights and State Sovereignty | |
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| What Is Human Security? | |
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| History of Humanitarian Challenges | |
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| 1948 and the Modern Agenda | |
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| The 1990s: A Golden Era of Humanitarian Activism? | |
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| Universalism Challenged | |
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| Humanitarian Dimensions | |
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| Political and Economic Rights | |
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| Conflict, Human Rights, and Human Security | |
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| Resources and Intervention | |
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| Women, Conflict, and Human Security | |
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| The Role of the International Community | |
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| Features | |
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| Case Study: Human Insecurity in Southeast Asia | |
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| Global Perspective: Asian Values | |
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| Theory in Practice: Gendered Perspective on Human Rights | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: What Should be Done? National Interests versus Human Interests | |
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| International Political Economy in an Age of Globalization | |
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| The Postwar World Economy | |
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| Traditional Approaches to IPE: Liberal, Mercantilist, and Marxist | |
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| The Liberal Tradition | |
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| The Mercantilist Tradition | |
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| The Marxist Tradition | |
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| New Approaches to IPE | |
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| Political Economy: The Application of Rational Choice to Groups Within the State | |
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| Institutionalism: The Application of Rational Choice to States | |
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| Constructivism | |
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| The Globalization Debate in IPE | |
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| Is Globalization Diminishing the Role of the State in the World Economy? | |
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| The Global Skeptics | |
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| New Constraints on States | |
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| International Institutions in the Globalizing World-Economy | |
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| Features | |
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| Global Perspective: The Bretton Woods Institutions and the Global South | |
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| Case Study: Microcredit: Empowering Women Through Investment | |
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| Theory in Practice: [TBD] | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: [TBD] | |
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| Global Trade and Finance | |
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| Global Trade and Finance Actors | |
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| A Globalizing Economy | |
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| Cross-Border Transactions | |
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| Open-Border Transactions | |
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| Transborder Transactions | |
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| Global Trade | |
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| Transborder Production | |
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| Transborder Products | |
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| Global Finance | |
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| Transplanetary Money | |
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| Transplanetary Banking | |
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| Transplanetary Securities | |
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| Transplanetary Derivatives | |
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| Continuity and Change in Economic Globalization | |
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| Irregular Incidence | |
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| The Persistence of Territory | |
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| The Survival of the State | |
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| The Continuance of Nationalism and Cultural Diversity Features | |
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| Global Perspective: NAFTA and Mexico | |
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| Case Study: Southern Debt in Global Finance | |
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| Theory in Practice: What Course to Follow Out of the 2008 Global Recession? | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: The Possibilities of Cooperation: The Global Commons Challenge | |
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| Poverty, Development, and Hunger Poverty Development | |
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| Post-1945 International Economic Liberalism and the Orthodox Development Model | |
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| The Post-1945 International Economic Order: Results | |
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| Economic Development: Orthodox and Alternative Evaluations Hunger | |
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| The Orthodox, Nature-Focused Explanation of Hunger | |
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| The Entitlement, Society-Focused Explanation of Hunger | |
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| Globalization and Hunger Features | |
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| Theory in Practice: The Terms of Development | |
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| Case Study 1: Ideas and Development in the Contemporary Coffee-Producing Sector | |
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| Global Perspective: Life in Zimbabwe: Poverty, Hunger, Development, and Politics | |
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| Case Study 2: Haiti: Poverty and Hunger | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: Development Assistance as Foreign Policy Statecraft | |
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| Environmental Issues | |
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| Environmental Issues on the International Agenda: A Brief History | |
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| The Environment and International Relations Theory | |
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| The Functions of International Environmental Cooperation | |
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| Transboundary Trade and Pollution Control | |
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| Norm Creation | |
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| Capacity Building | |
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| Scientific Understanding | |
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| Governing the Commons | |
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| Environmental Regimes | |
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| Climate Change Features | |
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| Global Perspective: "The Doomsday" Seed Vault | |
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| Theory in Practice: Regime Theory and the Montreal Protocol | |
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| Case Study: Common But Differentiated Responsibilities? | |
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| Thinking about Global Politics: The Environment: Images and Options | |
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| Thematic Maps | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |