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17.41 Introduction to International Relations, Spring 2018
(2018-06)This course provides an introduction to the causes of international conflict and cooperation. Topics include war initiation, crisis bargaining, international terrorism, nuclear strategy, interstate economic relations, ... -
17.410 / 17.411 Globalization, Migration & International Relations, Fall 2002
(2002-12)This graduate course is in three Parts. Together they are intended to provide theoretical, empirical, and policy perspectives on source and consequences of globalization, focusing on emergent structures and processes, and ... -
17.418 Field Seminar in International Relations Theory, Fall 2005
(2005-12)Provides an overview of the field of international relations and introduces two widely used typologies in the field. It then reviews the liberal, neo-liberal, realist, and neo-realist schools; the sociological literature ... -
17.418 Field Seminar: International Relations Theory, Spring 2009
(2009-06)This seminar provides an overview of the field of international relations. Each week, a different approach to explaining international relations will be examined. By surveying major concepts and theories in the field, the ... -
17.42 Causes and Prevention of War, Spring 2005
(2005-06)The causes and prevention of interstate war are the central topics of this course. The course goal is to discover and assess the means to prevent or control war. Hence we focus on manipulable or controllable war-causes. ... -
17.42 Causes and Prevention of War, Spring 2009
(2009-06)The causes and prevention of interstate war are the central topics of this course. The course goal is to discover and assess the means to prevent or control war. Hence we focus on manipulable or controllable war-causes. ... -
17.420 Advances in International Relations Theory, Spring 2003
(2003-06)This course offers a critical analysis of contending theories of international relations. Focus is on alternative theoretical assumptions, different analytical structures, and a common core of concepts and content. It also ... -
17.422 Field Seminar in International Political Economy, Fall 2003
(2003-12)This field seminar in international political economy covers major theoretical, empirical, and policy perspectives. The basic orientation is disciplinary and comparative (over time and across countries, regions, firms), ... -
17.423 Causes and Prevention of War, Spring 2001
(2001-06)Examines the causes of war, with a focus on practical measures to prevent and control war. Topics covered include: causes and consequences of national misperception; military strategy and policy as cause of war; US foreign ... -
17.424 International Political Economy of Advanced Industrial Societies, Fall 2011
(2011-12)This graduate class is designed as a Ph.D.-level overview of international political economy (IPE), with an emphasis on the advanced industrial countries. It also serves as preparation for the IPE portion of the International ... -
17.424 International Political Economy of Advanced Industrial Societies, Spring 2007
(2007-06)This graduate class is designed as a PhD-level overview of international political economy (IPE), with an emphasis on the advanced industrial countries. The syllabus is divided into three sections: international trade; ... -
17.432 Causes of War: Theory and Method, Fall 2003
(2003-12)This course explores the causes of modern war with a focus on preventable causes. Course readings cover theoretical, historical, and methodological topics. Major theories of war are explored and assessed in the first few ... -
17.433 / 17.434 International Relations of East Asia, Spring 2005
(2005-06)The aim of this lecture course is to introduce and analyze the international relations of East Asia. With four great powers, three nuclear weapons states and two of the world's largest economies, East Asia is one of the ... -
17.460 Defense Politics, Fall 2002
(2002-12)This course focuses on the institutional relationships that affect the raising, maintenance and use of military forces in the United States. It is about civil/military, government/industry, military/science and military ... -
17.460 Defense Politics, Spring 2006
(2006-06)This course focuses on the institutional relationships that affect the raising, maintenance and use of military forces in the United States. It is about civil/military, government/industry, military/science and military ... -
17.462 Innovation in Military Organizations, Spring 2001
(2001-06)Explores the origins, rate, and impact of innovations in military organizations, doctrine, and weapons. Emphasis on organization theory approaches. Comparisons with nonmilitary and non-US experience included. From the ... -
17.466 Organization Theory and the Military, Spring 2003
(2003-06)This course explores organizational concepts and research methods that explain the performance and development of military organizations in peace and war. Classic studies are reviewed. Approaches to current policy problems ... -
17.471 American National Security Policy, Fall 2002
(2002-12)This course examines the problems and issues confronting American national security policymakers and the many factors that influence the policies that emerge. But this is not a course about "threats," military strategies, ... -
17.486 Japan and East Asian Security, Spring 2008
(2008-06)This subject is designed for graduate students interested in international politics, national security and comparative political economy in East Asia. It examines the political, military, and economic challenges facing ... -
17.50 Introduction to Comparative Politics, Fall 2003
(2003-12)Why are some countries democratic and others not? How do political institutions affect economic development and political conflict? How do politics in the United States compare to politics in other countries? This class ...