| SES # | TOPICS | 
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | 
| 2 | Overview of the field | 
| 3 | Material approaches | 
| 4 | Rationalist approaches | 
| 5 | Ideational and identity-based approaches | 
| 6 | Cognitive approaches | 
| 7 | Domestic institutions and preferences | 
| 8 | War and conflict | 
| 9 | Peace and international cooperation | 
| 10 | Peace and domestic institutions | 
| 11 | Institutional design and compliance | 
| 12 | Unipolarity | 








