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| Preface | |
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| International Relations in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| What the Twenty-First Century World is Like | |
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| Forces Behind Change | |
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| Analyzing Contemporary International Relations | |
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| Levels of Analysis as an Analytical Tool | |
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| Frameworks for Understanding | |
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| The Participants' Framework: Actors and Interests in International Relations | |
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| The State, Nationalism, and the National Interest | |
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| Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and Duty | |
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| State, Nation, and Nation-State | |
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| Nationalism | |
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| The Evolution of the State System to 1870 | |
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| The Evolution of the State System: 1870 to Today | |
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| The National Interest | |
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| The State and the "Balance of Power" | |
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| Challenges to the State | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| International Governmental Organizations | |
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| The Structure and Function of Modern IGOs | |
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| The Evolution of IGOs | |
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| The United Nations and Its Related Organizations | |
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| The European Union: A Supranational IGO | |
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| The Future of IGOs | |
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| Multinational Organizations | |
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| The Size and Scope of Twenty-First Century MNCs | |
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| The Organization and Operation of MNCs | |
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| Twenty-First Century MNCs | |
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| MNCs and States: Sovereignty at Bay? | |
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| MNCs as World Citizens: Claims and Counterclaims | |
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| Nongovernmental Organizations, Individuals, and Other International Actors | |
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| Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) | |
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| Individuals in International Affairs | |
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| Ethnic/National Liberation Organizations | |
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| Terrorist Groups and Movements | |
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| Transnational Religious Groups and Movements | |
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| Transnational Political Parties and Movements | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Systemic Framework: The Actors in the International System | |
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| Foreign Policy Decision Making | |
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| The Foreign Policy Process and Foreign Policy: An Overview | |
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| The Foreign Policy Process | |
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| Formulating the Policies of Other International Actors | |
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| Rationality and Impediments to Rationality | |
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| The Actors and Their Interactions | |
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| The Rise and Fall of the East-West Conflict | |
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| Early Twentieth-Century International Systems | |
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| Origins of the Cold War and the Bipolar System | |
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| The Evolution of the East-West Conflict and the Bipolar System | |
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| The Legacy of the East-West Conflict and the Bipolar System | |
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| The North-South Conflict | |
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| Defining the Conflict | |
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| The Evolution of the Developing World | |
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| The Objectives of the Developing World | |
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| The Debate Over Development and Modernization | |
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| Dangers of the North-South Conflict | |
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| The Perceptual Framework: The Varied View of the Global Community | |
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| Perceptions and Policy in International Relations | |
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| The Sources of Perceptions | |
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| Case Studies: Vietnam and Kosovo | |
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| Nonstate Actors and Perceptions | |
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| Views from the Developed World | |
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| Levels of Analysis Revisited | |
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| The Shared Perceptions of Developed States | |
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| The United States' Outlook | |
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| European Perceptions | |
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| Japan's Perceptions | |
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| The Outlook from Russia | |
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| Perceptions and Policy | |
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| Outlooks from the Developing World | |
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| Sources of Developing World Perceptions | |
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| Developing World Views on International Economics | |
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| Selected Outlooks from the Developing World | |
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| China's Outlooks | |
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| The Developing World in Perspective | |
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| The Instrumental Framework: The Tools of Power in International Politics | |
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| Power | |
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| Views of Power | |
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| Aspects of Power | |
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| Constituents of Power | |
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| Declaratory Policy versus Actual Policy | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Economic Parameters of Power | |
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| The Reemergence of Economics: Present and Past | |
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| Theoretical Perspectives | |
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| Major International Financial and Economic Institutions | |
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| The Evolution of the International Economic System: 1945-1995 | |
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| A New System Emerges: 1995-Today | |
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| International Economics and Power | |
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| Military Parameters of Power | |
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| Military Power in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Conventional Weapons in a Nuclear Age | |
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| Nuclear Weapons and International Relations | |
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| Nonnuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction and Information Warfare | |
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| Military Capabilities of Nonstate Actors | |
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| Military Capabilities and Power | |
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| Other Parameters of Power: International Law, Diplomacy, and Sociopolitical Elements of Power | |
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| International Law | |
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| Diplomacy | |
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| Sociopolitical Elements of Power | |
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| International Law, Diplomacy, and Sociopolitical Elements of Power: An Assessment | |
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| The Argumentative Framework: Issues of International Publics | |
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| International Political Economic Issues | |
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| Population | |
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| Food | |
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| Resources | |
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| Technology | |
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| Net Assessment | |
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| War, Peace, and Violence | |
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| Typologies of International Conflict | |
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| The Causes of War and International Violence | |
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| Alternate Paths to Peace | |
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| War, Peace, and Violence in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Human Rights and Conflicts of Values | |
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| Human Rights | |
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| Conflicts of Values | |
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| The Environment and Health | |
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| The Environment | |
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| Global Responses to Environmental Deterioration | |
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| Health | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Futuristic Framework: Where is the World Going? | |
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| Toward 2100 | |
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| The International System in Transition | |
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| Critical Areas of International Change | |
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| Toward 2100 | |
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| Index | |
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| Photo Credits | |