Week 11

Key IR Areas II

Session 21: International Organizations

Required readings:

  • Barnett, Michael N. and Martha Finnemore. “The Politics, Power and Pathologies of International Organizations.” International Organization 53, no.4 (1999): 699-732.

Recommended readings:

  • Mearsheimer, John. “The False Promise of International Institutions.” International Security 19, no.3 (1995): 5-49.
  • Lall, Ranjit. “Beyond Institutional Design: Explaining the Performance of International Institutions,” International Organization 71, no.2 (2017): 245–81.
  • Martin, Lisa, and Beth Simmons. “Theories and Empirical Studies of International Institutions.” International Organization 52, no. 4 (1998): 729-57.
William H. Johnson, FDR and U.N., 1945, oil on plywood, 37 x 39 in. (94.0 x 99.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.644

Session 22: International Law

Required readings:

  • Keohane, Robert O. “International Relations and International Law: Two Optics.” Harvard International Law Journal 38, no.2 (1997): 487-502.

Recommended readings:

  • Goldsmith, Jack L, and Eric A Posner. The Limits of International Law. First edition, Oxford University Press, 2023.
  • Chayes, Abram, and Antonia Handler Chayes. “On Compliance (1993).” International Law and International Relations, 2007, pp. 65–91.
  • Simmons, Beth A. “International Law and State Behavior: Commitment and Compliance in International Monetary Affairs.” The American Political Science Review [New York, USA], vol. 94, no. 4, 2000, pp. 819–35.