This was written as a discussion over whether or not India is or can become an international great power. It’s labeled as a rough draft and I think it became much longer (and acquired references!), but I can’t find any other versions. :/
gov70
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed
This is one of a series of weekly review papers I had to write during my “Introduction to International Relations” course. It discusses Scott Sagan’s viewpoint on nuclear proliferation as espoused in The Spread of Nuclear Weapons.
Continue reading “The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed”
International Politics — Midterm
This paper was written for my Introduction to International Politics midterm. It analyzes the 2003 Iraq War according to the frameworks set forth in Kenneth Waltz’s Man, the State, and War.
Structural Realism After the Cold War
This is one of a series of weekly review papers I had to write during my “Introduction to International Relations†course. It discusses Kenneth Waltz’s article Structural Realism After the Cold War, which argues that structural realism continues to be a functional model for international relations. My review was required to use the Melian Dialogue (Wikipedia, for context) as an example to argue for or against Waltz.
Kissinger’s Diplomacy
This is one of a series of weekly review papers I had to write during my “Introduction to International Relations†course. It reviews selected portions of Henry Kissinger’s Diplomacy, specifically chapters involving Europe from 1800-1930 (with a focus on Germany).
Man, The State, and War
This is one of a series of weekly review papers I had to write during my “Introduction to International Relations†course. It discusses Kenneth Waltz’s Man, the State, and War. In this book, Waltz groups the theories of war into three separate images, and I overview the first — that men are flawed, and those flaws lead to war. The second image (that the differences between governments impel them to war) and third image (that the international system is anarchist, and so war is rational) are not discussed.