OUTTAKES
Wittkopf, Eugene R., and James M. McCormick. (2003). The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy: Insights and Evidence. 4th ed. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield.
Lesson 6 – International Influences: Global Regimes
INT REGIMES
Thakur, Ramesh. “Human Rights, Amnesty International and the United Nations.” Journal of Peace Research 31, 2 (1994): 143-160
Sikkink, Kathryn. “Human Rights, Principled Issue-Networks, and Sovereignty in Latin America.” International Organization 47, 3 (Summer 1993): 411-441
Lesson 5 – Intro/Overview, International Influences on Foreign Policy
Part 2: Great Power Politics
Pastor, Robert A. (2000). “Chapter 1: The Great Powers in the Twentieth Century: From Dawn to Dusk.” In Pastor, ed., A Century’s Journey: How the Great Powers Shape the World. New York: Perseus Books Group.
Pastor, Robert A. (2000). “Chapter 9: Looking Back and Forward: The Trajectories of the Great Powers. ” In Pastor, ed., A Century’s Journey: How the Great Powers Shape the World. New York: Perseus Books Group.
Lesson Themes:
Pastor argues that seven countries have changed the world during the 20th century (China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan Russia, and the United States). He also predicts the continued centrality of these countries in the 21st century. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Will the world of the 21st century be dominated by global companies, ethnic strife, or rogue tyrants?
What are the appropriate roles of international regimes in setting the rules affecting globalization and pariah regimes?
Lesson 27 – Media Influences on Foreign Policies
Benjamin I. “Toward General Theories of the Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy” in B. Nacos, R. Shapiro, and P. Isernia, eds. Decisionmaking in a Glass House. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000. pp. 85-94
Nacos, Brigitte L., Robert Y. Shapiro, Natasha Hritsuk and Bruce Chadwick. “New Issues and the Media: American and German News Coverage of the Global-Warming Debate.” Chapter 4 in B. Nacos, R. Shapiro, and P. Isernia, eds. Decisionmaking in a Glass House. New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000. pp. 41-60
Wallace, Michael, Peter Suedfeld, and Kimberly Thachuk. “Political Rhetoric of Leaders Under Stress in the Gulf Crisis.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 37, 1 (March 1993): 94-107
Lesson Themes:
What is the media’s impact on foreign policies in different countries?
What do people and elites think and want
Can we speak of the media as a single entity?
What does the public care about foreign policy?
Lesson 29 – Cultural and Socio-Political Influences on Foreign Policies
Required Readings:
Hirshberg, Matthew. “The Self-Perpetuating National Self-Image: Cognitive Biases in Perceptions of International Interventions.” Political Psychology 14, 1 (1993): 77-98
Weisskopf, Thomas. “Capitalism, Socialism, and the Sources of Imperialism. p. 162-184 in G. John Ikenberry, American Foreign Policy: Theoretical Essays, 1989.
A.E. Safarian, 1993. Multinational Enterprise and Public Policy. Edward Elgar, 1993, p.208-235 (France); 322-328 (Germany); 362-402 (U.S.)
Re: Industrial policy and NAFTA
Kurlde, Robert Thomas. “Regulating Multinational Enterprises in North America.” In Lorraine Eden (ed), Multinationals in North America. (University of Calgary Press, 1994).
Graham, Edward M. and Mark A. A. Warner, “Multinationals and Competition Policy in North America.”
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. U.S. Trade Capacity Building in the Americas
Lesson 26 - DOMESTIC REGIME TYPES AND POLITICAL COMPETENCE
See articles on corruption; global transparency website
6 – Global Epidemics (AIDS, Malaryia, etc.
Lesson 31 – Global Epidemics: AIDS/HIV, Malaria, SARS, and the Drug Trade
Cheaper drugs will not solve today's health concerns
Donald Johnston
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD Observer; Jul 2001; ABI/INFORM Global
pg. 12
Poor world health and rich world wealth
David Taylor
British Medical Journal; Mar 17, 2001; 322, 7287; Research Library
pg. 629
World Health Organization Website: -
Lesson 35 – Nuclear and other Weapons of Mass Destruction
Required Readings:
Art & Waltz, Chapter 7 – “The Utility of Nuclear Deterrence” by Robert Jervis
Art & Waltz, Chapter 8 – “Nuclear Myths and Political Realities” by Kenneth N. Waltz
Art & Waltz, Chapter 22 – “Missile Defenses and the Multiplication of Nuclear Weapons” by Kenneth N. Waltz