What We're Reading: International Politics
SAASS Class XXXI recently completed SAASS 632: Foundations of International Politics. Lt Col Sarah Bakhtiari served as Course Director, with Lt Col Jennifer "Tuzzi" Hall, Lt Col Aaron "Split" Reid, and Dr. Paige Cone teaching. This year's course included the following books:
- Acharya and Buzan, The Making of Global International Relations
- Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
- Ikenberry, Liberal Leviathan
- Tannenwald, The Nuclear Taboo
- Tang, The Social Evolution of International Politics
- Yan, Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers
- Gilpin, War and Change in World Politics
- Milner and Tingley, Sailing the Water’s Edge
- Jackson, China’s Regional Relations in Comparative Perspective
- Schelling, Arms and Influence
- Pape, Bombing to Win
- Greenhill and Krause, eds., Coercion: The Power to Hurt in International Politics
- Blackwill and Harris, War by Other Means
- Lieber and Press, The Myth of Nuclear Revolution
- Narang, Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era
The full syllabus is available here.