Seminar Structure “International History of the 20th century”October 8th – December 17th

prof@rainertetzlaff.de

1. Introduction (8.10.2010)- Structure and Content of Seminar/ Expectations and Requirements - Lecture: WWI – Beginning of the 20th century→Text 1: Goldstein, Erik. “The Versailles System.” In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 154-165. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

2. International History 1900-1990 (15.10.2010)→ Text 1: Scott, Len, “International History 1900-90,” in The Globalization of World Politics – An introduction to international relations, ed. John Baylis, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens, 54-69. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.→ Text 2: Cox, Michael, “From the cold war to the war on terror,” in The Globalization of World Politics – An introduction to international relations, ed. John Baylis, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens, 70-87. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008- book-presentation 1: Winkler, Heinrich August. Germany: The Long Road West Volume 2:1933-1990. Oxford University Press, 2007. (Melih Kahmaran and Kersti Harvey)- book-presentation 2: Hobbesbawn, Eric. The Age of Extremes. A History of the World, 1914-1991. New York: Vintage Books, 1994. (Deirdre McCaughey and Jenny Marrenbach)

3. The Pan Movements (22.10.2010)→ Text 1: Snyder, Louis L. “Nationalism Writ Large,” in Macro-Nationalisms. A History of the Pan-Movements, by id., 3-16. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1984.→ Text 2: Snyder, Louis L. “Pan-Arabism: Integration versus Differentation,” in Macro-Nationalisms. A History of the Pan-Movements, by id., 145-156. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1984.→ Text 3: Snyder, Louis L. “Pan-Africanism: The Black Man´s Burden,” in Macro-Nationalisms. A History of the Pan-Movements, by id., 177-200. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1984.→ Text 4: Nkrumah, Kwame. “Freedom First,” in Africa must Unite by id., 50-57. London: Panaf Books, 1963.- presentation: Zionism as a Pan-Movement, Israel´s justification of land occupation (Mitchel report). (Hanna Kürvers and Remke Lohmann)

4. Decolonization and Imperialism (29.10.2010)→ Text 1:MacKenzie, John. “Imperialism,” In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 13-25. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. → not in reader→ Text 2: Cooper, Frederick. “Ending empire and imagining the future,” in Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present by id., 66-84. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. → Text 3: Maier, Charles S. “Empire Without End.” Foreign Affairs 89 (2010):153-159.- presentation: The long way to freedom – India from Gandhi to Nehru. (Saman Hamdi and Jennifer Blastorah)

5. Nation Building (5.11.2010)→ Text 1: Bosworth, R.J.B. “Nationalism.” In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 26-38. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.→ Text 2: Meredith, Martin. “The Birth of Nations” In The Fate of Africa by id. 141-161. Public Affairs, 2006.→ Text 3: Cederman, Lars-Erik, Wimmer, Andreas, and Min, Brian. “Why Do Ethnic GroupsRebel?,” In World Politics 62 (2010): 87-119.- presentation: Tanzania, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, South-Korea, or Sudan as examples of failed nation building. (Bekele Beakal and Alexander Vorwerk)

6. Cold War I. AND 7. Cold War II. – Détente (double session 12.11.2010)

→ Text 1: Gaddis, John Lewis, “Cold War Empires: Europe,” in We Now Know. Rethinking Cold War History, 26-84 and 221-280. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. u. 221-280→ Text 2: Westad, Arne Odd. “The New International History of the Cold War: Three (Possible) Paradigms,” Diplomatic History 24 (4/2000): 551-565.→ Text 3:Freedman, Lawrence D. “Frostbitten. Decoding the Cold War, 20 Years later,”In Foreign Affairs (2010):136-144.presentation: The Iron Curtain and the American concept of Containment and Cuban Missile Crisis (Franz Fischer, Philipp Marten, Jasper Bauer).

→ Text 1: Smith, Tony. “New Bottles for New Wine: A Pericentric Framework for the Study of the Cold War,” Diplomatic History 24 (4/2000), 567-591.→ Text 2: Paterson, Thomas G. “Superpower Decline and Hegemonic Survival,” in Major Problems in the History of American Foreign Relations, vol. II: Since 1914, edited by Dennis Merrill and Thomas G. Paterson, 513-520. Boston: Houghton Mifflin , 2005.→ Text 3: McCauley, Martin. “The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the ColdWar,” In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 381-393. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.- presentation: The Helsinki process (Human Rights) and the end of the Cold War. (Kim Plaetz and Charles Burns)

8. Concepts of Foreign Policy AND 9. Realism and NATO-Expansion – a controversy (double session 26.11.2010)→ Text 1: Jackson, Robert and Sorensen, Georg. “Foreign Policy,” in Introduction to International Relations. Theories and approaches, by ead., 222-248. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.→ Text 2: Crozier, Andrew. “Appeasement,” In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 243-256. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.→ Text 3: Sperling, James. “United States: a full spectrum contributor to governance?” In National Security Cultures. Patterns of Global Governance, edited by Emil J. Kirchner and James Sperling, 172-210. London and New York: Routledge, 2010.- presentation: Old Europe vs. America (soft power vs. hard power).(Sebastian Gomez and Zach Nichols)

→ Text 1: Jackson, Robert and Sorensen, Georg. “Realism,” in Introduction to International Relations. Theories and approaches, by ead., 59-96. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.→ Text 2: Little, Richard. “International Regimes,” in The Globalization of World Politics – An introduction to international relations, ed. John Baylis, Steve Smith, and Patricia Owens, 296-311. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.→ Text 3: Averre, Derek. “Russia: a global power?” In National Security Cultures. Patterns of Global Governance, edited by Emil J. Kirchner and James Sperling, 265-286. London and New York: Routledge, 2010.-presentation: The impact of determent – a failure or success? (Tom Lindemann)

10. European Integration (3.12.2010)→ Text 1: Hitchcock, William I. The Struggle for Europe. The History of the Continent Since 1945, 145-155, 221-238, 435-465. London: Anchor Books, 2005. → Text 2: Dinan, Desmond. “Uncertain Terrain 1958-1972,” In Ever Closer Union. An Introduction to European Integration by id. 39-67. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. → Text 3: Ludlow, Piers. “Making the New Europe: European Integration since 1950,” In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 327-339. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.- presentation: Turkey as a member of the EU – Pros and Cons. (Berkay Mandiraci Alex Soto and)

11. The Fragmentation of the Third World (7.12.2010)→ Text 1: MacQueen, Norris . “A Third World?,” In A Companion to International History 1900-2001, edited by Gordon Martel, 314-326. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.→ Text 2: Feigenbaum, Evan A. “India´s Rise, America´s Interest. The Fate of the U.S.-Indian Partnership,” Foreign Affairs (2010): 76-91.→ Text 3: Bellamy, Alex J. “Humanitarian Intervention,” In Contemporary Security Studies, edited by Alan Collins, 359-377. New York: Oxford University Press 2010.- presentation: Non-Alignment-Movement: Big leaders of the third world. (Philip Tantow, Nicole Ganja and Vanine Yeghiazaryan )

12. The Collapse of the Second World: Solidarnosc and the transition to democracy (10.12.2010)→ Text 1: Huntington, Samuel P. The Third Wave. Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century. 3-58. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.→ Text 2: Poku, Nana K. “Globalization, Development, and Security,” In Contemporary Security Studies, edited by Alan Collins, 256-273. New York: Oxford University Press 2010.-presentation: Poland´s way to democracy. (Michal Palacz and Olga Sazonova)

13. Excursion to Hamburg (GIGA) – date not settled

14. Final Exam (17.12)

- concluding discussion

IRC-Course Reserve

1. Kaplan,Robert. “The Geography of Chinese Power. How Far Can Beijing Reachon Land and at See?,” In: Foreign Affairs, May/June 2010, p. 22-41

2. Scherpereel, John A. “European Culture and the EU's 'Turkey Question'”,In: West European Politics, Vol. 33, Number 4, July 2010, p. 810-829.

3. Ferguson, Niall. “Complexity and Collapse. Empires on the Edge of Chaos,” In: Foreign Affairs, March/April 2010, p.18-32.

4. Hobsbawn, Eric. The Age of Extremes. 1914-1991. p.1-3 and 256-286. New York: Vintage Books, 1994.

5. Bunce,Valerie and Wolchik,Sharon. “Defeating Dictators: Electoral Changeand Stability in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes,” In: World Politics, Vol. 62, January 2010, p.43-86.

6. Gates, Robert. “Helping Others Defend Themselves. The Future of U.S.Security Assistance,” In: Foreign Affairs, May/June 2010, p. 1-6