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Preface | |
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Maps | |
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Engaging International Relations and World Politics | |
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Globalization | |
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Actors | |
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State | |
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International Organizations | |
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Case & Point Global Governance and the Ratko Mladic Case | |
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Nongovernmental Organizations | |
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SlideShowKey Actors in IR | |
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Individuals | |
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Security, Economy, Identity | |
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Arugument Counterargument Assessing the Roles of States and Nonstate Actors | |
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Theory | |
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What Is a Theory? | |
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Formulating and Testing Hypotheses | |
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The Levels of Analysis Framework | |
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Arugument Counterargument Generating Hypotheses | |
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World Images | |
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Realists | |
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Liberals | |
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Economic Structuralists | |
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English School "Rationalists" | |
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Case & Point Agriculture and the Developing World | |
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Interpretive Understandings | |
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Constructivists | |
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Feminists | |
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Critical Theorists and Postmodernists | |
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Assessing the Challenges to Mainstream Science and Positivism | |
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Normative Theory | |
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SlideShowWorld Images and Political Leaders | |
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History | |
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International Systems: Definition and Scope | |
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Independent State System | |
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Hegemonic State System | |
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Imperial System | |
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Feudal System | |
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Historical International Systems | |
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The Persian Empire | |
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Classical Greece | |
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India | |
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The Roman Empire | |
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The East Asian Sphere | |
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Medieval Europe and the Feudal System | |
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The Rise of the European Independent State System | |
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The Emergence of Collective Hegemony | |
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Arugument Counterargument Thucydides and Power Transition | |
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The Globalization of the European System | |
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Case & Point Politicians and Strategy | |
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Twentieth Century Hegemonic Systems in a Global Context | |
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Dual Hegemony during the Cold Wa | |
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SlideShow: International Systems throughout History | |
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Arugument Counterargument Why a Cold War and Not a Hot War? | |
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Rising Powers | |
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China | |
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India | |
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Russia | |
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Brazil | |
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Geography | |
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Physical and Human Geography | |
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Physical Geography | |
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Human Geography | |
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Worldwide Religious Traditions | |
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Religion and International Relations Theory | |
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Overview of the Major Religious Traditions | |
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Culture and Religious Beliefs | |
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Eastern Religious Traditions | |
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Case & Point Religious Intolerance | |
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Western Religious Tradition | |
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Nations and States | |
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SlideShowPhysical and Human Geography | |
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Nationalism | |
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Binational States | |
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Multinational, Multitribal, and Multiethnic States | |
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Nation-States and Nations without States | |
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Arugument-Counterargument Explaining Ethnic Conflict and Nationalism | |
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Nationalism and Ethnicity | |
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Maintaining Unity in Binational, | |
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Multinational, and Multiethnic States | |
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Outside Intervention, Social, and Economic Approaches | |
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Globalization | |
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Current Dynamics in Globalization | |
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Technology | |
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Case & Point Five Forces That Flattened the World | |
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Economic Impact | |
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Arugument-Counterargument Globalization or Americanization? | |
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Social-Cultural Impact | |
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Political Impact | |
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Capitalism as a Worldwide Form of Political Economy | |
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SlideShowAspects of Globalization | |
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Identifying the Attributes of Capitalist Political Economy | |
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Arugument Counterargument The Wealth of a Nation and Its Productive Capacity: Gross National Product and Gross Domestic Product | |
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The Passing of Feudalism arm the New Politics of Capitalism, Mercantilism, and Liberalism | |
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The Progressive Globalization of Capitalism | |
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The Ongoing, Twentieth Century Debate on Global Commerce | |
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Global Governance-The Export Import Trade Regime | |
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Global Governance-The International Monetary Regime | |
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Global Governance-The Investment and Development Regime | |
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Power | |
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How to Think about National Security | |
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Interests | |
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Objectives | |
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Threats | |
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Case & Point Key Drivers of National Security Policy | |
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Opportunities | |
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Policymaking Conflicts and Dilemmas | |
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Arugument Counterargument The Rationality Assumption | |
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Qualifying the Nature of Interests and Objectives | |
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Prioritizing Objectives | |
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Competing Domestic and Foreign Policy Objectives | |
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Arugument Counterargument Balance of Power | |
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SlideShowPower and Capabilities | |
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Capabilities and Power | |
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Political Capabilities | |
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Social and Cultural Capabilities | |
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Geographic and Economic Capabilities | |
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Military Capabilities | |
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Measuring Power | |
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Diplomacy and Foreign Policy | |
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Diplomacy and Foreign Policy | |
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Arugment-Counterargument Decision Making: Liberal and Constructivist Explanations | |
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The Historical Development of Diplomacy | |
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Case & Point NGOs and Diplomacy in the Field | |
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Diplomatic Processes | |
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Recognition of States and Governments | |
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Diplomatic Immunities and Protections | |
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The Organization of Diplomatic Missions | |
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Diplomatic Incentives and Disincentives | |
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Diplomatic Communications | |
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Arugment Counterargument Crisis Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Decisions | |
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Negotiation Strategies | |
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Disarmament and Arms Control | |
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SlideShowCurbing Weapons Proliferation | |
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Ways to Conceptualize Arms Control | |
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Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance | |
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Weapons Proliferation | |
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International Law and International Organization | |
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International Law and the Emergence of Global Civil Society | |
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Arugment-Counterargument Ideas and the Social Construction of Global Civil Society | |
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The Emergence of International Law | |
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Sources of International Law | |
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The Expanding Scope of International Law in Global Civil Society | |
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Diplomacy and Security:' Matters of War and Peace | |
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Economic and Commercial Matters | |
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Human Rights and the Environment | |
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International Criminal Accountability | |
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The United Nations (UN): Objectives and Structure | |
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Armed Intervention, International Organizations, and International Law | |
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Collective Security as Collective Law Enforcement | |
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Slide Show Nationalism and Civil Conflict | |
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Case & Point Reconstructing Europe at the Congress of Vienna | |
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Peacekeeping: Managing and Controlling Conflicts | |
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Alliances and Coalitions | |
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NATO�The North Atlantic Treaty Organization | |
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Arugment-Counterargument Security as a Collective Good | |
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Alliances as Collective Goods | |
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Interstate Conflict | |
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The Rationalities and Irrationalities of interstate Conflict | |
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The Causes of Interstate Conflict | |
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International System Level of Analysis | |
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Individual and Group Levels of Analysis | |
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State and Societal Levels of Analysis | |
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Arugment-Counterargument Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? | |
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National Strategy and the Use of Force | |
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Slide Show Analyzing Interstate War | |
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Deterrence, Defense, and Warfighting | |
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Minimum or Finite Deterrence | |
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Deterrence through Assured Destruction and Defensive Efforts | |
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Defense | |
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Warfighting | |
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The Post-Cold War Period | |
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Case & Point Technology and the Future of Warfare | |
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Concerns with Deterrence Theory | |
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Moral Principle and the Use of Force | |
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Arugment-Counterargument A Democratic Peace? | |
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Just-War Theory | |
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Conduct during War | |
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Case & Point Mark Twain's War Prayer | |
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Armed Intervention and National Security | |
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Humanitarian Intervention | |
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Cormpeting Criteria for Decisions on Armed Intervention | |
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Asymmetric Conflict | |
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Asymmetric Conflict | |
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Case & Point The Mumbai Terrorist Attacks | |
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Terrorism | |
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History | |
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The United States | |
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Causes of Terrorism | |
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Psychological/Social-Psychological Factors | |
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Case & Point Rational Terrorism | |
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Ideological Factors | |
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Environmental Factors | |
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The Changing Nature of Terrorism | |
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Who Are Terrorists? | |
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Why Terrorism? | |
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How Terrorism Works | |
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Arugment-Counterargument Netwar | |
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Policymaker Responses | |
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Slide Show Technology and Asymmetric Warfare | |
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Eliminate the Underlying Causes | |
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Counterattack | |
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Impose the Rule of Law | |
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Encourage International Cooperation | |
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Transnational Crime and Globalization | |
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Blurring the Terrorism-Crime Distinction | |
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TCO Threat Assessment | |
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Trade and Money | |
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Trade Theory and Comparative Advantage | |
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Arugment-Counterargument Why and How Countries Trade | |
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Neoclassical and Subsequent Economic Thought | |
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The Impact of Technology on Free-Trade Theory | |
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Slide Show Tracing International Trade | |
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Trade and Finance | |
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How Exchange Rates Work | |
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The Impact of Exchange-Rate Fluctuationson Trade | |
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The Politics of Managing Exchange Rates | |
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Case & Point The Big Mac Index | |
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Global Governance Tasks: Sustaining Trade and Monetary Regimes | |
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Maintaining International Liquidity | |
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Fixed Exchange-Rate Regimes | |
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Floating Exchange Rates | |
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Financing Trade | |
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Global Trade | |
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Regional Economic Integration and Global Commerce | |
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Trade and Economic Integration | |
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Is Europe Unique? | |
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Development | |
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Uneven Development and Poverty in Developing Countries | |
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Arugment-Counterargument The Poor Get Poorer | |
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Poverty, Capital Formation, and Development | |
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Aid | |
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Loans | |
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Direct Foreign Investment | |
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Trade | |
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Case & Point The Complex Case of Transfer Pricing | |
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Case & Point The Internet and the Developing World | |
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Slide Show Land, Labor, Capital | |
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Sustaining Development | |
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Population Growth | |
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Environment | |
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Health | |
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Military Spending and War | |
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Economic-Structuralist Critiques and Perspectives | |
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Dependency Theory | |
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Arugment-Counterargument Marxist Perspectives on the Plight of Less-Developed Countries | |
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Capitalist World-System Theory | |
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Human Rights | |
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Human Rights and the Human Condition | |
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Case & Point Women in the Developing World | |
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The Universality of Human Rights versus State Sovereignty | |
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Arugment-Counterargument The Social Construction of Human Rights | |
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Human Rights across Cultures | |
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Values That Transcend Diverse Cultures | |
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From Theory to Fact | |
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Slide Show Human Rights Abuses | |
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Case & Point Children and Human Rights | |
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Machinery for Human Rights Issues and Cases | |
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Regional Human Rights Efforts in Europe | |
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Other Regional Human Rights Efforts | |
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NGOs and Human Rights | |
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Arugment Counterargument Nonviolent Resistance | |
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Refugees | |
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The Environment | |
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A Global Perspective | |
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Atmosphere | |
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Land | |
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Arugment-Counterargument Understanding EnvironmentalChallenges | |
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Biodiversity | |
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Freshwater | |
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Coastal and Marine Areas | |
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Global Population | |
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Case & Point Estimating Population Growth | |
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Slide Show Environmental Degradation | |
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The Environment and Security | |
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Resource Wars | |
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Group-Identity Conflicts | |
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Civil Strife | |
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IOs and NGOs | |
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International Organizations | |
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Transnational Nongovernmental Organizations | |
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Glossary | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |
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Answer Key | |