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(January 25) Lecture / Discussion Page - Introduction: What is International Relations?
Readings1. Instructions for the January 25, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] Introduction: What is International Relations (I.R.)? 4. Journal Article Reading: Five Moments That Will Shape Ethics in International Affairs for 2023 - Rosenthal 5. Video Presentation: Ukraine on Fire 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Responses for Video Presentation Introduction: What is International Relations (I.R.)? [PowerPoint Presentation] Big Questions in the Study of World Politics - Keohane The Question of African Agency in International Relations - Chipaike The Evolution of American National Security Policy - Jordan
Readings1. Instructions for the February 1, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] Historical Context of International Relations 4. Journal Article Reading: America's IR Schools Are Broken - Walt 5. Video Presentation: Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Responses for Video Presentation The Historical Context of International Relations [PowerPoint Presentation] Man, the State, and War (12 min blog) - Waltz One World, Many Theories - Walt Why Are We In Afghanistan? - Documentary
(February 8) Lecture / Discussion Page - System Level Theory #1: Realism
Readings1. Instructions for the February 8, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] System Level Theory: Realism 4. Journal Article Reading: The New Thirty Years War - Klare 5. Video Presentation: Blood and Oil - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Realism [PowerPoint Presentation] The Sources of Soviet Conduct - X The Thucydidies Trap - The Belfer Center The Six Principles of Political Realism - Morgenthau A Theory of Hegemonic War - Gilpin The World Wants You to Think Like a Realist - Walt Chapter 17: Better to be Feared Than Loved - The Municipal Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli - BBC Documentary
(February 15) Lecture / Discussion Page - System Level Theory #2: Liberalism
Readings1. Instructions for the February 15, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] System Level Theory: Liberalism 4. Journal Article Reading: US Shouldn't Be Invited to Summit for Democracy, Let Alone Be Its Host - Rubenstein 5. Video Presentation: The Power of the Poor - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Liberalism [PowerPoint Presentation] The Latest on Peru's Escalating Anti-Government Protests - Yang (PBS) Introducing Liberalism in International Relations Theory - Meiser Liberalism in International Relations - Badie, Schlosser, and Molino Think Again: Soft Power - Nye Twenty Years of Institutional Liberalism - Keohane The Globalization of Informal Violence, Theories of World Politics, and the "Liberalism of Fear" - Keohane
(February 22) Lecture / Discussion Page - System Level Theory #3: Class System Theory
Readings1. Instructions for the February 22, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] System Level Theory: Class System Theory 4. Journal Article Reading: Up to Half of the $14 Trillion Spent by Pentagon Since 9/11 Has Gone to War Profiteers - Johnson 5. Video Presentation: Iraq for Sale - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Class System Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] Marxist Economic Theory Easily Explained w/Richard Wolff - The Jimmy Dore Show Profits of War: Corporate Beneficiaries of the Post-9/11 Pentagon Spending Surge - Hartung Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism - Gasper Stealing Oil from Iraq Are the Motives of War Profiteers Driving Us to the Brink of a New Cold War? - Pitt Warmongers 101 - Who Is the Institute for the Study of War?
(March 1) Lecture / Discussion Page - System Level Theory #4: Postmodernism / Feminism
Readings1. Instructions for the March 1, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] System Level Theory: Postmodernism / Feminism 4. Journal Article Reading: Feminist Approaches to International Relations in the Post-Cold War Period - Zalewski 5. Video Presentation: Dr. Cynthia Enloe: Masculinities in International Affairs 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Postmodernism / Feminism [PowerPoint Presentation] Anarchy is What States Make of It - Wendt Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security - J. Ann Tickner Women Must Be Central to Negotiating the US-Korea Peace Process - Ahn Feminist Debate Rising Fundamentalism In Iraq / Afghanistan - Democracy Now Why Women Need to be Part of the Peace Process - De Langis
Readings1. Instructions for the March 8, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3a. [Lecture Presentation] State Level Theories: Political Culture Theory 3b. [Lecture Presentation] State Level Theories: Decision-Making Process Theory 4. Journal Article Reading: The Clash of Civilizations - Huntington 5. Video Presentation: The Power of Nightmares - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Political Culture Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] Decision-Making Process Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] Atlantic Council Hawks Enraged as Think Tank Publishes Slightly Less Anti-Russian Article - Macleod What Donald Rumsfeld Knew We Didn't Know About Iraq - Walcott Why Democratic Peace? - Russett It's Still Not the End of History - Stanley and Lee Jihad vs. McWorld - Barber The Essence of Decision - Allison Islam: What the West Needs to Know - Documentary
Readings1. Instructions for the March 15, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] Individual Level Theories: Human Nature and Cognitive Theory 4. Journal Article Reading: Quitting the Hominid Fight Club: The Evidence is Flimsy for Innate Chimpanzee - Let Alone Human - Warfare -Horgan 5. Video Presentation: Soldiers of Conscience 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Human Nature Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] Cognitive Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] The Problem Isn't Human Nature - Johnstone Justice and the Justification of War in Ancient Greece: Four Authors - Husby War in the Hobbesian State: Sovereignty's Justification and Limit - Bond Why War: Einstein and Freud's Little-Known Correspondence on Violence, Peace, and Human Nature - Popova The Psychology of War - Taylor Is It Natural for Humans to Make War? - Connor The US Military and the Myth That Humanity Is Predisposed to Violence - Santelli Have We Been Denying Our Human Nature for Four Hundred Years? - Parramore
Readings1. Instructions for the March 22, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3a. [Lecture Presentation] Individual Level Theory: Peace Studies Theory 3b. [Lecture Presentation] Writing the APA Research Paper 4. Journal Article Reading: "Pruning-Hooks Made Out of Swords:" The Case for a US Department of Peace - Dangl 5. Video Presentation: Voices in Wartime - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Peace Studies Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] 3 Reasons Why Supporting Peace is More Important Than Ever - Dumasy How Humanity Can Realistically Prevent New Wars: An Interview With Anthropologist Douglas P. Fry - Short Why War Is Not Inevitable - Swanson Peace Studies: An Alternative Perspective on International Security - Whitehead Ghandi's Way to Peace - Kumar Taking Stock of the Anti-War Movement - Stein Owl Purdue APA Writer's Page
(April 5) Lecture / Discussion Page - United States Foreign Policy
Readings1. Instructions for the April 5, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] United States Foreign Policy 4. Journal Article Reading: The Council on Foreign Relations, the Biden Team, and Key Policy Outcomes - Shoup 5. Video Presentation: In Whose Interest? 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation U.S. Foreign Policy [PowerPoint Presentation] CrossTalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Is China a threat? - RT Biden's Protection of Murderous Saudi Despots Shows the Hidden Reality of U.S. Foreign Policy - Greenwald The U.S. Foreign Policy Elite Still Wants the Middle East for Its Oil and Its Strategic Location - Hunt A World Without Power - Ferguson The Neoconservative Convergence - Krauthammer U.S. Middle East Policy: Democratic Illusions - Selfa Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy - Chomsky
(April 12) Lecture / Discussion Page - International Political Economy and Globalization - The North
Readings - Conventional Perspectives1. Instructions for the April 12, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] International Political Economy and Globalization - The North 4. Journal Article Reading: Globalization: Positive or Negative? 5. Video Presentation: Globalization at the Crossroads - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Globalization and the North [PowerPoint Presentation] The Blessings and Challenges of Globalization - Griswold Think Again: Globalization - Naim World Trade Organization Globalization 101 Globalization with a Human Face - Bhagwati The CATO Institute - Trade and Globalization Why Globalization Works - Wolf Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
(April 19) Lecture / Discussion Page - International Political Economy and Globalization - The South
Readings - Critical Perspectives1. Instructions for the April 19, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] International Political Economy and Globalization - The South 4. Journal Article Reading: Localisation: A Strategic Solution to Globalised Authoritarianism - Norberg-Hodge 5. Video Presentation: Globalization: Winners and Losers in World Trade 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Globalization and the South [PowerPoint Presentation] The Pandemic Has Accelerated the Global Economic "Slowbalization" - An Interview with John Feffer CrossTalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Peak Globalism? - RT Pitfalls of Economic Globalization - Tremblay Extreme Poverty Cut in Half? Only in the Minds of the Capitalists - Buchheit Three Richest Americans Now Own More Wealth Than Bottom Half of US Combined: Report - Johnson It's Not Only Necessary to Develop an Alternative to Globalization; It's Entirely Possible - Bello Measuring Global Inequality - Yates You'll Only Understand Trump and Brexit If You Understand the Failure of Globalization - Washington's Blog Globalization and Terror - Norberg-Hodge Building a Democratic Economy: Local Tools in the Struggle Against Neoliberalism - Gilbert Globalization on the Rocks - The New Internationalist Globalization for Whom? - Rodrik
(April 26) Lecture / Discussion Page - Security Theory and Peak Oil
Readings1. Instructions for the April 26, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] Security Theory and Peak Oil 4. Journal Article Reading: Here's the Fracking Truth About America's Last Fossil-Fueled Hurrah - Heinberg 5. Oil, Smoke, and Mirrors - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Security Theory and Peak Oil [PowerPoint Presentation] The Most Colossal Planning Failure in Human History - Heinberg Peak Oil, 20 Years Later: Failed Prediction or Useful Insight? - Bardi Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future? - Klare Peak Oil and Climate Collapse: Can Society Make the Transition in Time? - Global Research News Hour A Tough-Oil World - Klare
(May 3) Lecture / Discussion Page - Religion and Nationalism
Readings1. Instructions for the May 3, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] Religion and Nationalism 4. Journal Article Reading: Nationalism: A Satanic Religion - Jacobs 5. Video Presentation: The Doctrine of Discovery: Stolen Lands, Strong Hearts - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Religion and Nationalism [PowerPoint Presentation] What is the Doctrine of Discovery? (in 7 minutes) The Downside of Institutionalized Religion - Davidson Why Religion Still Matters - Carroll Religion: A Source of Solidarity or Division? - Alberts What Went Wrong? - Lewis God's Country? - Mead Jihad vs. McWorld - Barber
(May 10) Lecture / Discussion Page - International Relations and the Global Environment
Readings1. Instructions for the May 10, 2023 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] International Relations and the Global Environment 4. Journal Article Reading: The Socio-Ecological Crises of Capitalism 5. Video Presentation: Planet of the Humans - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation International Relations and the Global Environment [PowerPoint Presentation] On Contact: Planet of the Humans with Jeff Gibbs The Climate Crisis is Capitalism - Urie The Tragedy of the Commons - Hardin The Tragedy of the Commons: How Elinor Ostrom Solved One of Life's Greatest Dilemmas - Wilson Natural Capitalism - Hawken Origins and Delusions of Green Growth - Dale Green Capitalism: The God That Failed - Smith Capitalist and Socialist Responses to the Ecological Crisis - Wallis
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Books / Articles / Reports / Documents / Websites on the Crisis in Ukraine (Mainstream / US and Western Governments)Ukraine's Red Lines: How Far Are Russia and NATO Willing To Go? - France 24 What Can the West Do If Russia Attacks Ukraine? - DW News (Germany) What's Triggered Tension Between Ukraine and Russia? - Al Jazeera Exclusive: Full Interview With Russian President Vladimir Putin - NBC News Ukraine-Russia Tensions: Is War Imminent? - WION Wideangle The Ukraine War and International Law - Wittner Overextending and Unbalancing Russia: Assessing the Impact of Cost-Imposing Options - RAND Corporation Building a Lasting Settlement for Ukraine - Doctorow Why Putin's War Against the West Is Just Beginning - Heilbrunn How Putin's War in Ukraine May Backfire - Benard Why Progressives Should Help Defend Ukraine - Starr NATO Outlines 'Deterrence' Plan As Tensions With Russia Soar- Cook Ukraine War: 'This Time It's Different' - Dreher U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine: A Silver Bullet? - Charap and Boston U.S. Intel Suggests Russia is Preparing a 'False-Flag' Operation as Pretext for Ukraine Invasion - Gregorian Russia Is Playing With Fire in the Balkans - Stradner Diplomacy - and Strategic Ambiguity - Can Avert a Crisis in Ukraine - Stent Don't Sell Out Ukraine - Kuleba Putin's Demand for Security Guarantees: Not New and Not to Be Taken Literally, But Not to Be Ignored - Baklitskiy Articles on Ukraine - CNN Articles on Ukraine - MSNBC Articles on Ukraine - The New York Times Articles on Ukraine - The Washington Post Articles on Ukraine - Los Angeles Times Articles on Ukraine - The Guardian (Britain) Articles on Ukraine - The National Interest Articles on Ukraine - Foreign Policy Magazine Articles on Ukraine - The Christian Science Monitor Articles on Ukraine - POLITICO Articles on Ukraine - The Economist Articles on Ukraine - Foundation for Defense of Democracies Articles on Ukraine - The American Conservative Articles on Ukraine - Foreign Policy in Focus
Books / Articles / Reports / Documents / Websites on the Crisis in Ukraine (Critical / Radical)Andrew Bacevich on China's Rise as Global Superpower & Decline of U.S. Empire After Iraq Invasion - Democracy Now! (A wider look of what's currently happening in the conflict) Attack on Antiwar Activists Exemplifies Russophobia Among "Leftist" Apologists for Western Imperialism and a Fascist-Loving Regime - Pierce 'Rigorous' Maidan Massacre Expose Suppressed By Top Academic Journal? - Klarenberg The West's Sabotage of Peace in Ukraine - Johnstone How US Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline - Hersh Diplomatic Cables Prove Top U.S. Officials Knew They Were Crossing Russia's Red Lines on NATO Expansion - Marcetic The Ukraine War in the Light of the UN Charter - de Zayas Ukraine - The Inevitable War - Bowes The US Continues Escalating in Ukraine - Kimberly What the MSM Can No Longer Say - Johnstone Poland WWIII Scare Shows Why Top US General Wants Peace (w/ Doug Macgregor) - The Grayzone Blackrock to Take Zelenskyy's Panhandling Act to the Next Level - Nimmo John Mearsheimer: We're playing Russian Roulette - Unherd Promoting Stability or Fueling Conflict? The Impact of U.S. Arms Sales on National and Global Security - Hartung Putin is Correct about NATO & Ukraine. U.S. Double Standard Explained - Representative Press U.S. in Damning Admission of Long-Planning War Against Russia - SCF Editorial National Endowment for Democracy Deletes Records of Funding Projects in Ukraine - Kuzmarov Ukraine: The CIA's 75-year-old Proxy - Sussman Ukraine and the Triumph of Militarism - Johnstone Arming Ukraine (CBS Self-Censored Documentary 2022) - ICH Geopolitical Tectonic Plates Shifting, 6 Months On - Escobar Ukraine Crawling with CIA & Co - Johnstone A Lemming Leading the Lemmings: Slavoj Zizek and the Terminal Collapse of the Anti-War Left - Cook The Economic and Geostrategic Significance of the Black Sea Region and the Imperialist Proxy War Against Russia in Ukraine - Weiss The Trend Toward a Multipolar World is Defined by Class Struggle - Haiphong The Ukrainian Boondoggle as a Black Hole - Astore The Unbearable Reactions of Zelensky - Denece Solidarity with the Ukrainian Resistance! - Smith Moral Crusade or Class Interest? Does the US Working Class Have a Material Interest in Ukraine? - Moser The Ukraine War: A Colloquy - Chomsky, Kukharskyy, Fedyk, Goradnichenko, Sologoub Five Reasons Why Washington Can't Break Its War Addiction - Astore The New Gold Rush: How Pentagon Contractors Are Cashing in on the Ukraine Crisis - Hartung and Gledhill The Role of Capitalism in the War in Ukraine - Wolff Ukrainian Leftist Criticizes Western War Drive with Russia: US Is Using Ukraine As 'Cannon Fodder' - Dubovyk Arms Industry Sees Ukraine Conflict as an Opportunity, Not a Crisis - Ng Putin, Lenin, Imperialism and the (Real) History of Ukraine - A Must-Read Spot-On Assessment for Class System Theorists from Gary Leupp America's Real Adversaries are its European and Other Allies - A Must-Read Spot-On Assessment from Michael Hudson Professor John Mearsheimer: The Situation in Russia and Ukraine - King's Politics From Ukraine to Yemen, US Arms Industry Reaps the Spoils of War - Push Back with Aaron Mate US War Lobby Fuels Conflict in Russia, Ukraine, and Syria: Ex-Pentagon Advisor - Push Back with Aaron Mate Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer - University of Chicago Why Is Biden Pushing Putin on Ukraine? - Larry Wilkerson Post-Soviet Russia, Made in the U.S.A. - The Empire Files [Book] Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands (Chapter 1) - Sakwa [Book] Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands (Chapter 9) - Sakwa [Book] War with Russia? - Cohen NATO as Religion - de Zayas Tangled Tale of NATO Expansion at the Heart of Ukraine Crisis - Lauria The Case for Neutrality to Defuse Crisis With Russia - Ritter Stripping Away the Bulls**t: U.S. and Russian Threats Over Ukraine - What They're About and Who's the Aggressor - Knight Is a New War Against Russia in Ukraine Unfolding Before Our Eyes? - McMurtry The United States Can Solve the Ukraine Crisis - Goodman Blowback: An Inside Look at How US-Funded Fascists in Ukraine Mentor US White Supremacists - Blumenthal The Ukraine: The USA Is Responsible for the Escalation, and Must Stop It Before Provoking a World War - Konstantakopoulos Ukraine and the Pathology of the Liberal Worldview - Baraka Articles on Ukraine - The National Security Archive Articles on Ukraine - Scheerpost Articles on Ukraine - Covert Action Magazine Articles on Ukraine - Common Dreams Articles on Ukraine - Counterpunch Articles on Ukraine - Truthout Articles on Ukraine - Consortium News Articles on Ukraine - Mint Press News Articles on Ukraine - Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) Articles on Ukraine - Global Research America's War for Global Domination - Chossudovsky
A Message From the Future II: "Years of Repair"
A People's Guide to the War Industry - 1: Introduction - Sorensen
A People's Guide to the War Industry - 2: Profits & Deception - Sorensen
A People's Guide to the War Industry - 3: Bribery & Propaganda - Sorensen
A People's Guide to the War Industry - 4: The New BOSS - Sorensen
A People's Guide to the War Industry - 5: Portfolio of Conflicts - Sorensen
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War - Whitlock
War Is A Racket - Major General Smedley Butler
Four Horsemen - Documentary (Great Stuff! Check This Out!)
Empire Files: Peter Joseph & Abby Martin on Abolishing Capitalism
Destroying the Myths of Market Fundamentalism - The Real News Network
A Century of War - RT Documentary
The Collapse of the American Empire? - The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Tipping Point: The End of Oil - Documentary
Global Wealth Inequality: What You Never Knew You Never Knew - therules.org
The Crisis of Civilization - Documentary
The End of Human Civlisation: War, Empire and Racism in the Anthropocene - Ahmed
America's Strategic Response to 9/11 - National Security Archive
Empire Under Obama: Counterinsurgency, Death Squads, and the Population as the Target - Marshall
Sleeping With The Devil: How U.S. and Saudi Backing of Al Qaeda Led to 9/11 - Washington's Blog
The Collapse of Globalism - Saul
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds - National Intelligence Council
Shock and Awe - National Defense University
Vision for 2020 - U.S. Space Command
Rebuilding America's Defenses - Project for a New American Century
Oil, Power and Empire - Everest
Iraq's New Constitution - Hassan
Behind the War on Iraq - Research Unit for Political Economy
Let Your Life Be A Friction That Stops The Machine - Class War Films
Military Cancer - Class War Films
Imperial Decay - Class War Films
Smash the Control Machine - Otep Rocks!
Rise Rebel Resist - Otep Rocks!
The World is Coming to an End - Prince Ea
The Final Word from My Two Favorite Comedians of All Time on "The Big Question"