Instructions for the Reviews:
The Reviews must follow this Format/Content:
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All the readings for each Section of the syllabus should be covered in the Review for that section. The degree of attention and space you devote to each reading in your review, however, is up to you. The point is not to write a detailed summary of the readings but to identify the key and salient points of each author’s findings and assertions. You can, but you do not need to, write these reviews in essay format; you can simply name the author and identify key arguments/points that you think are most important in that particular reading. Your grade for each review will depend on: a) the comprehensiveness of your coverage, i.e., inclusion of the assigned readings and materials, b) meeting the minimum of required pages, and c) following the format provided here.
A minimum of a 5 page Review (no more than 7 pages) on the required readings/materials for each Section is mandatory. The Review must be typed double- spaced, with one inch margins and font 12 format.
Must Bold the names of authors.
Try to identify key points/main ideas of each reading.
Contrast and compare relevant and related reading materials when
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3) 4) 5)
a comparison is appropriate.
For the Video/Audio lectures (or conversations) that are required for a review, you
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need to focus, as is the case with the readings, on identifying a few main ideas and key points. Only those videos that are designated in the Syllabus as “Required” must be included in the Review).
7) Read the readings and write the reviews in the sequence in which they appear
Readings:
-Viotti & Kauppi: Ch.3/Selected Readings (pp.129-179) -Blackboard Readings:
Krasner, “Transforming International Regime”
Keohane & Nye, “Realism and Complex Interdependence”
Doyle, “Liberalism and World Politics”
Moravscik, “Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of Int’l…”
Keohane, “Theory of World Politics: …..Realism and Beyond”; especially pp173-181 Keohane, “From Interdependence and Institutions to Globalization and Governance” Haas, “Functionalism”
Ruggie, “Multilateralism: The Anatomy of an Institution
Rosenau, “Turbulent Change”
Zakaria, “Economics Trumps Politics”
Videos:
-Andrew Moravscik, “Liberal Theory”-Lecture-International Relations -2014 (10 minutes) )
-John Ikenberry- Lecture-“Liberal Leviathan” (4 minutes)-2011-(Required) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMSxX4p7J_A
-Joseph Nye on Global Power in the 21st Century- 2011 (30 minutes; watch from minute 5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAb8Z_l4aQI
-Barry Buzan, John Ikenberry, Charles Kupchan: “The Future of the Liberal World Order”-1hour and 30 minutes-London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)-2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1CfsXEhyGg
-Conversation with Joseph Nye (1998) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeaFWKUzxbI&feature=channel
-Conversation with Robert Keohane.
-Joseph Nye: The Rise of China and American Power-2012 (Chattam House-One Hour) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwWT0kbYSZs
-John Ikenberry, “The Rise of China and the Future of Liberal World Order”-May 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv7TVg1Cfvs&list=PLWbkCoO73iOPg6he082BZ3Y8XZ WIQdGrB
-John Ikenberry-The Rise of China and the East Asian Regional Order (Required) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzXVaG4-lKg
Notes on Readings for Review 2:
The focus of this section is on Liberalism and its various theories and perspectives in IR, including Neoliberal Institutionalism, Complex Interdependence, and Liberal Peace Theory among others. In addition to chapters from Viotti and Kauppi’s book, you have several articles on Blackboard by leading liberal theorists such as, Koehane, Nye, Rosenau, Ikenberry, Doyle, and others, as well as several video/lectures on liberal themes and topics, including a Liberal perspective on the rise of China. (Those videos in this section that are designated as “Required” must be included in the Review.)

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