Steven D. Roper
PLS 2253: Introduction to International Relations
Fall 2009
The syllabus
is available here (in pdf format).
Here
is the WebCT link to the
course
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here for the EIU
library
Daily
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My StumbleUpon
page
BBC
World News
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International Relations (General):
APSA organized sections
Break away states of the former Soviet Union
Concert
of Europe
Congress
of Berlin
Greenbook on foreign assistance
IGOs
Languages of India
Map of religions in Iraq
Marshall Plan was revolutionary
in its vision
Montevideo Convention
NTBs
North-South
Gap
Greenpeace is an important NGO
Amnesty
International is one of the world's leading human rights NGOs
Role that large
armies play in a post Cold War environment
Sovereignty is a basic concept in international relations
Switzerland's
decision to become full member of UN
Treaty of Westphalia
Uncommon Knowledge discusses the role of the UN
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Conflict:
Population
and foreign policy
Wealth
of states
Type
of government
Democratic
peace theory
Landmines
in Cambodia
Military spending
(1 and 2)
Military spending
as GDP
Neutrality under international law
Non-aligned movement
Casus foederis
in regards to NATO
NATO Treaty
NATO
United
Nations offers background, documents, news and more
UN Charter
UN Security
Council reforms
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European Union and Regional
Integration:
Europa
is the official site of the European Union
Council
of the European Union
European Commission
European
Court of Justice
European
Parliament
ECSC
Enlargement
of EU
Future
enlargement of the EU
ECB's section devoted
to the euro
Member-states
of the EU (interactive map of enlargement)
Neofunctionalism
Schengen
travel in Europe
Robert Schuman Bio
Jean
Monnet Bio
Treaties
of the EU
Maastricht
Treaty
Single
European Act
Treaty
of Lisbon
Treaty
of Nice
Treaty of Nice voting
scheme in the Council of the European Union (more on the voting
scheme)
World
War II effects
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Foreign Policy
and Diplomacy:
Cuban Missile Crisis
Football
war
Diplomatic
ranks
Example of Persona non grata
Another example of persona
non grata
Georgian diplomatic immunity waived (1
and 2)
More on the Georgian
case
Jackson
negotiations for US troops with Serbia
Recognition of Kosovo
UN Charter
How UN votes in new members
UN Security Council Members
US Embassy personnel
in Belarus declared persona
non grata
US Ambassador in Bolivia declared persona non grata (followed by US response and Venezuela, 1 and 2)
U.S. State Department
U.S. Embassy in Britain
Bio US
Ambassador to Britain
U.S. Embassy in Moldova
Venezuela's
Chavez and Spain
Chavez's speech against
Bush
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International
Development
General Development Issues
Relationship between democracy
and economic development
African
and Asian urbanization
Child labor practices
Convergence theory
List of Fortune
top MNCs and compared to state
GDP
Failed states
GDP
per capita
Ranking
of country GDP
Spending on defense in USD
Spending on defense as a %
of GDP
Import
substitution industrialization (ISI)
Marshall Plan was revolutionary
in its vision
Population life
expectancy
Population growth in
LDCs
Population growth worldwide
Population growth in urban
areas
North-South
Gap
Transparency International
UNDP combats international
poverty
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Regional Banks
Asia Development Bank provides
loans to Asian countries
European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (EBRD) helps finance economic transitions
Inter-American
Development Bank is a regional bank of the Americas
Debt and Development
International
Monetary Fund (IMF) features general information and publications
General information
on IMF
quotas
IMF
quotas as a basis of lending
Videos chronicling
the history of the IMF
Paris
Club
World Bank
World Bank features
general background and information by region and country
Video on World Bank efforts
to reduce poverty
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International
Monetary Systems and Policies
Bretton Woods
Europa is the official
site of the European Union
European Monetary System
EU's section devoted to the euro
Exchange rates
Financial
crisis in graphs and charts (BBC)
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International Organizations--The
United Nations:
UN
History
of the UN
UN Charter
How
UN votes in new members
UN Security Council
Members
UN Security Council reform
Documents
related to reform
UN Secretary-General Annan Report
in 2005
Chavez's speech against
Bush at the UN
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International Trade
Trade Barriers
US
views on anti-dumping
Anti-dumping
definition
Export subsidies (US
and EU)
Non-tariff
barriers (NTBs)
Quotas
US
Commerce Department Subsidy Enforcement Office
US Trade Representative's
Office negotiates trade agreements on behalf of the president
US
trade statistics
Regional Trade
Customs union
of the EU
Common market of the EU
RTB diagram
Role of regional trading
blocs
EFTA as a free trade area
GATT/WTO
GATT trade
rounds
World Trade Organization
(WTO) covers a variety of trade-related issues
NGOs active in monitoring
the WTO
WTO has a video about the changes from the GATT
to WTO
Economic statistics
Trade statistics
since the 1950s
More
trade statistics
WTO
trade statistics
GDP
per capita
List of Fortune
top MNCs and compared to state
GDP
Other
Bretton Woods
Europa
is the official site of the European Union
Economy
of Cuba
Economy
of North Korea
The
Economist Big Mac indicator
Georgian
energy crisis
Comecon
conducted communist trade
Financial
crisis in graphs and charts (BBC)
G8
Information
Centre houses documents and publications about the annual G8 summit
and participating countries
Import
substitution industrialization (ISI)
Inter-American
Development Bank is a regional bank of the Americas
North-South
Gap
Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organization
of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Prisoner's
dilemma in trade
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Venezuela's nationalization of industry
Weimar Republic inflation
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Public International Law:
General Information:
Amnesty International
is one of the world's leading human rights NGOs
Human Rights Watch
International Campaign to
Ban Landmines
Landmines
in Cambodia
International Court of
Justice
Convententions and Treaties:
Geneva Conventions
Genocide Convention
State-based definitions of genocide
Statement from Human Rights
Watch questioning the U.S. commitment to the Geneva Conventions
UN Charter
UN
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
UN Declaration
of Human Rights
US Declaration
of Independence
International Criminal Court (ICC):
International Criminal Court
Debate
on indictment of Bashir
Coalition for the International
Criminal Court
Video
of the inauguration of the ICC
Audio of discussion
of the ICC
International Criminal Tribunals:
ECCC
ICTY
ICTR
Home page of the
SCSL
List of Tribunals (from
the Financial Times)
Legal Concepts:
Jus
ad bellum
Jus in bello
Pacta
sunt servanda
Private
international law
Public
international law
Natural
Law Theory
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Theories of International
Political Economy:
Lenin's "theory
of imperialism"
Thomas Mun
was a leading British mercantilist
David
Ricardo formalized the concept of comparative advantage
Adam Smith
Hegemonic stability theory
Public good
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Theories of International
Relations:
Idealism was embodied in the League of Nations (here is a map of the League membership and
a timeline)
Photo of Chamberlain
and Hitler and paper proclaiming "peace in our times"
Realism
Waltz's view of structural neorealism
General discussion
of structural
theories
Dependency theory
Example of unipolar language
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