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Course Syllabi
These syllabi are submitted by our members. If you have course syllabi that you would like us to include then feel free to email us. Stephane Baele, "Contemporary Theories of World Politics" (.pdf) Felix Berenskoetter,"Identity in International Relations" (.pdf) Felix Berenskoetter,"Power in World Politics" (.pdf) Benjamin de Carvalho and Halvard Leira, "International Relations Theory" (.pdf) Inanna Hamati-Ataya, "Dissident Perspectives on...
Resources
This section collects international-theory syllabi and links to journals that publish on cognate subjects.
ISA-Theory
According to its charter, "the aim of the [Theory Section] is to encourage and promote theoretical debates in the study of international politics. As such, it provides a platform for scholars to interrogate the meaning and purpose of theory in the field of International Relations (IR), to engage the task of theory building, to explore the relationship between theory and history, and the impact of theories on policymaking. "To accomplish these...
Awards
The Theory Section recognizes superlative scholarship in international theory through five awards: its Distinguished Scholar Award, Best Book Award, Best Edited Collection, Special Issue, or Symposium Award, and two for papers presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference.
Friday Nerd Blogging: Solving 21st Century Defense Procurement Challenges
The effort to develop a single 5th generation fighter plane has been a challenge for the US and its allies. The F-35 is very expensive and may underperform. The quality of debate about this plane has varied. So, we turn to the experts for a reasoned discussion of the F-35 and an alternative: Does that help make up some minds? Ok, so a Boeing subcontractor made it, but I find it convincing... do you? H/T to @drfarls for the...
Cyber Arms Proliferation and Arms Races
With the assumption of an ongoing global cyber arms race, Western governments signed an agreement to limit the sharing and selling of dangerous cyber technologies. David Livingstone notes, “[Cyber security technology] is a lot like the arms race. What you want to do is slow down how fast your foe develops equivalent technologies.” This is an important and needed step in the cyber discourse and I look forward to reading the details of how...
Remembering Mandela and the Movement Against Apartheid
In 1987, I was a high school sophomore and somehow, no doubt through rock music, became aware of the anti-apartheid struggle. As it was for President Obama, the movement to end apartheid was my political baptism. It's what got me engaged and interested in global politics. I remember going to the Texas A&M campus and participating in meetings of Students Against Apartheid. I joined rallies to encourage the university to divest from any...
Data Dilemmas & Converging Logics
One of the recurring subjects among folks using data is: why does person x not share their data with me? Mostly because they are fearful and ignorant. Fearful? That their work will get scooped and/or their data might be found to be problematic. Ignorant? That they don't know that they are obligated to share their data once they publish off of it and that it is in their interest to share their data. There is apparently a belief out there...
Thursday Morning Linkage – Grumpy End of Semester Edition
This week's stories have no unifying theme other than they kind of capture the end of term mood, a certain grumpiness on the part of the writer (Bjorn Lomborg's tsk tsking of clean energy advocates, Paul Collier's screed against immigration) or not altogether pleasant images (an elephant run amok in a wedding, modern conflict with bows and arrows). Happy grading! Or dissertating! Or turning in those final papers! Enjoy. (My wife pointed out a...
2014 Grawemeyer Award Winner
Congratulations to Jacques E.C. Hymans for winning the 2014 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. The award is administered by the University of Louisville's Department of Political Science. Disclosure: I'm currently the Department chair and for 17 years I directed the award (1994-2011). There's more on the local angle at the end of this post. Hymans won the $100,000 prize for his 2012 book Achieving Nuclear Ambitions; Scientists,...
Tuesday Post-Dusk Linkage
I tried to get this out at dusk, but Steve Martin and I both have a problem with doing things at dusk. This week's Tuesday links follow thusly: First, Duck-ster Phil Arena demonstrated the power of twitter as his rant on twitter about the events in Ukraine got picked up by Max Fisher of the Washington Post. Two reasons to post this--Phil's take is not only strident but also illuminating and clarifying; and it shows that twitter can...