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CHAPTER I Is THERE AN ENDURING LOGIC OF CONlFLICT IN WORLD POULITICS?1

What Is International Politics?3

Two Views of Anarchic Politics4

Building Blocks8

The Peloponnesian War12

A Short Version of a Long Story13

Causes and Theories15

Inevitability and the Shadow of the Future17

Ethical Questions and International Politics20

Limits on Ethics in International.Relations22

Three Views of the Role of Morality23

ChronOLOGY: Peloponnesian Wars28

Study Questions29

Notes29

Selected Readings30

Further Readings30

CHAPTER 2 Origings of the of the Great Twentieth-Century Conflicts33

International Systems and Levels of Causation33

Levels of Analysis35

Systems: Structure and Process37

Revolutionary and Moderate Goals and Instruments38

The Structure and Process of the Nineteenth. Century System39

A Modem Sequel42

Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy43

Liberalism Revived44

Liberal Democracy and War47

Definition of National Interests49

Variations in Foreign Policies49

Counteffactuals50

Plausibility51

Proximity in Time51

Relation to Theory51

Facts51

Chronologies: Europe53

Study Questions55

Notes55

Selected Readings55

Further Readings56

CHAPTER 3 Balance of Power and World WAR I58

Balance of Power58

Power59

Balances as Distributions of Power62

Balance of Power as Policy63

Balance of Power as Multipolar Systems65

Alliances67

The Origins of World War I68

Three Levels of Analysis69

Was War Inevitable?74

What Kind of War?77

The Funnel of Choices79

Lessons of History Again80

Chronology: The Road to World War I81

Study Questions82

Notes82

Selected Readings83

Further Readings83

CHAPTER 4 THE FAILURE OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY AND WORLD WAR II85

The Rise and Fall of Collective Security85

The League of Nations86

The United States and the League of Nations88

The Early Days of the League89

The Manchurian Failure90

The Ethiopian Debacle92

The Origins of World War II93

Hitler's War?94

Hitler's Strategy95

The Role of the Individual98

Systemic and Domestic Causes99

Was War Inevitable?102

The Pacific War103

Appeasement and Two Types of War107

Chronology: Between the World Wars108

Study Questions109

Notes110

Selected Readings110

Further Readings110

CHAPTER 5 THE COLD WAR112

Deterrence and Containment113

Three Approaches to the Cold War114

Roosevelt's Policies116

Stalin's Policies117

Phasesof the Conflict118

Inevitability?123

Levels of Analysis124

U.S. and Soviet Goals in the Cold War127

Containment128

The Rest of the Cold War129

The End of the Cold War131

The Role of Nuclear Weapons135

Physics and Politics136

Balance of Terror139

Problems of Nuclear Deterrence140

The Cuban Missile Crisis141

Moral Issues143

Chronology: The Cold War Years146

Study Questions150

Notes150

Selected Readings151

Further Readings151

CHAPTER 6 INTERVENTION, INSTITTUTIONS AND REGIONAL AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS153

Ethnic Conflicts154

Intervention and Sovereignty155

Defining Intervention158

Sovereignty159

Judging Intervention160

Exceptions to the Rule161

Problems of Self. Determination162

Motives, Means, and Consequences164

International Law and Organization166

Domestic Analogies166

PredictabRiry and Legitimacy168

The Suez Canal Crisis169

U.N. Peacekeeping and Collective Security171

Conflicts in the Middle East174

The Questions of Nationalism175

The Arab-Israeli Conflicts178

The 1991 Gulf War and Its Aftermath181

Chronology: The Arab-Israeli Conflict186

Study questions188

Notes188

Selected Reodaings188

Further geadings189

CHAPTER 7 GLOnAUZATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE191

The Dimensions of Globalization192

What's New About Twenty-first Century Globalization?194

Political Reactions to Globalization196

Economic Interdependence and Conflict197

The Concept of Interdependence197

Sources of Interdependence198

Benefits of Interdependence199

Costs of Interdependence200

Symmetry of Interdependence202

Leadership irt the World Economy205

Realism and Complex Interdependence207

The Politics of Oil208

Oil as a Power Resource212

Study Questiohs213

Notes214

Selected Readings214

Further Readings214

CHAPTER 8 THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION, TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS, AND THE DIFFUSION OF POWER217

Power and the Information Revolution217

Lessons from the Past218

A New World Politics?220

Sovereignty and Control221

Transnational Actors225

Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)228

Transnational Terrorism229

Information and Power Among States231

The Information Revolution and Complex Interdependence233

The Information Revolution and Democratization236

Study Questions238

Notes238

Selected Readings239

Further Readings239

CHAPTER 9 A NEw WORLD ORDER?242

Alternative Designs for the Future242

The End of History or the Clash of Civilizations?247

Technology and the Diffusion of Power249

Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction251

Transnational -Threats and the Concept of Security253

A New World Order?254

Future Configurations of Power255

The Prison of Old Concepts257

The Evolution of a Hybrid World Order259

Thinking About the Future260

Study Questions261

Notes261

Selected Readings262

Further Readings262

GLOSSARY264

CREDITS268

INDEX269