Week 5

Key Concepts (II)

Session 09: Power

Required readings:

  • Nye, Joseph S. “Soft power: the evolution of a concept.” Journal of Political Power 14, no. 1 (2021): 196-208.

Recommended readings:

  • Dahl, Robert. “The Concept of Power.” Behavioral Science 2, no.3 (1957): 201-15.
  • Hurd, Ian. After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. Read the Introduction, pp. 1–26.
  • Baldwin, David A. “Power and International Relations.” In Handbook of International Relations, 2nd ed., edited by Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse and Beth A. Simmons, 273-97. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2013.
  • Beckley, Michael. “The Power of Nations: Measuring What Matters.” International Security 43, no. 2 (2018): 7-44
Robert Delaunay, Political Drama, 1914. Oil and collage on cardboard, 88.7 × 67.3 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Public domain.

Session 10: Cooperation

Required readings:

  • Keohane, Robert. “Cooperation and International Regimes.” In After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy, REV-Revised., 49–64. Princeton University Press, 1984.

Recommended readings:

  • Jervis, Robert. “Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma.” World Politics 30, no.2 (1978): 167-214.
  • Axelrod, Robert. The Evolution of Cooperation. New York: Basic Books, 1984.
  • Lipson, Charles. “International Cooperation in Economic and Security Affairs.” World Politics, 37, no.1 (1984): 1-23