International Politics

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Decks in this class (10)

Class 1
1. Present course logistics 2. Motivate future topics 3. Focus Thursday's reading
9  cards
Class 2
1. The Three `I's 2. A Stylized History of the Modern World 3. World Views 4. The Role of Theory
25  cards
Class 3
Think carefully about the difference between cooperation and bargaining, and come up with examples of when each would pertain to international politics. Be sure you understand the factors that can make cooperation easier, and how international institutions could foster this. Can you come up with an example of bargaining, even irrelevant to international politics, that illustrates coercion, outside options and agenda setting? 1. Key Actors 2. Interests 3. Cooperation 4. Bargaining
35  cards
Class 4: Strategic Interactions + Game Theory
1. Test yourself: can you come up with examples of a Prisoner's Dilemma, Stag Hunt, and game of Chicken that are relevant to international politics? 2. Could you represent collective action and free rider problems in game form? 3. How does the fact that actors may repeatedly interact change their incentives? 4. How could states deal with the issue of credibility? 5. When is uncertainty an asset in international politics? 1. Intro to Game Theory 2. Prisoner's Dilemma 3. Chicken 4. S
29  cards
Class 5- Game Theory and War as Bargaining
1. Review Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken and Stag Hunt 2. Sequential Decisions and Credibility 3. Unpredictability 4. How to Think About War 5. War as Bargaining Can you explain the theorized causes of war in Fearon 1995? How can credibility be established? Is it realistic to think that international institutions could decrease the likelihood of war?
13  cards
Class 6- Interstate War and Bargaining Failure
Interstate War and Bargaining Failure 1. Review War as Bargaining 2. Incomplete Information 3. Commitment Problems 4. Making War Less Likely
9  cards
Class 9- International Institutions
1. What do International Institutions Do? 2. Alliances 3. Multinational Organizations 4. When do International Institutions Work? 5. United Nations
9  cards
Class 10- Civil War
1. Why are WE talking about civl war? 2. How civil wars emerge 3. Strategies in civil war 4. Stopping civil war
27  cards
Text Book- Chapter 2
This chapter has outlined the basic concepts of interests, interactions, and institutions that serve throughout the book to unravel a variety of puzzles of international politics.
5  cards
ID's For MIDTERM
Sovereignty,
Interests,
Power
45  cards

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