* Selections new to the eleventh edition.

PART 1. ANARCHY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

Power and Principle in Statecraft

Thucydides, "The Melian Dialogue"

Hans J. Morgenthau, "Six Principles of Political Realism"

J. Ann Tickner, "A Critique of Morgenthau’s Principles of Political Realism"

The Nature and Consequences of Anarchy

Kenneth N. Waltz, "The Anarchic Structure of World Politics"

*James D. Fearon, “Rationalist Explanations for War”

Alexander Wendt, "Anarchy Is What States Make of It"

*Ian Hurd, “Legitimacy in International Politics”

The Mitigation of Anarchy

Kenneth A. Oye, "The Conditions for Cooperation in World Politics"

Robert Jervis, "Offense, Defense, and the Security Dilemma"

Michael W. Doyle, "Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs"

Stephen M. Walt, "Alliances: Balancing and Bandwagoning"

*David C. Kang, “Hierarchy and Hegemony in International Politics”

Hans J. Morgenthau, "The Future of Diplomacy"

Stanley Hoffmann, "The Uses and Limits of International Law"

Robert O. Keohane, "International Institutions"

PART 2. THE USES OF FORCE

The Uses of Force

Robert J. Art, "The Four Functions of Force"

Thomas C. Schelling, "The Diplomacy of Violence"

Bruce Hoffman, "What Is Terrorism?"

The Utility of Force Today

Robert J. Art, "The Fungibility of Force"

Robert A. Pape, "The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism"

*The World Bank, “The Shape of Violence Today”

Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear Spread

Henry Sokolski and Patrick Clawson, “Getting Ready for a Nuclear-Ready Iran”

Barry R. Posen, "Dealing with a Nuclear-Armed Iran"

PART 3. INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY AND GLOBALIZATION

Perspectives on Political Economy

Robert Gilpin, "The Nature of Political Economy"

Michael J. Hiscox, "The Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policies"

Bruce R. Scott, "The Great Divide in the Global Village"

The Nature of Globalization

Jeffrey Frankel, "The Globalization of the International Economy"

Pankaj Ghemaway, "Why the World Isn’t Flat"

*Moises Naim, “What Globalization Is and Is Not”

Alan S. Blinder, “Offshoring: The Next Industrial Revolution?”

Globalization’s Pros and Cons

Dani Rodrik, "Trading in Illusions"

Robert Wade, “Financial Regime Change?”

John Micklethwait and Adrain Wooldridge, "Why the Globalization Backlash is Stupid"

PART 4. CONTEMPORARY WORLD POLITICS

Interstate War and Terrorism

Robert Jervis, "The Era of Leading Power Peace"

Robert J. Art, “The U.S. and the Rise of China”

Audrey Cronin, “Ending Terrorism”

Civil Wars and Intervention

Kofi Annan, “Reflections on Intervention”

*Michael N. Barnett and Jack Snyder, “The Grand Strategies of Humanitarianism”

*Alexander B. Downes, “To the Shores of Tripoli”

Human Rights and International Law

Rhoda E. Howard and Jack Donnelly, "Human Rights in World Politics"

Stephen R. Ratner, "International Law: The Trials of Global Norms"

Transnational Actors and New Forces

Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, "Transnational Activist Networks"

Phil Williams, "Transnational Organized Crime and the State"

*Herbert Lin, “Cyber Conflict and National Security”

*Marc Lynch, “After Egypt: Online Challenges to the Authoritarian Arab State”

The Global Commons and Global Governance

Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons"

David G. Victor, "International Cooperation on Climate Change: Numbers, Interests, and Institutions"

Adam Roberts, “The United Nations and International Security”

Kenneth N. Waltz, “Globalization and Governance”

*G. John Ikenberry, “The Future of the Liberal World Order”


The Shape of the Future

The U.S. National Intelligence Council, “Global Trends 2025”

Barry Posen, "Emerging Multipolarity: Why Should We Care?"

*Alan Dupont, “The Strategic Implications of Climate Change”

*Neil Howe and Richard Jackson, “Global Aging and the Crisis of the 2020s”

*Arvind Subramanian, "Why China’s Dominance Is a Sure Thing"