April 14, 2000
FALL 2000 E.C.H.T.
POLITICAL SCIENCE 212: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
PROFESSOR KNUTSON     1-800-777-35

I. Content:

The fundamentals of great power politics, the impact of efforts at international organization.

II. Required Books:

Isbister, John. Promises Not Kept: The Betrayal of Social Change in the Third
World. West Hartford, Connecticut: Kumarian Press, 1995. ISBN: 1-56549-045-2

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Cancer Ward. Translated by Nicholas Bethell and David Burg.
Noonday Press, 1991. ISBN: 0374511993 (also required for the Core Program)

E. Wiesel, Night. New York: Bantam Books, 1982. (paperback)
ISBN 0-553-27253-5 (also required for the Core Program)

K. Vonnegut. Slaughterhouse Five or the Children’s Crusade. Dell Publishing Co.,
1991. ISBN: 0440180295 (also required for the Core Program)

   The following articles will be provided by the instructor. :

Article on the United Nations.

Mowlana, Hamid."Toward a NWICO for the Twenty-First Century." Journal of International Affairs, Summer 1993, 47, no. 1, pp. 59-72.

The United Nations: " Declaration of Human Rights"

   The following Core Program Readings are also required for this course and are in the
   Core Program Coursepack:

Huntington, S. P. "The Clash of Civilizations?" Foreign Affairs (Summer 1993).  OR   Kaplan, Robert D. "The Coming Anarchy," The Atlantic Monthly (February 1994), pp. 43-76.

Fukuyama, F. "Women and the Evolution of World Politics," Foreign Affairs (September/October1998), vol. 77 No. 5, pp. 24-40.

"Responses: Fukuyama’s Follies." Foreign Affairs (January/February 1999), vol. 78 No. 1, pp.

Article on Human Rights

K. Marx, Manifesto of the Communist Party (excerpts).

Lagerkvist, "Children’s Campaign"

Maynes, C. M. "Squandering Triumph," Foreign Affairs (January/February 1999), vol. 78 No. 1, pp. 15-22.    OR   Wills, Garry "Bully of the Free World," Foreign Affairs (March/April 1999), vol. 78 No.2, pp. 50-59.    OR   Huntington, S. P. "The Lonely Superpower," Foreign Affairs (March/April 1999), vol. 78 No. 2, pp. 35-49.

Russian Alphabet

Yavlinsky, G. "Russia’s Phony Capitalism," Foreign Affairs (May/June 1998), No. 3, pp. 67-79.

Article on Eastern Europe.

"Berlin Diary"

UNDP Report

A. Goldschmidt, jr., "The Prophet of Mecca" and "What Is Islam?" A Concise History of the Middle East (1988).

Article on Turkey.

Article on Egypt.

Article on Arab-Israeli Problems

III. Current Events:

On the tour students will be expected keep track of current world political / historical events especially as they relate to Europe and the Mediterranean. You will do this by reading English language newspapers whenever they are available. There will be periodic quizzes and discussions on these current events.

VI. Participation and Attendance:

Because our program is interdisciplinary and participatory in nature, attendance is required at lectures, museums, art galleries, historical sites, concerts, etc. Part of your grade will depend on this participation and attendance.

V. Grading: