Ideological Positions of US Candidates

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Readings for PSC413

Here are the readings for PSC413:

THE PERSIAN GULF WAR; LESSONS LEARNED

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Press, Daryl G., “The Myth of Air Power in the Persian Gulf War and the Future of Warfare,” International Security. 26:2 (Fall 2001), 5–44 (on blog)

Lake, Daniel, “The Limits of Coercive Airpower: NATO’s “Victory” in Kosovo Revisited.” Security. 34:1 (Summer 2009), 83-112 (on blog)

 

US INTERVENTIONISM: REFUGEES, DEMOCRACY, & “GOOD” DEEDS

Friday, June 24, 2011

Posen, Barry R. “Military responses to refugee disasters,” International Security. Summer 1996 v21 n1 (on blog)

Enterline, Andrew and Michael Greig, 2005. “Beacons of Hope? The Impact of Imposed Democracy on Regional Peace, Democracy, and Prosperity.” Journal of Politics, 67: 1075-1098

Monday, June 27, 2011

TERRORISM AND US FOREIGN POLICY

Pape, Robert, “The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism”, American Political Science Review, Vol. 97, No. 3 August 2003: 1-19. (on blog)

 Tuesday, June 28, 2011

THE CASE FOR RETRENCHMENT

Harvey M. Sapolsky, Benjamin H. Friedman, Eugene Gholz, and Daryl G. Press. 2009. World Affairs.  Restraining Order, For Strategic Modesty.

Notes for today’s class

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Notes on alliances…

Here are notes for today’s class (but be warned that I will only loosely follow them in class).

Notes on spreading democracy

Here are the notes for today’s class.  Here‘s a movie that provides an introduction to the importance of the topic.

Notes on refugee

Here are today’s notes.

Notes on IPE for today

Here are today’s notes…

Airpower notes

Here are today’s class notes.

Final part of the book…

Can be found here, here, and here.

Term Paper Question on Chapter 12

 

The selectorate model of politics discussed in Chapter 12 of the book has important implications for establishing peace among conflicting parties, relations with the United States, and international relations more generally.  Develop the model as it applies to one of the following states or conflicts in the international system.  Be sure to discuss/identify (1) the winning coalition of each state involved, (2) the selectorate of each state involved, (3) how the policies of the leader help him/her stay in power, and (4) the prospects for change to the current status quo.

The states/conflicts available for this assignment include, in no particular order: China, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Bahrain, North Korea, Myanmar, Cuba, Congo, and Saudi Arabia.

As per the syllabus, the paper should be a maximum of 5 pages, typed, double-spaced, and is due by 3pm, Wednesday, June 22, 2011, to the eLearning website for this course.