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(June 15) Lecture One - Introduction: What is International Relations?
Readings1. Instructions for the June 15, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] Introduction: What is International Relations (I.R.)? 4. Journal Article Reading: Welcome to 2034 - Aylward, Engelke, Friedman, Kielstra 5. Video Presentation: Remaking the Middle East: The U.S., Israel & Iran - Frontline 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Responses for Video Presentation Introduction: What is International Relations (I.R.)? [PowerPoint Presentation] Big Questions in the Study of World Politics - Keohane The Question of African Agency in International Relations - Chipaike The Evolution of American National Security Policy - Jordan
(June 15) Lecture Two - The Historical Context of Contemporary International Relations
Readings1. Instructions for the June 15, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] Historical Context of International Relations 4. Journal Article Reading: The Role of History in International Relations 5. Video Presentation: Iran Is Not the Problem 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Responses for Video Presentation The Historical Context of International Relations [PowerPoint Presentation] Man, the State, and War (12 min blog) - Waltz One World, Many Theories - Walt Why Are We In Afghanistan? - Documentary
(June 17) Lecture Three - System Level Theory #1: Realism
Readings1. Instructions for the June 17, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] System Level Theory: Realism 4. Journal Article Reading: The False Promise of "Flexible Realism" - Lissner and Rapp-Hooper of Ukraine 5. Video Presentation: Why America is Losing the War With Iran (w/ John Mearsheimer) - The Chris Hedges Report 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Realism [PowerPoint Presentation] The Sources of Soviet Conduct - X A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm - Feith The Thucydidies Trap - The Belfer Center The Six Principles of Political Realism - Morgenthau A Theory of Hegemonic War - Gilpin Musclebound: The Limits of U.S. Power - Walt Chapter 17: Better to be Feared Than Loved - The Municipal Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli - BBC Documentary
(June 22) Lecture Four - System Level Theory #2: Liberalism
Readings1. Instructions for the June 22, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] System Level Theory: Liberalism 4. Journal Article Reading: US Shouldn't Be Invited to Summit for Democracy, Let Alone Be Its Host - Rubenstein 5. Video Presentation: The Power of the Poor - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Liberalism [PowerPoint Presentation] The Latest on Peru's Escalating Anti-Government Protests - Yang (PBS) Introducing Liberalism in International Relations Theory - Meiser Liberalism in International Relations - Badie, Schlosser, and Molino Whatever Happened to Soft Power? - Nye Twenty Years of Institutional Liberalism - Keohane The Globalization of Informal Violence, Theories of World Politics, and the "Liberalism of Fear" - Keohane
(June 22) Lecture Five - System Level Theory #3: Class System Theory
Readings1. Instructions for the June 22, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] System Level Theory: Class System Theory 4. Journal Article Reading: Up to Half of the $14 Trillion Spent by Pentagon Since 9/11 Has Gone to War Profiteers - Johnson 5. Video Presentation: Iraq for Sale - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Class System Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] The Business of War: How the Military-Industrial Complex Captured US Democracy - Al Jazeera English
(June 24) Lecture Six - System Level Theory #4: Postmodernism / Feminism
Readings1. Instructions for the June 24, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] System Level Theory: Postmodernism / Feminism 4. Journal Article Reading: Feminism Meets International Relations - Thorburn 5. Video Presentation: J. Ann Tickner on How Gender Impacts Politics & International Relations 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Postmodernism / Feminism [PowerPoint Presentation] Anarchy is What States Make of It - Wendt Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security - J. Ann Tickner Women Must Be Central to Negotiating the US-Korea Peace Process - Ahn Feminist Debate Rising Fundamentalism In Iraq / Afghanistan - Democracy Now Why Women Need to be Part of the Peace Process - De Langis
Readings1. Instructions for the June 29, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3a. [Lecture Presentation] State Level Theories: Political Culture Theory 3b. [Lecture Presentation] State Level Theories: Decision Making Process Theory 4. Journal Article Reading: The Clash of Civilizations - Huntington 5. Video Presentation: The Power of Nightmares - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Political Culture Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] Decision-Making Process Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] Atlantic Council Hawks Enraged as Think Tank Publishes Slightly Less Anti-Russian Article - Macleod What Donald Rumsfeld Knew We Didn't Know About Iraq - Walcott Why Democratic Peace? - Russett It's Still Not the End of History - Stanley and Lee Jihad vs. McWorld - Barber The Essence of Decision - Allison Islam: What the West Needs to Know - Documentary
(July 1) Lecture Eight - Individual Level Theories # 7 and 8: Human Nature and Cognitive Theories
Readings1. Instructions for the July 1, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] Individual Level Theories: Human Nature and Cognitive Theory 4. Journal Article Reading: War Is NOT Part of Human Nature - Ferguson 5. Video Presentation: Soldiers of Conscience 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Human Nature Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] Cognitive Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] 10,000-Year-Old Massacre Does NOT Bolster Claim That War Is Innate - Horgan The Problem Isn't Human Nature - Johnstone Justice and the Justification of War in Ancient Greece: Four Authors - Husby War in the Hobbesian State: Sovereignty's Justification and Limit - Bond Why War: Einstein and Freud's Little-Known Correspondence on Violence, Peace, and Human Nature - Popova The Psychology of War - Taylor Is It Natural for Humans to Make War? - Connor The US Military and the Myth That Humanity Is Predisposed to Violence - Santelli Have We Been Denying Our Human Nature for Four Hundred Years? - Parramore
Readings1. Instructions for the July 1, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3a. [Lecture Presentation] Individual Level Theory: Peace Studies Theory 3b. [Lecture Presentation] Writing the APA Research Paper 4. Journal Article Reading: "Pruning-Hooks Made Out of Swords:" The Case for a US Department of Peace - Dangl 5. Video Presentation: Voices in Wartime - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Peace Studies Theory [PowerPoint Presentation] 3 Reasons Why Supporting Peace is More Important Than Ever - Dumasy How Humanity Can Realistically Prevent New Wars: An Interview With Anthropologist Douglas P. Fry - Short Why War Is Not Inevitable - Swanson Peace Studies: An Alternative Perspective on International Security - Whitehead Ghandi's Way to Peace - Kumar Taking Stock of the Anti-War Movement - Stein Owl Purdue APA Writer's Page
(July 6) Lecture Ten - United States Foreign Policy
Readings1. Instructions for the July 6, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] United States Foreign Policy 4. Journal Article Reading: What Is a 'Multipolar' World? China Says Equality; Trump & Marco Rubio Say Imperial Rivalry - Norton 5. Video Presentation: In Whose Interest? 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation U.S. Foreign Policy [PowerPoint Presentation] Marco Rubio's Cecil Rhodes Moment - Lauria The U.S. Foreign Policy Elite Still Wants the Middle East for Its Oil and Its Strategic Location - Hunt 'Peace President' Trump Has Bombed 10 Countries, Now Plans $1.5 Trillion Military Budget - Norton The Trump Admin Is Serious About Western Civilization - Day U.S. Middle East Policy: Democratic Illusions - Selfa The Trump Doctrine and the New MAGA Imperialism - Bellamy Foster
(July 8) Lecture Eleven - International Political Economy and Globalization - The North
Readings - Mainstream Perspectives1. Instructions for the July 8, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] International Political Economy and Globalization - The North 4. Journal Article Reading: Globalization: Positive or Negative? 5. Video Presentation: Globalization at the Crossroads - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Globalization and the North [PowerPoint Presentation] The Blessings and Challenges of Globalization - Griswold Think Again: Globalization - Naim World Trade Organization Globalization 101 Globalization with a Human Face - Bhagwati The CATO Institute - Trade and Globalization Why Globalization Works - Wolf Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
(July 8) Lecture Twelve - International Political Economy and Globalization - The South
Readings - Critical Perspectives1. Instructions for the July 8, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] International Political Economy and Globalization - The South 4. Journal Article Reading: Localisation: A Strategic Solution to Globalised Authoritarianism - Norberg-Hodge 5. Video Presentation: The End of Poverty? 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Globalization and the South [PowerPoint Presentation] Globalization in Crisis - Miller The Pandemic Has Accelerated the Global Economic "Slowbalization" - An Interview with John Feffer Pitfalls of Economic Globalization - Tremblay Extreme Poverty Cut in Half? Only in the Minds of the Capitalists - Buchheit Three Richest Americans Now Own More Wealth Than Bottom Half of US Combined: Report - Johnson It's Not Only Necessary to Develop an Alternative to Globalization; It's Entirely Possible - Bello Measuring Global Inequality - Yates You'll Only Understand Trump and Brexit If You Understand the Failure of Globalization - Washington's Blog Globalization and Terror - Norberg-Hodge Globalization on the Rocks - The New Internationalist Globalization for Whom? - Rodrik
(July 13) Lecture Thirteen - Security Theory and Peak Oil
Readings1. Instructions for the July 13, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] Security Theory and Peak Oil 4. Journal Article Reading: Here's the Fracking Truth About America's Last Fossil-Fueled Hurrah - Heinberg 5. Video Presentation: Rep. Curt Weldon: It's Time to Finally Tell the Truth About 9-11 - Interview with Tucker Carlson 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Security Theory and Peak Oil [PowerPoint Presentation] The Most Colossal Planning Failure in Human History - Heinberg Oil, Smoke, and Mirrors - Documentary (2005) Gasland - Documentary (2010) Peak Oil, 20 Years Later: Failed Prediction or Useful Insight? - Bardi Will There Be Resource Wars in a Renewable Future? - Klare Peak Oil and Climate Collapse: Can Society Make the Transition in Time? - Global Research News Hour A Tough-Oil World - Klare
(July 15) Lecture Fourteen - Religion and Nationalism
Readings1. Instructions for the July 15, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] Religion and Nationalism 4. Journal Article Reading: Nationalism: A Satanic Religion - Jacobs 5. Video Presentation: The Doctrine of Discovery: Stolen Lands, Strong Hearts - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation Religion and Nationalism [PowerPoint Presentation] What is the Doctrine of Discovery? (in 7 minutes) Vatican Rejects 'Doctrine of Discovery' Used to Justify Colonial Conquest and Land Theft - Wilkins The Downside of Institutionalized Religion - Davidson Why Religion Still Matters - Carroll Religion: A Source of Solidarity or Division? - Alberts What Went Wrong? - Lewis God's Country? - Mead Jihad vs. McWorld - Barber
(July 20) Lecture Fifteen - International Relations and the Global Environment
Readings1. Instructions for the July 20, 2026 Class 2. Text Reading 3. [Lecture Presentation] International Relations and the Global Environment 4. Journal Article Reading: The Socio-Ecological Crises of Capitalism 5. Video Presentation: Planet of the Humans - Documentary 6. Discussion Board Question and Peer Response for Video Presentation International Relations and the Global Environment [PowerPoint Presentation] On Contact: Planet of the Humans with Jeff Gibbs The Climate Crisis is Capitalism - Urie The Tragedy of the Commons - Hardin The Tragedy of the Commons: How Elinor Ostrom Solved One of Life's Greatest Dilemmas - Wilson Natural Capitalism - Hawken Origins and Delusions of Green Growth - Dale Green Capitalism: The God That Failed - Smith Capitalist and Socialist Responses to the Ecological Crisis - Wallis
For each of these lectures, please respond to the highlighted question shown from each lecture from the "Study and Discussion Questions" section. Responses should be at least one page in length (approximately 350 words, double-spaced). Most importantly, these journal responses should not just SUMMARIZE the question, but ANALYZE and EVALUATE them!
Books / Articles / Reports / Documents / Websites on the War in Iran (Mainstream / US and Western Governments)The National Security Strategy of the United States of America - November 2025 - The White House Which Path to Persia - Pollack The False Promise of "Flexible Realism" - Lissner No 4D Chess: War With Iran Helps China - Childers As Iran War Spirals, Trump Can't Fool Markets Forever - Berger The Making of a Forever War in Iran - Hoffman Why Trump Mishandled Iran - Agrawal Iran's Supreme Leader Applauds US College Students Protesting Israel - Jobob Reports on Iran - United States Department of State Reports on Iran - United States Department of War Reports on Iran - Central Intelligence Agency The Iran War Balance Sheet: Wins, Losses, and Undecideds - Analysis - Bob Analysis: Why Israelis Are Losing Faith in the Iran War - Scheindlin All 4 Iran War Assumptions Dead Wrong - Trump Proves Experts Got Fooled Again - Coates Washington Should Not Compromise - It Has The Upper Hand Over Iran - Dubowitz and Cohen Ceasefire with Tehran Doesn't Guarantee Peace - Sayeh War with Iran - The Atlantic Council War in Iran: Q&A with RAND Experts - The RAND Corporation Iran's Nuclear Insanity Leaves America and Allies No Room to Blink - Forbes Why Confronting Iran Now Prevents World War III - Orenstein What Are the Unintended Consequences of the U.S.-Iran Conflict for Defense and Security? - CSIS The War in Iran: Operational Progress, but Challenges Remain - Institute for the Study of War CENTCOM Chief: 'Iran Has Suffered a Generational Military Defeat' - 40-Year Military Build-Up 'Crushed in Under 40 Days' - Klein Articles - New York Times Articles - Washington Post Articles - Los Angeles Times Articles - The Guardian (Great Britain) Articles - US News and World Report Articles - Financial Times (Great Britain) Articles - The Wall Street Journal Articles - Newsweek Articles - CNN Articles - Fox News Articles - The RAND Corporation Articles on Iran - Foreign Policy in Focus
Books / Articles / Reports / Documents / Websites on the War in Iran (Critical / Radical)Two Centuries of Russophobia and Rejection of Peace - Sachs [Book] Behind the War on Terror - Ahmed [Book] Understanding the U.S.-Iran Crisis: A Primer - Bennis [Book] Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam - Dreyfuss [Book] The Plot to Attack Iran: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran - Kovalik How to Stumble Into a War - McGovern The Miscalculation of the Century: Trump's Iran Adventure - Prashad After Iran: Is This the Unraveling of the US-Israeli Order? - Baroud Trump's Divine War: How Christian Nationalists Are Running U.S. Policy in Iran and at Home - Scheerpost Staff Trump's Iran Gamble Is Spiraling Out of Control: From Shock & Awe to Strategic Failure - Adley Blowback 2026 - Ross Iran War Described As 'Biggest Opportunity' at US Oil Lobby's DC Summit - Blumenthal Western Media Whitewashes Deadly Riots in Iran, Relying on US Govt-funded Regime Change NGOs - Blumenthal and Reed 'Peace President' Trump Has Bombed 10 Countries, Now Plans $1.5 Trillion Military Budget - Norton Even U.S. Generals Recognize that U.S. Boots on the Ground in Iran Would Be Catastrophic - Klein Iran: A History of Imperialism, Dictatorships and Revolutions - Westerlund After the Iran War: A New World Order, but Not a New System - Jimenez We Are the Barbarians - Berger Viral Parody Video Exposes Absurdity of Trump's Illegal Iran War - Reed To Stop US Wars, Saying No Is Not Enough - Elbaum US-Israeli War on Iran Is Intensifying All of Global Capitalism's Problems - Smith The Twilight of Western White Power Will Usher in the Dawn of a New Global Civilization Without Systemic Degradation and Dehumanization - Kimberly Will Trump Nuke Iran? - Hoodbhoy One Blow After Another - Klare The U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Is Illegal. Here's Why That Matters. - Bennis Deadline to Disaster: Why Trump's Iran Gambit Is Failing - And Threatening the World - Modise - - Articles - Counterpunch Articles - Scheerpost Articles - Mint Press News Articles - Consortium News Articles - The Grayzone Articles - Geopolitical Economy Report Articles - Covert Action Magazine Articles - International Socialist Alternative Articles - Truthout Articles - Common Dreams Articles - Naked Capitalism Articles - The Intercept America's War for Global Domination - Chossudovsky
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The Technofascist System and Hyperimperialism: The Death Throes of Empire - Weaponized Information
The War on the Poor: Narcotics, Campesinos, and Capitalism - Tricontinental
Silent Propaganda on U.S. Imperialism Breeds Confused Americans - Tomlinson
Empire of War: Interview with Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
The World in Economic Depression: A Marxist Analysis of Crisis - Tricontinental
American Exception: Hegemony and the Dissimulation of the State - Good
The CIA, NATO and the US Empire with Aaron Good - Mint Press News
A Message From the Future II: "Years of Repair"
A People's Guide to the War Industry - 1: Introduction - Sorensen
A People's Guide to the War Industry - 2: Profits & Deception - Sorensen
A People's Guide to the War Industry - 3: Bribery & Propaganda - Sorensen
A People's Guide to the War Industry - 4: The New BOSS - Sorensen
A People's Guide to the War Industry - 5: Portfolio of Conflicts - Sorensen
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War - Whitlock
War Is A Racket - Major General Smedley Butler
The Collapse of the American Empire? - The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Tipping Point: The End of Oil - Documentary
Global Wealth Inequality: What You Never Knew You Never Knew - therules.org
The Crisis of Civilization - Documentary
The End of Human Civlisation: War, Empire and Racism in the Anthropocene - Ahmed
America's Strategic Response to 9/11 - National Security Archive
Sleeping With The Devil: How U.S. and Saudi Backing of Al Qaeda Led to 9/11 - Washington's Blog
The Collapse of Globalism - Saul
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds - National Intelligence Council
Shock and Awe - National Defense University
Vision for 2020 - U.S. Space Command
Rebuilding America's Defenses - Project for a New American Century
Iraq's New Constitution - Hassan
Behind the War on Iraq - Research Unit for Political Economy
Let Your Life Be A Friction That Stops The Machine - Class War Films
Military Cancer - Class War Films
Imperial Decay - Class War Films
Smash the Control Machine - Otep Rocks!
Rise Rebel Resist - Otep Rocks!
The World is Coming to an End - Prince Ea
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