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Table of Contents
Each chapter ends with "Conclusion."
I. STUDYING WORLD POLITICS.
1. Studying World Politics in a Time of Change.
World Politics Then and Now.
Studying World Politics: Policy Makers and Analysts.
Policy Makers: Learning by Analogy.
Analysts: Learning from Theory.
2. Studying World Politics: Old and New Questions—
Understanding the Cold War and Promoting Democracy.
The Cold War.
Building Democracy: Causes.
Building Democracy: Foreign Policy Initiatives.
II. BUILDING BLOCKS FOR ANALYSIS.
3. Power.
Thinking About Power.
Power Resources: What Is Important and What Is Not.
The Political-Military State.
The Trading State.
The Mentor State: A Future Possibility?
Power and Means to an End?
Power Relations.
4. International Systems.
The Concept of a System.
International Systems: Overview.
International Military Systems.
International and Global Society.
5. Foreign Policy Analysis.
North Korea and the Bomb.
Foreign Policy: What Is It?
Foreign Policy Decisions: How Are They Made?
State Craft: The Instruments of Foreign Policy.
6. International Conflict.
Counting Wars.
Classifying Wars.
Why States Go to War.
India-Pakistan.
International System Level Causes of War.
State Level Causes of War.
Individual Level Causes of War.
The Future Shape of War.
7. International Cooperation.
East Timor.
Why Cooperate.
International Law.
International Organization.
Collective Security & Concerts Revisited.
III. THE AGENDA OF WORLD POLITICS.
8. The National Security Policy Agenda.
Cold War Military Interventions.
Post Cold War Interventions.
Nuclear Deterrence.
Post-Cold War Nuclear Deterrence.
Weapons Proliferation.
9. International Economic Policy Agenda.
Globalization.
International Monetary Relations.
International Trade Relations.
Development.
Economic Sanctions.
Natural Resources.
10. The Human Security Agenda.
The Universality of Human Rights.
International Compliance with Human Rights Norms.
International Efforts at Human Rights Implementation.
Tools for Implementing Human Rights.
Human Security Issues.
IV. REGIONAL APPLICATIONS.
11. Russia and the Near Abroad.
Geopolitical Overview.
Flashpoints.
Regional Perspectives: Russia.
Regional Architecture.
Issue Focus: Postcommunist Communal Wars—Chechnya.
12. Europe.
Geopolitical Overview.
Flashpoints.
Regional Perspectives.
Regional Architecture.
Issue Focus: Crisis Management—The Balkans.
13. Asia-Pacific.
Geopolitical Overview.
Flashpoints.
Leading Regional Perspectives.
Regional Architecture.
Regional Focus: International Trade and Finance.
14. The South.
Geopolitical Overview.
Flashpoints.
Regional Perspectives: The South.
Regional Architecture.
Issue Focus: Issues in Human Rights and Community.
15. The United States and Latin America.
Geopolitical Overview.
Flashpoints.
Regional Perspective: The United States' Perspective.
Regional Architecture.
Regional Focus: The War on Drugs.
16. The Global Commons.

Geopolitical Overview.
Flashpoints.
Global Architecture.
Issue Focus.
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