POLITICAL
SCIENCE 388:
Section 1
Spring 2010
Northern
John Maszka
Class Meetings: M, W, F
Contact
Information:
Office: DU
476
Phone: 753-1818
E-mail: jmaszka@niu.edu
Office Hours: M, W, F
INTRODUCTION
This survey course in contemporary
The
second and larger portion of the course will focus on a range of real and potential threats to
As
we examine these many challenges, we will stop to consider several responses. For example, we will discuss
and analyze arms control, national missile defense, the best options for
addressing terrorism, balancing national security and civil liberties, whether
to contain or engage China, the revolution in military affairs, NATO and
collective defense, deciding when and how to intervene militarily, reinstating
a military draft, and whether to stay the course in Iraq or withdraw.
Given
the time constraints of this course, our treatment of national security policy
must be selective. There are clearly additional subjects that could be included
in each part of the course. The choice of topics is designed to demonstrate the
diverse nature of security policy as well as identify many (but certainly not
all) of the leading issues that challenge
The second course objective is to focus on
national security policy-making. We will accomplish this goal in a number of
ways. For instance, lecture material will often raise questions where students
will be asked to consider which policy direction is most beneficial to the
PREREQUISITE
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This is a fairly challenging 300-level course designed primarily for
POLS majors and minors with a strong interest in international politics.
Students should hold a junior or senior class standing. This is a prerequisite.
It is strongly recommended POLS 285 or a solid introductory international
relations course at another institution be completed before enrolling in this
course. Non-majors and POLS majors who have not completed this coursework are
welcome, but should consider themselves warned about these recommendations.
Everyone enrolled in the class should have a serious interest in current
Good security policy students keep up with breaking events. Staying
informed allows one to make better sense of the instructor’s examples and other
students’ comments as well as participate in class. Monitoring the news will
also help students draw linkages between the course material and the “real
world.” News articles will provide examples that can be referenced on
examinations to highlight class concepts or in a paper to make a reasoned
argument. Moreover, current events can be brought into class discussions. While
one can draw on articles from papers like the Chicago Tribune or Christian
Science Monitor, the two best sources for news developments related to
New York Times (Click on “
CLASS FORMAT
Most classes will have a lecture component. However, students are
welcome and encouraged to interrupt the instructor to ask questions or make
comments about the material. Also members of the class should be prepared to
answer the many questions that the instructor will regularly pose concerning a
particular day’s material, a past class, a current event, or the assigned
readings (which are to be completed before
class). Regular and thoughtful participation will be rewarded.
For class meetings devoted to the discussion and debate of
To ensure the quality of these class periods, everyone is expected to
do three things. First, all assigned readings on the issue under discussion
should be read carefully before class. Second, copies of these readings should
be brought to class as reference material for discussion and group exercises.
Third, some time should be spent prior to class considering the following questions
for each reading:
1) Who is the author? (What does the author do,
and how might this affect his/her position?)
2) What is the main argument?
3) Are there important secondary or supportive
points?
4) What are the temporal boundaries (if any),
and how do they affect the reading’s relevance to us today?
5) Are there specific geographic boundaries
that the reading is concerned with? If so, what are they?
6) So What? (Why is this reading worth reading?
What about the argument is relevant or important to the overall focus of the
course?).
ASSIGNED
There is one required textbook available for
purchase at the university bookstore. A conscious effort has been made to keep
the material as affordable and update-to-date as possible. Therefore, the book
is a recently published paperback edition. To be successful in this course, it
is required that students have personal copies of this book.
Donald M. Snow. 2008. National Security for a New Era: Globalization and Geopolitics, 3rd
edition (
Other
course readings include journal articles, book chapters, reports, and Internet
material that have been placed on electronic
reserve. Students may obtain these readings by visiting the library’s
reserve reading or by connecting to the course’s electronic reserve reading
list via the Internet. The
web address for this list is posted on blackboard.
Adobe Acrobat Reader will be needed to open many of the readings, which are in Portable Document Format (PDF)
files. Students who do not have this program can download it free of charge.
Simply click on the appropriate link on the upper right hand corner of the
electronic reserve reading list. The reserve reading list was selected to give
students access to up-to-date material without the purchase of additional
costly textbooks.
GRADED
REQUIREMENTS
There are
four graded requirements that each student must complete to pass the course.
The first two graded requirement consists of two written examinations. The midterm exam
is scheduled for Wednesday March 3rd
and will be worth 25% of the course
grade. The final exam will be
administered on Wednesday, May 5 from
The third course requirement is a 3-5 page summary paper on an assigned
reading. Each student will be
assigned a reading at the beginning of the semester that they will present to the class. The short paper/presentation
combined is worth 25% of your grade.
Quality papers/presentations will address the same six questions listed above:
1) Who is the author? (What does the author do,
and how might this affect his/her position?) This question asks the student to
consider Miles’ Law: “Where you stand depends on where you sit.” Specifically,
this question asks the student to explore how the author’s professional
position(s) might bias his or her political outlook.
2) What is the main argument?
3) Are there important secondary or supportive
points?
4) What are the temporal boundaries (if any),
and how do they affect the reading’s relevance to us today?
5) Are there specific geographic boundaries
that the reading is concerned with? If so, what are they?
6) So What? (Why is this reading worth reading?
What about the argument is relevant or important to national security) Please
don’t just tell me that it was good, or interesting. Definitely do not simply
repeat back to me that it was worth reading without any substantive explanation
as to why. What I’m looking for here is for the student to tie the assigned
reading in with other readings in the course and/or with major themes and key
points presented in the class.
If a question is not relevant
to a particular reading, please use a sentence or two to explain why—even if it appears obvious. Often
times, the effort expended to explain why a question is not relevant turns up
evidence that it is in fact relevant after all. Papers that satisfactorily address
all six questions will receive the full 25%. Papers that fail to satisfactorily
address all six questions will lose 5% per question:
25% = all six questions addressed satisfactorily
20% = only five questions addressed
satisfactorily
15% = only four questions addressed
satisfactorily
10% = only three questions addressed
satisfactorily
5% = two or less questions addressed
satisfactorily
All summary paper assignments/ presentations are
due at the beginning of class on the day they are assigned (the date that they
appear on the syllabus). Late paper/presentations will not be accepted. Papers
should be typed in a readable 12 point font, and double-spaced. They should
capture the essence of the reading, but must
be limited to 3-5 pages.
The fourth course requirement
is participation. Components of this grade include (a) regular and thoughtful
participation in class lectures and discussions, (b) regular attendance (no
more than three absences), (c) regular and thoughtful engagement on class days
devoted to discussion and debate. Failure to fulfill any one these expectations
satisfactorily or any additional assignment will significantly reduce the
participation grade, which is worth 20 percent of the final course grade.
In general, relevant in-class participation (a and c) will be evaluated according to the following scale
(with plus and minus grades being possible).
A = regular and thoughtful participation
B = occasional and thoughtful participation
C = regular attendance, but little or no
participation
D = less than regular attendance
F = little or no attendance
The midterm examination, final examination, summary
paper/presentation, and attendance will all be scored on a 0 to 100 percent
scale and assigned a corresponding letter grade. The final course grades will
be awarded as follows:
A 93-100
A- 90-92
B+ 87-89
B 80-86
C+ 77-79
C 73-76
C- 70-72
D+ 67-69
D 63-66
D- 60-62
F 0-59
SUMMARY
OF GRADED REQUIREMENTS
Midterm Examination = 25 percent
Final Examination = 30 percent
Paper/Presentation = 25 percent
Participation = 20 percent
COURSE
POLICIES AND LOOSE ENDS
1.
Makeup Exams: Makeup exams will only be given in extraordinary
circumstances. If such circumstances
arise, please contact the instructor as soon as possible and before the scheduled exam. To keep the process fair for
everyone in the course, students may be asked to support requests for makeup
exams with documentation. A missed examination without prior notification and a
documented excuse will result in a zero and a course grade of “F” as opposed to
an incomplete.
2.
Students with Disabilities: Under Section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, NIU is committed to making reasonable
accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Those students with
disabilities that may have an impact on their coursework must register with the
Center for Access-Ability Resources (CAAR) on the fourth floor of the
3.
Late Assignments: Due to the timely nature of the summary
paper/presentation, late assignments will only be allowed in extraordinary
circumstances. If such circumstances
arise, please contact the instructor as soon as possible and before the assignment is due.
4.
Submitting Written Work: Please turn in all
assignments to me at the beginning of the class period in which they are due.
5.
Extra Credit: Extra credit will be made available throughout
the semester in the two following ways: 1) quizzes will be offered on the assigned
reading at the instructor’s discretion. These quizzes will be worth 1 point of
extra credit each. 2) Each class period, three (3) students will be eligible to
play “National Security Jeopardy” for up to 5 points of extra credit. Questions
for both forms of extra credit will be based on the readings assigned for that
class period and will only be available to students who come to class. All
students who attend class regularly will have equal opportunity to earn extra
credit points.
6.
Handouts: Handouts are a privilege for those students who
attend class on a regular basis. No student is entitled to supplemental
materials simply because they are registered for the course.
7.
Classroom Etiquette: Students are to arrive at class on time. If you
arrive late, please be courteous and make an effort not to be disruptive as you
settle in. Students are to remain for the entire session
unless excused by the professor beforehand or confronted with a serious
personal emergency. For instance, it is not acceptable for students to walk in
and out of class to answer cell phones, take casual bathroom and smoking
breaks, or attend to other personal matters. Cell phones, pagers, iPods or any electronic devices must be turned off during class (unless it is a
translator or other educational aid). The only exception is when the instructor
has been notified beforehand of a special circumstance that requires the
student to remain in close contact with a sick family member, pregnant wife,
special childcare situation, and so forth (in which case the cell phone may
remain on vibrate). No one should talk while someone else is talking; this
includes comments meant for a classmate rather than the entire group. What may
seem like a whisper or a harmless remark to one person can be a distraction to
someone else, particularly in a small room. Overall, classroom dialogue and
behavior should always be courteous, respectful of others, and consistent with
the expectations set forth by the university.
8.
Incomplete Requests: Such petitions will be granted only in
extraordinary circumstances. The instructor reserves the right to ask for
documentation to verify the problem preventing completion of the course by the
normal deadlines. If the student does not present documentation from a
university office or official, the matter will be left to the instructor’s
discretion.
9.
Academic Dishonesty: Regarding plagiarism, the NIU Undergraduate
Catalog states: “students are guilty of plagiarism, intentional or not, if they
copy material from books, magazines, or other sources without identifying and
acknowledging them. Students guilty of or assisting others in, either cheating
or plagiarism on an assignment, quiz, or examination may receive a grade of F
for the course involved and may be suspended or dismissed from the university.”
The above statement encompasses a paper written in whole or in part by another;
a paper copied word-for-word or with only minor changes from another source; a
paper copied in part from one or more sources without proper identification and
acknowledgement of the sources; a paper that is merely a paraphrase of one or
more sources, using ideas and/or logic without credit even though the actual
words may be changed; and a paper that quotes, summarizes or paraphrases, or
cuts and pastes words, phrases, or images from an Internet source without
identification and the address of the web site. Please note that copies of
papers written in previous years are retained by the instructor. Also, all
papers will be checked within the SafeAssign system
(discussed below). In short, students are advised to do their own work and
learn the rules for proper quoting, paraphrasing, and footnoting.
http://polisci.niu.edu/polisci/audience/plagiarism.shtml
10. Religious Observances: The University asks
instructors to make students aware of the following policy. “
11. Attendance and Class
Participation: I recognize that this course is not the only obligation that you have
to deal with—life often happens when you least expect it. However, attendance
is mandatory. I also understand that class discussion comes more easily for
some people than for others. However, given that an important subsidiary goal
of this course is to help you to develop professional interaction skills, class
participation is also required.
Please
refrain from:
-Comments
that are not relevant to the ongoing discussion.
-Remarks that are
disruptive to the discussion, insensitive to others, or attempt to dominate the
discussion. It is strongly preferred that students participate in class on a
voluntary basis.
If a student is particularly apprehensive about
talking in class, or feels closed out of the discussion for another reason,
please speak with the outside of class. There may be things that I can suggest
to make the situation more manageable. Please remember that communication
skills and self-confidence are extremely important assets in the professional
world. Thus it is better to develop these things in the collegial environment
of this class rather than under more difficult circumstances later in life.
12. Undergraduate Writing
Awards:
The Department of Political Science will recognize, on an annual basis,
outstanding undergraduate papers written in conjunction with 300-400 level
political science courses or directed studies. Authors do not have to be
political science majors or have a particular class standing. Winners are
expected to attend the Department’s spring graduation ceremony where they will
receive a certificate and $50.00. Papers, which can be submitted by students or
faculty, must be supplied in triplicate to a department secretary by February
28. All copies should have two cover pages – one with the student’s name and
one without the student’s name. Only papers written in the previous calendar can be considered for the
award. However, papers completed in the current spring semester are eligible
for the following year’s competition even if the student has graduated.
13. Department of Political Science Web Site: Undergraduates are strongly encouraged to
consult the Department of Political Science web site on a regular basis. This
up-to-date, central source of information will assist students in contacting
faculty and staff, reviewing course requirements and syllabi, exploring
graduate study, researching career options, tracking department events, and
accessing important details related to undergraduate programs and activities.
To reach the site, go to http://polisci.niu.edu
IMPORTANT DATES
Midterm
Exam: March 3
Final
Exam: May 5
COURSE
SCHEDULE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS
·
Monday Jan. 11: Introduction/
Distribution of reading assignments
•No required readings
Recommended
-Chapter
Wednesday Jan. 13: The American
Experience
Required
-Chapter
Friday Jan. 15: Presentations/NSJ
-John Owen. 2003. “Why American Hegemony is Here
to Stay.” International Politics and
Society 1:71-86. (Reserve List).
Monday Jan. 18: No Class
Wednesday Jan 20: Defining
Required
•Pages 48-
•Sam C. Sarkesian. 1995. “National Interests and National
Security,” In
Friday Jan. 22: Presentations/NSJ
-Owens, Mackubin, Thomas. 2009. "The Bush
Doctrine: The Foreign Policy of Republican Empire.” Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs, vol. 53,
no. 1, pp. 23-40.
(Reserve List).
-Barak Obama. 2008. “Renewing
- Pham, J.
Peter. 2008. “What Is in the National Interest? Hans Morgenthau's Realist Vision and American Foreign Policy,”
American
Foreign Policy Interests,
vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 256-265, Sept-Oct.”
(Reserve List).
-Rofe, J Simon
. 2008. “'Under the Influence of Mahan': Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and their Understanding of American National Interest.” Diplomacy & Statecraft, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 732-745, Dec. (Reserve List).Monday Jan. 25: National Capabilities:
The Tools of Security
Required
•Walter
Russell Mead. 2004. “
•Richard L. Armitage and Joseph S. Nye,
Jr. 2007. CSIS Commission on Smart Power: A Smarter, More Secure
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071106_csissmartpowerreport.pdf,
pages 1-14 only. (Reserve
List).
Recommended
-Choi, Kang
. 2008. “The U.S. at Crossroads: The 44th Presidential Election and Its Aftermath.” The Journal of East Asian Affairs, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 1-38, Fall-Winter.Wednesday Jan. 27:
Required
•Immanuel Wallerstein. 2002. “The Eagle Has Crashed Landed,” Foreign Policy 131 (July/August):60-68. (Reserve List).
•Joseph S.
Nye, Jr. “Recovering America’s Leadership,” Survival
50 (1):55-68. (Reserve
List).
Recommended
-Michele A. Flournoy
and Shawn Brimley.
2008. Finding Our Way: Debating American
Grand Strategy (
Friday Jan. 29:
Presentations/NSJ
-John Lewis Gaddis. 2002. “A Grand
Strategy of Transformation.” Foreign
Policy 133 (November/December):50-57. (Reserve List).
- Hug, Aziz. 2008. “Imperial March.” Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, no. 7, pp. 44-55, winter. (Reserve List).
Monday Feb. 1: National Strategy in the
Post-9/11 Era
Required
• The National Security Strategy of the
Wednesday
Feb. 3: Grand Strategy and Force Structure
Required
• Pages
241-
• Pages
283-
• Kathy
Gill. 2007. “Military Conscription, Recruiting, and the Draft,” http://uspolitics.about.com/od/electionissues/a/draft.htm
(Reserve List)
Recommended
-National Security Strategy of
the
Friday Feb. 5: Presentations/NSJ
-Richard N. Haass. 2008. “The Age of Nonpolarity.” Foreign
Affairs 87 (3):44-56. (Reserve List) .
-Fareed Zakaria. 2008. “The Future of American Power.” Foreign Affairs 87 (3):18-43. (Reserve List).
-John F. Troxwell.
2006. “Military Power and the Use of Force.” In
Monday
Feb. 8: Private Security Contractors and Companies in the Post-9/11 Era
Required
• Deborah Avant. 2004. “Think Again: Mercenaries,” Foreign Policy 143 (July/August):20-28. (Reserve List).
• Council
on Foreign Relations Online Debate: Private Security Contractors, December
2007, http://www.cfr.org/publication/15032
(Reserve List).
Recommended
-Spearin, Christopher
. 2006. "Special Operations Forces a Strategic Resource: Public and Private Divides.” Parameters, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 58-70, winter.-Rosen, Frederik. 2008. "Commercial Security: Conditions of Growth.”
Security Dialogue,
vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 77-97, Feb.
-Campbell, Alastair. 2007. "Private Security Companies
in Iraq: Mercenaries, Misfits or Misunderstood?” The World Today, vol. 63,
no. 12, pp. 20-22, Dec.
Wednesday Feb. 10: Terrorism:
Required
•Chapter
•Bush, George
W. 2009. "George W. Bush: ‘America Reshaped Our Approach to the
Middle East.’"
Recommended
-McCabe,
Thomas R. 2009. "The Information Confrontation with Radical Islam.”
Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 99-121, Jan.
-Swazo, Norman K.
2008. "My Brother Is My King": Evaluating the Moral Duty of Global Jihad.” International Journal on World Peace, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 7-47, Dec.Friday Feb. 12: Presentations/NSJ
-Percy, Sarah.
2009. "Private Security Companies
and Civil Wars.” Civil Wars, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 57-74, Mar. (Reserve List).
-Gregg,
Heather S. 2009. "Fighting Cosmic Warriors: Lessons from the First Seven
Years of the Global War on Terror.” Studies
in Conflict & Terrorism,
vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 188-208, Mar.
(Reserve List).
-Foot,
Rosemary. 2008. "Exceptionalism Again: The Bush Administration, the "Global War
on Terror" and Human Rights.” Law and History Review, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 707-725, fall. (Reserve List).
-Spearin, Christopher
. 2007. "Contracting a Counterinsurgency? Implications for US Policy in Iraq and Beyond.” Small Wars and Insurgencies, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 541-558, Dec. (Reserve List).Monday
Feb. 15: Terrorists and Dirty Bombs – The Threat of Radiological Dispersion
Devices
Required
•Peter D.
Zimmerman with Cheryl Loeb. 2004. “Dirty Bombs: The Threat Revisited,” Defense Horizons 38 (January):1-12. http://www.hps.org/documents/RDD_report.pdf.
(Reserve List).
Wednesday
Feb. 17: How Should
Required
•Henry Munson. 2004. “Lifting the Veil: Understanding the Roots of Islamic Militancy,” Harvard International Review 25(4), http://www.harvardir.org/articles/1184 (Reserve List).
• Katya
Drozdova and Michael Samoilov.
2002. “National Security: Security and
Recommended
-Max Abrahms. 2008. “What Terrorists Really Want.” International
Security 32 (4):78-105.
-Daniel Byman. 2007. “US Counter-terrorism
Options: A Taxonomy.” Survival 49 (3):121-150. 25
Friday Feb. 19: Presentations/NSJ
-Graham Allison. 2004. “How to Stop
Nuclear Terrorism.” Foreign Affairs 83
(1):64-74. (Reserve List).
-Thomas Homer-Dixon. 2002. “The Rise of Complex Terrorism.” Foreign Policy 128 (January/February):
52-62. (Reserve
List).
-Jason D. Ellis. 2003. “The Best Defense: Counterproliferation
and
-John Williams.
-Robert A. Pape. 2003. “The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.” American Political Science Review 97
(3):1-19. (Reserve
List).
Monday
Feb. 22: Nuclear Proliferation and Challenges to Arms Control
Required
• Richardson,
Michael. 2008. "The PSI: stemming the nuclear danger.”
-Pilat, Joseph F.
2008. "NATO Nuclear Forces and the New Nuclear Threats.”Wednesday Feb. 24: Nuclear Proliferation and National Missile Defense
Required
•Pages 226-
• Center for Nonproliferation Studies. 2005. “A Look at National Missile Defense and the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System,” NTI Issue Brief (December). http://www.nti.org/e_research/e3_72.html. (Reserve List).
•Jeff
Sessions, “Ballistic Missile Defense: A National Priority,” Strategic Studies Quarterly 2(2):22-30. (Reserve List).
Recommended
-Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
-Scott D. Sagan. 1996-97. “Why Do States
Build Nuclear Weapons? Three Models in Search of a Bomb.”
International Security 21 (3):54-86.
-Executive Summary of the Report of the Commission to Assess the
Ballistic Missile Threat to the
-Steven A. Hildreth. 2007. “Ballistic
Missile Defense: Historical Overview.” CRS
Report for Congress, 9 July.
-Matthew Bunn. 2008. Securing the Bomb 2008 (Cambridge, MA
and Washington, DC: Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard University, and the
Nuclear Threat Initiative), Chapter 1.
Friday Feb. 26:
Presentations/NSJ
-Ivo Daalder and
Jan Lodal. 2008. “The Logic of Zero.” Foreign
Affairs 87 (6):80-95. (Reserve List).
-Nader Elhefnawy. 2008. “The
Next Wave of Nuclear Proliferation.” Parameters
38 (3):36-47. (Reserve List).
-Fitzpatrick,
Mark. 2008. "US-India Nuclear Cooperation Accord: Implications
for the Non-proliferation Regime.” Asia-Pacific Review, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 76-85. (Reserve List).
-Scheber, Thomas K
. 2007. "U.S. Nuclear Policy and Strategy and the NPT Regime: Implications for the NATO Alliance.” Comparative Strategy, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 117-126. (Reserve List).-Peter R. Lavoy. 2006. “Nuclear Proliferation over the Next Decade:
Causes, Warning Signs, and Policy Responses,” Nonproliferation Review 13 (3):433-454. (Reserve List).
Monday March 1: Review
No assigned readings.
Wednesday March 3: Midterm Examination
No assigned readings.
Friday March 5: No Class
Enjoy your Break!
Monday March 15:
Required
• Peter
Van Ness. 2004. “
• Esther
Pan. 2006. “The Scope of China’s Military Threat,” Council on Foreign Relations Backgrounder, http://www.cfr.org/publication/10824/scope_of_chinas_military_threat.html.
(Reserve List).
Wednesday March 17: Discussion & Debate – Should
Required
•Jonathan
Spence. 2005. “The Once and Future
• David M.
Lampton. 2007. “The Faces of Chinese Power, Foreign Affairs 86 (1):115-127. (Reserve List).
Friday March 19: Presentations/NSJ
-David Shambaugh. 1996. “Containment or
Engagement of
-Thomas J. Christensen. 2006. “Fostering Stability or Creating a
Monster? The Rise of
-Aaron L. Friedberg. 2005. “The Future of U.S.-China Relations: Is
Conflict Inevitable?” International
Security 30 (2):7-45. (Reserve List).
-Alastair Iain Johnston. 2003. “Is
Monday March 22: NATO and European
Security
Required
•“The Origins of the North Atlantic Treaty,” http://www.nato.int/archives/1st5years/chapters/1.htm (Reserve List).
• “The North Atlantic Treaty,” http://www.nato.int/archives/1st5years/chapters/2.htm (Reserve List).
•The
Recommended
-Renee de Nevers. 2007. “NATO’s International Security Role in the
Terrorist Era.” International Security
31(4):34-66.
Wednesday March 24: The
New, Global NATO (with discussion of the War in
Required
-William Maley.
2008. “Stabilizing
-Ronald D. Asmus. 2008. “New
Purposes, New Plumbing: Rebuilding the Atlantic Alliance.” The American Interest (November/December):1-8. (Reserve
List).
Friday March 26: Presentations/NSJ
-Ryan Hendrickson. 2007. “The
Miscalculation of NATO’s Death.” Parameters
37 (1):98-114. (Reserve List).
- Christopher M. Jones. 2006. “NATO's Transformation.” In Old
-Ivo Daalder and James Goldgeier.
2006. “Global NATO.” Foreign Affairs 85
(5):105-113. (Reserve List).
Monday March 29: The
Required
Chapter
Recommended
-Eugene B. Rumer
and Celeste A. Wallender. 2003. “
-Dimitri K. Simes.
2007. “Losing
-Stephen Sestanovich. 2008. “What Has
-Yuliya Tymoshenko.
2007. “Containing
Wednesday
March 31: The Challenge of
Required
-Christopher Hemmer. 2007. “Responding
to Nuclear
• Vali Nasr and
Ray Takeyh. 2008. “The Costs of Containing
Recommended
-McCreary,
John; Posner,
Richard A. 2008. "The Latest Intelligence Crisis.” Intelligence and National
Security, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 371-380, June.
- Vakil, Sanam. 2007. “Tehran Gambles to Survive.” Current History, vol. 106, no. 704, pp.
414-420, Dec.
-Kamrava, Mehran
. 2007. "Iranian National-Security Debates: Factionalism and Lost Opportunities.” Middle East Policy, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 84-100, summer.Friday April 2: Presntations/NSJ
-Hunter,
Robert E.. 2008. "A New American Middle East Strategy?” Survival, vol. 50, no. 6,
pp. 49-66, Dec-Jan. (Reserve
List). -Alexi Arbatov. 2008. “
-Vladimir Putin. 2007. Speech at the 43rd
-Bahgat, Gawdat
. 2007. "Iran and the United States: The Emerging Security Paradigm in the Middle East.” Parameters, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 5-18. Reserve List).Reserve List).
-Dmitri Trenin.
2008. “Thinking Strategically about
Monday April 5:
Required
•Pages
392-
•Flynt Leverett
and Pierre Noel. 2006. “The New Axis of Oil,” The New America Foundation (July), http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2006/the_new_axis_of_oil.
(Reserve List).
Recommended
-Energy
Leadership Council.
Wednesday
April 7: Responding to
Required
•Michael
L. Ross. 2008. “Blood Barrels: Why Oil Wealth Fuels Conflict,” Foreign Affairs 87 (3):2-8. (Reserve List).
•Go the
“American Energy Independence” web site and read about energy alternatives by
clicking on efficiency, hydrogen, renewable, hydrocarbon, and nuclear (on the
toolbar at the top of the page). http://www.americanenergyindependence.com/nationalsecurity.html.
(Reserve List).
Recommended
-Frank Verrastro
and Sarah Ladislaw.
2007. “Providing Energy Security in an Interdependent World.”
Friday April 9: Presentations/NSJ
-David Zweig
and Bi Jianhai. 2005. “
-Frank Verrastro
and Sarah Ladislaw.
2007. “Providing Energy Security in an Interdependent World.”
-Daniel Yergin. 2006. “Ensuring Energy
Security.” Foreign Affairs 85
(2):69-82. (Reserve
List).
-Robert Mabro. 2007. “The Oil Weapon: Can It
Be Used Today?” Harvard
International Review 29 (3). (Reserve List).
-Clifford Singer. 2008. “Oil and Security.” The
Monday April 12: Ethnic and Religious
Conflict: An Old Problem in a New Era
Required
-Jerry Z.
Muller. 2008. “Us and Them: The Enduring Power of Ethnic Nationalism,” Foreign Affairs 87 (2):18-35. (Reserve List).
Wednesday April 14: Deciding When and
How to Intervene
Required
-Chapter
Friday April 16:
Presentations/NSJ
-Alan J. Kuperman. 2000. “
-James Kurth. 2001. “Models of Humanitarian
Intervention: Assessing the Past and Discerning the Future.” American Diplomacy (July). (Reserve List).
-Michael Wesley. 2005. “Toward a Realist Ethics of Intervention.” Ethics and International Affairs 19
(2):55-72. (Reserve
List).
-David Callahan. 2002. “The Enduring Challenge: Self Determination and
Ethnic Conflict in the 21st Century.” Carnegie Challenge 2002, 1-18. (Reserve List).
Monday April 19:
Required
-Chapter
10 (pp. 256-270) in Snow, National
Security for a New Era
-Pascual, Carlos and Ken Pollack. 2007. “Salvaging the
Possible: Policy Options in
Recommended
-Justin Logan and Christopher Preble. 2006. “Failed States and Flawed Logic:
The Case against a Standing Nation-Building Office.” Policy Analysis (January 11):1-29.
Wednesday April 21:
Required
-Chapter 10 (pp. 270-290) in Snow, National Security for a New Era
Recommended
-Daniel Byman. 2003. “Constructing a
Democratic
-Judith S. Yaphe. 2007. “
Friday April 23: Presentations/NSJ
-Stephen Biddle, Michael E. O’Hanlon,
and Kenneth M. Pollack.
2008. “How to Leave a Stable
-Richard N. Haass and Martin Indyk. 2009. “Beyond Iraq.” Foreign Affairs
88 (1):41-58. (Reserve List).
-Carlos Pascual and Ken Pollack.
2007. “Salvaging the Possible: Policy Options in Iraq.” Policy Paper,
No. 2 (September). Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution. (Reserve List).
-Steven Simon. 2008. “The Price of the Surge: How the U.S. Strategy is
Hastening Iraq’s Demise.” Foreign Affairs
87 (3):57-76. (Reserve
List).
-Garfield,
Andrew, 2007. "War and Terror: The U.S. Counter-Propaganda Failure in
Iraq.”
Monday April 26: Other Threats To National Security-Movie “Soylent
Green”
No
Recommended
-Smith, Gayle,
2007. “Beyond Borders.” Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, no. 3, pp. 64-73, Winter.
-Fiona B. Adamson. 2006. “Crossing Borders: International Migration
and National Security.” International
Security 31 (1):165-199.
-Shlomi Dinar.
2002. “Water, Security, Conflict, and Cooperation.”
-Laurie Garrett. 2005. “The Lessons of HIV/AIDS.” Foreign Affairs 84 (4):51-64.
-Marc A. Levy. 1995. “Is the Environment a National Security Issue?” International Security 20 (2):35-62.
-J. Stephen Morrison and Johanna Nesseth Tuttle.
-Michael Vatis. 2002. “Cyber Attacks
Protecting America’s Security against Digital Threats.” ESDP Discussion Paper
ESDP-2002-04,
Wednesday April 28: Review for Final
Exam
No
Friday April 30: Reading Day- No Class
Wednesday May 5: Final Examination