Readings
WEEK 1
In this course, there are two types of readings:
1. Required readings: These are part of the official course materials. You will be tested on
your knowledge and insight into the required readings in weeky quizzes and in the final
exam.
2. Recommended readings: These are not part of the official course materials but are
recommended for those of you who want to gain a deeper knowledge into the subjects of that
week. You will not be tested on this material in the weekly quizzes or the final exam, but we
still encourage you read some of this material. Please note that some of the recommended
readings might not be open-access. They could be behind a pay-wall or in the case of books,
you need to purchase them somewhere. These are just recommendations if you want to
learn more but these are not required to pass the course.
For ease of use we also provide the PDF's of the transcriptions of the lectures, in the languages
currently available as subtitles (English and Spanish). They will be uploaded each time new
lectures are released.
Required Readings
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Keohane, Robert and Lisa Martin (1995): The Promise of Institutionalist Theory, International
Security, 20, 1, 39-51. Click here to read
Snyder, Robert S. (2005): "Bridging the Realist Constructivist Divide: The Case of the
Counterrevolution in Soviet Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War", Foreign Policy
Analysis, 1, 1, 55-71. Click here to read
Waltz, Kenneth (2001): "Structural Realism after the Cold War", International Security, 25, 1,
5-41. Click here to read
Recommended Readings
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Gilpin, Robert (1984): "The Richness of the Tradition of Political Realism", International
Organization, 38, 2, 287-304. Click here to read.
Goldstein, Philip (2005): Post-Marxist Theory. State University of New York Press. Click
here to read.
Hopf, Ted (1998): "The Promise of Constructivism in International Relations
Theory", International Security, 23, 1, 171-200. Click here to read.
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Keohane, Robert and Joseph Nye (1989): Power and Interdependence: World Politics in
Transition.;Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Click here to read more about this
publication.
Krasner, Stephen D. (1982) “Structural Causes and Regime Consequences: Regimes as
Intervening Variables", International Organization, 36, 2, 185-205.Click here to read.
Mearsheimer, John J. (1994/1995): "The False Promise of International
Institutions", International Security, 19, 3, 5-49. Click here to read.
Mearsheimer, John J. (1995): "A Realist Reply", International Security, 20, 1, 82-93. Click
here to read.
Youngs, Gillian (2004): "Feminist International Relations: A Contradiction in Terms? Or: Why
Women and Gender Are Essential to Understanding the World 'We' Live in", International
Affairs, 80, 1, 75-87. Click here to read.
Transcript of the lectures of Week 1
Click here to access the basic transcripts of the lectures of Week 1. Click here to see the more
advanced transcript by Leo (Sandy) Landoll.
Click here for the extra video.
Click here if you are unable to access the readings through the links supplied above (for all
weeks).