This seminar examines a selection of foundational works in the field of international relations, that is, books and articles that have helped set the terms of intellectual inquiry in the field during the past half-century or more. Accordingly, we will examine how scholarship has framed the IR field in terms of a central problem, namely, the problem of war and conflict between nations on the one hand, and peace and cooperation among them on the other. We will examine how scholarship has addressed this problem through the employment of arguments at one or another of three basic levels of analysis in the study of international relations, that is, the identification and assessment by scholars of causal mechanisms producing war/conflict and peace/cooperation that emphasize the impact of individuals, domestic-structures, and the interstate-structure.
Getting published is notoriously hard. Although there are no rules of thumbs to construct a good research paper, the course deals with how to write articles for academic journals. The primary focus is on writing papers and responding to reviews. A secondary goal is to familiarize students with the requirements of journals as well as to provide them with first-hand experience with the publication process.
Courses for the academic year 2021-2022
Philosophy of Social Science
Research Methods
Game Theory for the Social Sciences
Classics of Political and Social Sciences
Seminars in Political Science (Polity, Politics, and Policy)
Seminars in International Relations and Area Studies