Undergraduate Programme in International Relations

National Research University Higher School of Economics

School of World Economy and International Affairs

Undergraduate Programme

in International Relations

(Parallel Degree from HSE and UoL)

International Organizations

Course Syllabus

(ex. Winter 2019)

Instructor(s): Prof. Ekaterina Entina

Prof. Vladimir Zuev

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Department of Trade Policy


Course Syllabus Course Description

Abstract: It offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory, history, and practice of international organisations. Through an in-depth and interdisciplinary examination of these frequently misunderstood international institutions, the course introduces students to key themes in the field of international relations. The international organisations we will discuss in this course range from the League of Nations to the United Nations, from the World Bank to the World Trade Organization, from the European Union to the African Union, from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to the International Criminal Court.

The course is designed to equip you with the analytical tools necessary for making sense of the evolution of the international system from the nineteenth century to the present, and for accurately and critically assessing the role of international organisations therein. The subject guide’s disciplinary ambit ranges from anthropology to economics, from history to law and from political science to sociology.

Against the background of diverse disciplinary approaches, it acquaints you with key themes and essential readings concerning the study of international organisations. By tracing the changing forms and functions of multilateralism across space and time, the guide provides students with an accessible and comprehensive overview of one of the most important and policy-relevant fields of study in international relations.

Pre-requisites: one semester of Introduction to International Relations Special Equipment: none Method of Instructions: classroom&online (The Virtual Learning Environment(VLE), The Student Advice Centre. Email) Aims and Objectives:

The course and this subject guide aim to give you an understanding of the major theoretical and empirical aspects of the role of international organisations in international politics, including, inter alia, their impact on: • the practice of international cooperation and conflict

• the maintenance of international peace and security • the management of international economic relations

• the promotion of international environmental standards • the prosecution of international crimes

• related matters of concern to international society Learning Outcomes: Students should: • demonstrate that they have thoroughly understood the core literature on international

organisations; • engage with this literature critically by developing their own argumentation; • explain the main theoretical approaches and empirical issues in the study of international

organisations; • write clearly, effectively and critically about these issues.

Grading System Seminars activity – 40% MOCK 1 – 20% MOCK 2 – 20% UoL Exam – 20% The score for the UoL exam is translated into a 10-point system according to the scale adopted by the Programme. The Final Grade consists of two major parts: Cumulative Grade and Exam Grade (each of them having the weight of 80% and 20% respectively). Cumulative Grade is divided into two parts. A student gets 40% for his/her participation in the seminars during the year, and 40% for the MOCK exams. If the discipline is held in the Fall Semester, a student gets 20% for participation in the seminars in the 1st Module and 20% for participation in the seminars in the 2nd Module. If the discipline is held in the Spring Semester, a student gets 30% for participation in the seminars in the 3rd Module and 10% for participation in the seminars in the 4th Module. The rules of seminars’ score system are prescribed by the lecture. Exam grade is provided by the University of London Exam Committee. The exam is usually held in May, the date of exam is announced not later than 4 month in advance. The score for the UoL exam is translated into a 10-point system according to the scale adopted by the Programme. The rules of translation of MOCK exam score into a 10-point system are prescribed by the instructor. Final Grade Formula:

Fall semester: (1stModule Seminars*0.2) + (2ndModule Seminars*0.2) + (1stModule MOCK Exam*0.2) + (2ndModule MOCK exam*0.2) + Final Exam*0.2 Spring semester: (3rdModule Seminars*0.3) + (4thModule Seminars*0.1) + (3rdModule MOCK Exam*0.2) + (4thModule MOCK exam*0.2) + Final Exam*0.2

Sample Test/Quiz Question (MOCK) 1. What is the purpose of studying international organisations? 2. What difference, if any, do epistemological differences make in the study of

international organisations? 3. What are the strengths, what the weaknesses, of John Mearsheimer’s perspective on

international organisations? 4. How relevant is the realist paradigm for making sense of international organisations? 5. How relevant is the liberal paradigm for making sense of international organisations? 6. How relevant is the constructivist paradigm for making sense of international

organisations? 7. What was structural adjustment, and what difference did it make to international

politics? 8. Are the WTO rules for international trade inherently unfair? 9. What is a ‘security community’ and how relevant is it for explaining international

politics? 10. Why did the EU’s constitutional project fail? 11. Can the AU avoid the pathologies of the OAU? 12. What role does power play in the prosecution of international crimes? Examination Type Each MOCK exam contains 3 questions, duration – 3 hours.

List of exam questions is announced at the exam by the University of London Exam Committee.

For preparation students may use exam questions of the previous years with Examiners’ commentaries available through VLE of the University of London.

Sample Examination Question

1. What is multilateralism? 2. What are the strengths, and what are the weaknesses, of the concept of the

‘security community’? 3. Should international relations scholars seek to explain or understand international

organisations? 4. To what extent is the IMF an effective actor in international politics? 5. What, according to constructivists, are the principal stumbling blocks to

international cooperation? 6. How can one measure the effectiveness of international organisations? 7. Does UN peacekeeping work? 8. The project of European integration is in crisis. Can neofunctionalism or liberal

intergovernmentalism explain this predicament? 9. Do international courts matter? 10. ‘International economic institutions have failed the developing world.’ Discuss

with reference to the World Trade Organization. 11. Is UN reform feasible? 12. Compare and contrast the security architecture and objectives of NATO and the

African Union.

Main Readings

Required:

1. Adler, Emanuel, ‘Seeds of Peaceful Change: The OSCE’s Security Community Building Model’, in Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett (eds) Security Communities. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp.119–160. 2. Armstrong, David, Lorna Lloyd and John Redmond International Organisation in World Politics. (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004) third edition [ISBN 9781403903037]. 3. Article 10 of the Covenant of the United Nations (1919); http://en.wikisource. org/wiki/Covenant_of_the_League_of_Nations. (last accessed 21 May 2012).

4. Avant, Deborah D., Martha Finnemore and Susan K. Sell (eds) Who Governs the Globe? (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010) [ISBN 9780521122016]. 5. Barton, John H., Judith L. Goldstein, Timothy E. Josling and Richard H. Steinberg The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Politics, Law, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008) [ISBN 9780691136165]. 6. Bass, Gary Jonathan Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001) [ISBN 9780691092782]. 7. Chwieroth, Jeffrey M. Capital Ideas: The IMF and the Rise of Financial Liberalization. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009), [ISBN 9780691142326].

8. Deitelhoff, Nicole ‘The Discursive Process of Legalization: Charting Islands of Persuasion in the ICC Case’, International Organization, 63(1) (January 2009), pp.33–65. 9. Fleury, Antoine ‘The League of Nations: Toward a New Appreciation of its History’, in Manfred F. Boemeke, Gerald D. Feldman and Elisabeth Glaser (eds) The Treaty of Versailles: A Reassessment after 75 Years. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006) [ISBN 9780521628884] , pp.507–522.

10. Hafner-Burton, Emilie M., Jana von Stein and Erik Gartzke, ‘International Organizations Count,’ Journal of Conflict Resolution, 52(2) (April 2008), pp.175–188. 11. Herbst, Jeffrey ‘The Creation and Maintenance of National Boundaries in Africa’, International Organization, 43(4) (September 1989), pp.673–692.

12. Hooghe, Liesbet ‘Several Roads Lead to International Norms, but Few Via International Socialization: A Case Study of the European Commission’, International Organization, 59(4) (October 2005), pp.861–898. 13. Hurd, Ian After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council. (Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 2008), pp.83–136. 14. Hurd, Ian International Organizations: Politics, Law, Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011 [ISBN 9780521147378]. 15. Johnston, Alastair Iain ‘Treating International Institutions as Social Environments’, International Studies Quarterly, 45(4) (December 2001), pp.487–515. 16. Karns, Margaret P. and Karen A. Mingst International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance. (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 2010) second edition [ISBN 9781588266989]. 17. McCalla, Robert B. ‘NATO’s Persistence after the Cold War’, International Organization, 50(3) (June 1996), 445–475. 18. Mearsheimer, John J. ‘The False Promise of International Institutions’, International Security, 19(3) (Winter 1994/95), pp.73−91. 19. Moravcsik, Andrew ‘Preferences and Power in the European Community: An Intergovernmentalist Approach’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 31(4) (December 1993),

pp.473–524. 20. Pevehouse, Jon and Bruce Russett ‘Democratic International Governmental Organizations Promote Peace’, International Organization, 60(4) (Fall 2006), pp.969−1000. 21. Phillips, David A. Reforming the World Bank: Twenty Years of Trial and Error. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), pp.3–44. 22. Reinelda, Bob Routledge History of International Organizations: From 1815 to the Present Day. (London: Routledge, 2009), pp.5–135. 23. Simmons, Beth A. and Lisa L. Martin ‘International Organizations and Institutions’, in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse and Beth A. Simmons (eds) Handbook of International Relations. (London: Sage, 2002), pp.192−211. 24. Study Guide “International Organisations” by J. Meierhenrich (2012). 25. Thompson, Alexander ‘Coercion through IOs: The Security Council and the Logic of Information Transmission’, International Organization, 60(1) (Winter 2006), pp.1–34. 26. Tieku, Thomas Kwasi ‘Explaining the Clash and Accommodation of Interests of Major Actors in the Creation of the African Union’, African Affairs, 103(411) (April 2004), pp.49–267. 27. Trachtman, Joel P. ‘The WTO and Development Policy in China and India’, in Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah and Jiangyu Wang (eds) China, India, and the International Economic Order. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), pp.17–52.

Optional:

1. Adler, Emanuel and Michael Barnett ‘A Framework for the Study of Security Communities’,

in Adler, Emanuel and Michael Barnett (eds) Security Communities. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp.29–65.

2. Armstrong, David, Lorna Lloyd and John Redmond International Organisation in World Politics. (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004) third edition.

3. Avant, Deborah D., Martha Finnemore and Susan K. Sell (eds) Who Governs the Globe? (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

4. Bache, Ian and Stephen George Politics in the European Union. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) second edition.

5. Baldwin, David A. (ed.) Neorealism and Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Debate. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1993).

6. Barnett, Michael and Raymond Duvall (eds) Power in Global Governance. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).

Beeson, Mark Institutions of the Asia Pacific: ASEAN, APEC and Beyond. (London: Routledge, 2008).

Bermann, George A. and Petros C. Mavroidis (eds) WTO Law and Developing Countries. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011). Davis, Christina L. Why Adjudicate? Enforcing Trade Rules in the WTO. (Princeton, N.J.:Princeton University Press, 2012).

9. Bosco, David L. Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).

10. Bull, Hedley The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics. (Basingstoke: Palgrave, [1977] 2002) third edition.

11. Buzan, Barry, Charles Jones and Richard Little The Logic of Anarchy: Neorealism to Structural Realism. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1993).

12. Chesterman, Simon, Thomas M. Franck and David M. Malone (eds) Law and Practice of the United Nations: Documents and Commentary. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).

13. Copelovitch, Mark S. The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy: Banks, Bonds, and Bailouts. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

14. Craig, Paul and Gráinne de Búrca (eds) The Evolution of EU Law. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) second edition.

15. Cryer, Robert, Hakan Friman, Darryl Robinson and Elizabeth Wilmshurst An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010) second edition.

Daalder, Ivo and James Goldgeier ‘Global NATO’, Foreign Affairs, 85(5) (September/October 2006), pp.105–13.

Dinan, Desmond (ed.) Origins and Evolution of the European Union. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006).

18. Doyle, Michael W. Ways of War and Peace: Realism, Liberalism, and Socialism. (New York: Norton, 1997).

Duffield, John ‘What Are International Institutions?’ International Studies Review, 9(1) (Spring 2007), pp.1−22.

Eichengreen, Barry Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008) second edition.

Eichengreen, Barry, Poonam Gupta and Rajiv Kumar (eds) Emerging Giants: China and India in the World Economy. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

22. Elman, Colin (ed.) Realism Reader. (London: Routledge, 2011).

23. Evans, Malcolm The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: The System in Practice 1986–2006. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011) second edition. Franke, Benedikt ‘Africa’s Evolving Security Architecture and the Concept of

Multilayered Security Communities’, Cooperation and Conflict, 43(3) (September 2008), pp.313–40.

24. Flynn, Gregory and Henry Farrell ‘Piecing Together the Democratic Peace: The CSCE Norms and the “Construction” of Security in Post-Cold War Europe’, International Organization, 53(3) (July 1999), pp.505–35.

25. Gheciu, Alexandra ‘Security Institutions as Agents of Socialization? NATO and the “New Europe”’, International Organization, 59(4) (October 2005), pp.973–1012.

26. Gilpin, Robert War and Change in World Politics. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983).

27. Gruber, Lloyd Ruling the World: Power Politics and the Rise of Supranational Institutions. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000).

28. Hartzell, Caroline, Matthew Hoodie and Molly Bauer ‘Economic Liberalization via IMF Structural Adjustment: Sowing the Seeds of Civil War?’, International Organization, 64(2) (April 2010), pp.331–56.

29. Herman, Barry, José Antonio Ocampo and Shari Spiegel (eds) Overcoming Developing Country Debt Crises. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). Sarfaty, Galit A. ‘Why Culture Matters in International Institutions: The Marginality of Human Rights at the World Bank’, American Journal of International Law, 103(4) (October 2009), pp.647–83.

30. Hill, Christopher International Relations and the EU. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) fourth edition.

Irwin, Douglas A., Petros C. Mavroidis and Alan O. Sykes The Genesis of the GATT.

(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).

32. Jolly, Richard, Louis Emmerij and Thomas G. Weiss UN Ideas That Changed the World. (Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2009).

Joseph, Sarah Blame it on the WTO? A Human Rights Critique. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

Karns, Margaret P. and Karen A. Mingst International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance. (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 2010) second edition.

35. Kennedy, Paul The Parliament of Man: The United Nations and the Quest for World Government. (London: Penguin, 2007).


Kim, Soo Yoon Power and the Governance of Global Trade: From the Gatt to the WTO. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2010).

Lee, Yong-Shik Reclaiming Development in the World Trading System. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009).

39. Little, Richard The Balance of Power in International Relations: Metaphors, Myths, and Models. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007).

40. Lowe, Vaughan, Adam Roberts, Jennifer Welsh and Dominik Zaum (eds) The United Nations Security Council and War: The Evolution of Thought and Practice since 1945. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

41. Makinda, Samuel M. and F. Wafula Okumu The African Union: Challenges of Globalization, Security, and Governance. (London: Routledge, 2010).

Matsushita, Mitsui, Thomas J. Schoenbaum and Petros C. Mavroidis The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice, and Policy. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) second edition.

Mattli, Walter and Ngaire Woods (eds) The Politics of Global Regulation. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009).

44. May, Ernest R., Richard Rosecrance and Zara Steiner (eds) History and Neorealism. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Mazower, Mark No Enchanted Palace: The End of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009).

46. Mazower, Mark No Enchanted Palace: The End of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009).

47. Mearsheimer, John J. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. (New York: Norton, 2002).

48. Meierhenrich, Jens and Keiko Ko ‘How Do States Join the International Criminal Court? The Implementation of the Rome Statute in Japan’, Journal of International Criminal Justice, 7(2) (May 2009), pp.233–256.

Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo and Gregory C. Shaffer (eds) Dispute Settlement at the WTO: The Developing Country Experience. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

50. Morgenthau, Hans J. Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. (Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill, [1948] 2005) seventh edition.

51. Nettelfield, Lara J. Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Hague Tribunal’s Impact in a Postwar State. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

52. Ngaire Woods The Globalizers: The IMF, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers. (Ithaca,

N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2007).

53. Ngaire Woods, The Globalizers: The IMF, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2007).

54. Norrlof, Carla America’s Global Advantage: US Hegemony and International Cooperation. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

55. Orakhelashvili, Alexander Collective Security. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

56. Park, Sysan and Antje Vetterlein (eds) Owning Development: Creating Policy Norms in the IMF and World Bank. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010). Pop-

Eleches, Grigore From Economic Crisis to Reform: IMF Programs in Latin America and Eastern Europe. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008).

Patterson, Dennis and Ari Afilalo The New Global Trading Order: The Evolving State and the Future of Trade. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

58. Peskin, Victor International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans: Virtual Trials and the Struggle for State Cooperation. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).

59. Pouliot, Vincent International Security in Practice: The Politics of NATO-Russia Diplomacy. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

60. Rasche, Andreas and Georg Kell (eds) The United Nations Global Compact: Achievements, Trends and Challenges. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

61. Risse, Thomas A Community of Europeans? Transnational Identities and Public Spheres. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2010).

62. Rittberger, Volker, Bernhard Zangl and Andreas Kruck International Organization. (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2012) second edition.

63. Schabas, William An Introduction to the International Criminal Court. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011) fourth edition.

64. Scheffer, David All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2011).


66. Simmons, Beth A. and Allison Danner ‘Credible Commitments and the International Criminal Court’, International Organization, 64(2) (April 2010), pp.225–256.

Smuts, J. The League of Nations: A Practical Suggestion. (1918) Thakur, Ramesh The United Nations, Peace and Security: From Collective Security to the Responsibility to Protect. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006).

68. Sornarajah, Muthucumaraswamy and Jiangyu Wang (eds) China, India, and the International Economic Order. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

69. Sornarajah, Muthucumaraswamy and Jiangyu Wang (eds) China, India, and the International Economic Order. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010)

70. Special Court for Sierra Leone. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).

71. Stein, Howard Beyond the World Bank Agenda: An Institutional Approach to Development. (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2008).

72. Thies, Wallace J. Why NATO Endures. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).


74. Tieku, Thomas Kwasi ‘Multilateralization of Democracy Promotion and Defense in Africa’, Africa Today, 56(2) (Winter 2009), pp.75–91.

75. Trachtenberg, Marc A Constructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945–1963. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999).

76. Vasquez, John A. The Power of Power Politics: From Classical Realism to Neotraditionalism. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999).

77. Viljoen, Frans International Human Rights Law in Africa. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) second edition.

78. Vreeland, James Raymond The IMF and Economic Development. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).

79. Walker, Neil The Past and Future of the European Constitution. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

80. Waltz, Kenneth N. Theory of International Politics. (Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill, 2010).

81. Weaver, Catherine Hypocrisy Trap: The World Bank and the Poverty of Reform. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008).

82. Weindling, Paul International Health Organisations and Movements, 1918–1939. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995).

83. Weiss, Thomas G. and Sam Daws (eds) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).

Weiss, Thomas G. What’s Wrong With the United Nations (And How to Fix It). (Cambridge: Polity, 2012).

85. Wiener, Antje and Thomas Diez (eds) European Integration Theory. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).

86. Zartman, I. William and Saadia Touval (eds) International Cooperation: The Extents and Limits of Multilateralism. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Course Plan


Week#

Topic

Seminar Questions

Readings Required Optional

Week #1 Introduction to international organisations. Description of study. Main definitions.

What are international organisations?

How to distinguish international institutions from international organisations?

What is the difference between the description and the study of international organisations, namely, the difference between journalistic and academic writings?

1. Armstrong, David, Lorna Lloyd and John Redmond International Organisation in World Politics. (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004) third edition [ISBN 9781403903037].

2. Hurd, Ian, International Organizations: Politics, Law, Practice. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp.1−14.

3. Karns, Margaret P. and Karen A. Mingst International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance. (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 2010) second edition [ISBN 9781588266989].

Armstrong, David, Lorna Lloyd and John Redmond International Organisation in World Politics. (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004) third edition.

Avant, Deborah D., Martha Finnemore and Susan K. Sell (eds) Who Governs the Globe? (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Barnett, Michael and Raymond Duvall (eds) Power in Global Governance. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).

Duffield, John ‘What Are International Institutions?’ International Studies Review, 9(1) (Spring 2007), pp.1−22.

Karns, Margaret P. and Karen A. Mingst International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance. (Boulder,

Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 2010) second edition.

Mattli, Walter and Ngaire Woods (eds) The Politics of Global Regulation. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009).

7. Rittberger, Volker, Bernhard Zangl and Andreas Kruck International Organization. (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2012) second edition.

8. Zartman, I. William and Saadia Touval (eds) International Cooperation: The Extents and Limits of Multilateralism. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Week #2 Theories of International Organisations

Describe the key tenets of classical realism and structural realism (commonly known as neo-realism).

Explain the sources of realism’s lack of faith in the power of international organisations.

Outline the evolution of realist thinking about international

1. Johnston, Alastair Iain ‘Treating International Institutions as Social Environments’, International Studies Quarterly, 45(4) (December 2001), pp.487–515.

2. Mearsheimer, John J. ‘The False Promise of International Institutions’, International Security, 19(3) (Winter 1994/95), pp.73−91.

3. Pevehouse, Jon and Bruce Russett ‘Democratic International Governmental Organizations Promote Peace’, International Organization, 60(4) (Fall 2006), pp.969−1000.

1. Baldwin, David A. (ed.) Neorealism and Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Debate. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1993).

2. Bull, Hedley The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics. (Basingstoke: Palgrave, [1977] 2002) third edition.

3. Buzan, Barry, Charles Jones and Richard Little The Logic of Anarchy: Neorealism to Structural Realism. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1993).

4. Doyle, Michael W. Ways of War and Peace: Realism, Liberalism, and

organisations (IOs) over time.

Why are classical realists so concerned with power?

Make a list of the key differences between classical realism and structural realism/neorealism.

Describe the key tenets of classical liberalism and neo-liberal institutionalism.

Explain the sources of liberalism’s faith in the power of international organisations.

Describe the evolution of liberal thinking about international organisations over time.

4. Simmons, Beth A. and Lisa L. Martin ‘International Organizations and Institutions’, in Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse and Beth A. Simmons (eds) Handbook of International Relations. (London: Sage, 2002), pp.192−211.

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Socialism. (New York: Norton, 1997).

5. Elman, Colin (ed.) Realism Reader. (London: Routledge, 2011).

6. Gilpin, Robert War and Change in World Politics. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983).

7. Gruber, Lloyd Ruling the World: Power Politics and the Rise of Supranational Institutions. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton

University Press, 2000).

8. Little, Richard The Balance of Power in International Relations: Metaphors, Myths, and Models. (Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 2007).

9. May, Ernest R., Richard Rosecrance and Zara Steiner (eds) History and Neorealism. (Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press, 2010).

10. Mearsheimer, John J. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. (New York: Norton, 2002).

11. Morgenthau, Hans J. Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. (Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill, [1948] 2005) seventh edition.

In what ways are modern liberal theories of international politics influenced by the views of Kant and Grotius?

Based on your reading on the debate about ‘international regimes’, explain why the concept of the international regime is so influential. Why did some scholars resist the theoretical innovation?

Describe what set constructivism apart from realism, liberalism and functionalism.

Explain the sources of constructivism’s faith in the power of international organisations.

12. Norrlof, Carla America’s Global Advantage: US Hegemony and International Cooperation. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

13. Vasquez, John A. The Power of Power Politics: From Classical Realism to Neotraditionalism. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999).

14. Waltz, Kenneth N. Theory of International Politics. (Boston, Mass.: McGraw-Hill, 2010).

Outline the evolution of constructivist thinking about international organisations over time.

Do you agree with Wendt that ‘anarchy is what states make of it’? Can you think of realist and liberal counterarguments to this claim?

Week #3 A History of International Organisations

Outline the nineteenth century origins of international organisations.

Describe the key innovations involved in the creation and work of the League of Nations and the International Labour Organization.

Outline and give examples of the main

1. Reinelda, Bob Routledge History of International Organizations: From 1815 to the Present Day. (London: Routledge, 2009), pp.5–135.

Beeson, Mark Institutions of the Asia Pacific: ASEAN, APEC and Beyond. (London: Routledge, 2008).

Dinan, Desmond (ed.) Origins and Evolution of the European Union. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006).

Eichengreen, Barry Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008) second edition.

Kim, Soo Yoon Power and the

types of international organisations created since the Second World War.

List and briefly explain the significance of key events in the development of international organisations in the period prior to the First World War.

List and make brief notes on the key events in international politics in the so-called interwar period between the First and the Second World War.

Draw up a table listing major developments in international history during both the Cold War and the post-Cold War periods. Include events in both the

Governance of Global Trade: From the Gatt to the WTO. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2010).

Mazower, Mark No Enchanted Palace: The End of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009).



8. Trachtenberg, Marc A Constructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945–1963. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999).

9. Weindling, Paul International Health Organisations and Movements, 1918–1939. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995).

10. Ngaire Woods, The Globalizers: The IMF, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2007).

developed and the developing world. Make brief notes on why each event was important.

Week #4 The League of Nations

Critically discuss the effectiveness of the League of Nations and the UN as actors in international politics.

Read Article 10 of the Covenant of the League of Nations (1919): ‘The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League.’ What is the substance of this Article and how would you interpret it?

1. Article 10 of the Covenant of the United Nations (1919); http://en.wikisource. org/wiki/Covenant_of_the_League_of_N

ations. (last accessed 21 May 2012).

2. Fleury, Antoine ‘The League of Nations: Toward a New Appreciation of its History’, in Manfred F. Boemeke, Gerald D. Feldman and Elisabeth Glaser (eds) The Treaty of Versailles: A Reassessment after 75 Years. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), pp.507–522.


2. Orakhelashvili, Alexander Collective Security. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

Smuts, J. The League of Nations: A Practical Suggestion. (1918) Thakur, Ramesh The United Nations, Peace and Security: From Collective Security to the Responsibility to Protect. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006).

Do you agree with Wilson or Lodge?

Draw up a table summarising the causes of the First and the Second World Wars. How would you compare and contrast them?

Week #5 United Nations Describe similarities and differences between the League of Nations and the UN.

xplain these differences by deploying both theoretical and empirical knowledge.

Who was the most successful Secretary-General of the United Nations, and why?

1. Hurd, Ian After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the United Nations Security Council. (Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 2008), pp.83–136.

2. Thompson, Alexander ‘Coercion through IOs: The Security Council and the Logic of Information Transmission’, International Organization, 60(1) (Winter 2006), pp.1–34.

1. Bosco, David L. Five to Rule Them All: The UN Security Council and the Making of the Modern World. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).

2. Chesterman, Simon, Thomas M. Franck and David M. Malone (eds) Law and Practice of the United Nations: Documents and Commentary. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).

3. Jolly, Richard, Louis Emmerij and Thomas G. Weiss UN Ideas That Changed the World. (Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2009).


5. Lowe, Vaughan, Adam Roberts, Jennifer Welsh and Dominik Zaum (eds) The United Nations Security Council and War: The

Evolution of Thought and Practice since 1945. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

6. Mazower, Mark No Enchanted Palace: The End of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009).

7. Rasche, Andreas and Georg Kell (eds) The United Nations Global Compact: Achievements, Trends and Challenges. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

8. Weiss, Thomas G. and Sam Daws (eds) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008).

Weiss, Thomas G. What’s Wrong With the United Nations (And How to Fix It). (Cambridge: Polity, 2012).

Week #6 NATO How does NATO work?

What are institutional effects of NATO? Looking back from your present vantage point, would you say that NATO

1. McCalla, Robert B. ‘NATO’s Persistence after the Cold War’, International Organization, 50(3) (June 1996), 445–475.

Daalder, Ivo and James Goldgeier ‘Global NATO’, Foreign Affairs, 85(5) (September/October 2006), pp.105–13.

2. Gheciu, Alexandra ‘Security Institutions as Agents of Socialization? NATO and the “New Europe”’, International Organization, 59(4) (October 2005), pp.973–1012.

enlargement was a good idea? Set out the arguments for and against.

Find out about the IR debate regarding the changing nature of ‘security’ in international politics. What is at stake in this debate, and how does it help to illuminate the operation of regional and international security institutions in the post-Cold War world?

3. Pouliot, Vincent International Security in Practice: The Politics of NATO-Russia Diplomacy. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).


Week #7 EC and EU (political and legal aspects)

What are institutional origins of the ES?

How did the EC work?

What are institutional effects of the EC?

What are institutional

Moravcsik, Andrew ‘Preferences and Power in the European Community: An Intergovernmentalist Approach’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 31(4) (December 1993), pp.473–524.

2. Hooghe, Liesbet ‘Several Roads Lead to International Norms, but Few Via International Socialization: A Case Study of the European Commission’, International Organization, 59(4) (October

1. Bache, Ian and Stephen George Politics in the European Union. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) second edition.

2. Craig, Paul and Gráinne de Búrca (eds) The Evolution of EU Law. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) second edition.

3. Hill, Christopher International Relations and the EU. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011) fourth edition.

origins of the EU?

How did the EU work?

What are institutional effects of the EU?

Describe similarities and differences between the EC and the EU. Explain these differences by deploying both theoretical and empirical knowledge.

Critically discuss the effectiveness of the EC and the EU as actors in international politics.

2005), pp.861–898.

4. Walker, Neil The Past and Future of the European Constitution. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

Week #8 EU (economic aspect)

Describe the role of the EU in such areas as external trade, competition policy, commercial policy, agriculture and fisheries,

Moravcsik, Andrew ‘Preferences and Power in the European Community: An Intergovernmentalist Approach’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 31(4) (December 1993), pp.473–524.

1. Risse, Thomas A Community of Europeans? Transnational Identities and Public Spheres. (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2010).

2. Wiener, Antje and Thomas Diez (eds)

monetory policy.

2. Hooghe, Liesbet ‘Several Roads Lead to International Norms, but Few Via International Socialization: A Case Study of the European Commission’, International Organization, 59(4) (October 2005), pp.861–898.

European Integration Theory. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).

Week #9 GATT and WTO Describe the similarities and differences between GATT and the WTO. Explain these differences by deploying both theoretical and empirical knowledge.

Critically discuss the effectiveness of GATT and the WTO as actors in international politics.

In the post-Second World War international system, developing countries sought to establish a ‘new international economic order’

Barton, John H., Judith L. Goldstein, Timothy E. Josling and Richard H. Steinberg The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Politics, Law, and Economics of the GATT and the WTO. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008), pp.1–60, 153–181.

Trachtman, Joel P. ‘The WTO and Development Policy in China and India’, in Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah and Jiangyu Wang (eds) China, India, and the International Economic Order. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), pp.17–52.

Bermann, George A. and Petros C. Mavroidis (eds) WTO Law and Developing Countries. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011). Davis, Christina L. Why Adjudicate? Enforcing Trade Rules in the WTO. (Princeton, N.J.:Princeton University Press, 2012).

Eichengreen, Barry, Poonam Gupta and Rajiv Kumar (eds) Emerging Giants: China and India in the World Economy. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010).

Irwin, Douglas A., Petros C. Mavroidis and Alan O. Sykes The Genesis of the GATT. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).

Joseph, Sarah Blame it on the WTO? A Human Rights Critique. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

Lee, Yong-Shik Reclaiming Development in the World Trading System. (Princeton, N.J.:

(NIEO). Whatever happened to this project?

How important is international law for international trade? Is it a weapon of the weak or of the strong?

What was the ‘Battle of Seattle’, and why did it matter?

Princeton University Press, 2009).

Matsushita, Mitsui, Thomas J. Schoenbaum and Petros C. Mavroidis The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice, and Policy. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) second edition.

Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo and Gregory C. Shaffer (eds) Dispute Settlement at the WTO: The Developing Country Experience. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Patterson, Dennis and Ari Afilalo The New Global Trading Order: The Evolving State and the Future of Trade. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

9. Sornarajah, Muthucumaraswamy and Jiangyu Wang (eds) China, India, and the International Economic Order. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Week #10 World Bank Many activists and politicians, as well as some celebrities, have called for ‘debt relief’ for developing countries. What are the pros, and what the

Phillips, David A. Reforming the World Bank: Twenty Years of Trial and Error. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009), pp.3–44.

1. Herman, Barry, José Antonio Ocampo and Shari Spiegel (eds) Overcoming Developing Country Debt Crises. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). Sarfaty, Galit A. ‘Why Culture Matters in International Institutions: The Marginality of Human Rights at the World Bank’, American Journal

cons, of this proposal? Draw up a table to summarise these.

of International Law, 103(4) (October 2009), pp.647–83.

2. Sornarajah, Muthucumaraswamy and Jiangyu Wang (eds) China, India, and the International Economic Order. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010)

3. Stein, Howard Beyond the World Bank Agenda: An Institutional Approach to Development. (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2008).

4. Weaver, Catherine Hypocrisy Trap: The World Bank and the Poverty of Reform. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008).

Week #11 IMF Describe the similarities and differences between the IMF and the World Bank. Explain these differences by deploying both theoretical and empirical knowledge.

Critically discuss the effectiveness of the

1. Chwieroth, Jeffrey M. Capital Ideas: The IMF and the Rise of Financial Liberalization. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2009), pp.1–60.

1. Copelovitch, Mark S. The International Monetary Fund in the Global Economy: Banks, Bonds, and Bailouts. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

2. Hartzell, Caroline, Matthew Hoodie and Molly Bauer ‘Economic Liberalization via IMF Structural Adjustment: Sowing the Seeds of Civil War?’, International Organization, 64(2) (April 2010), pp.331–56.

3. Ngaire Woods The Globalizers: The IMF, the World Bank, and Their Borrowers. (Ithaca,

IMF and World Bank as actors in international politics.

Find out what the ‘gold standard’ was, and why the international community abandoned it. Can you imagine a scenario that would justify its re-introduction?

Is capital freedom inherently valuable or inherently destructive? Refer to Chwieroth (2009) for information.

N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2007).

4. Park, Sysan and Antje Vetterlein (eds) Owning Development: Creating Policy Norms in the IMF and World Bank. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010). Pop-Eleches, Grigore From Economic Crisis to Reform: IMF Programs in Latin America and Eastern Europe. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2008).

5. Vreeland, James Raymond The IMF and Economic Development. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).

Week #12 OSCE and Council of Europe

How does the OSCE work?

What are institutional effects of the OSCE?

Describe similarities and differences between NATO and

1. Adler, Emanuel, ‘Seeds of Peaceful Change: The OSCE’s Security Community Building Model’, in Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett (eds) Security Communities. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp.119–60.

1. Adler, Emanuel and Michael Barnett ‘A Framework for the Study of Security Communities’, in Adler, Emanuel and Michael Barnett (eds) Security Communities. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp.29–65.

2. Flynn, Gregory and Henry Farrell ‘Piecing Together the Democratic Peace: The CSCE

the OSCE. Explain these differences by deploying both theoretical and empirical knowledge.

Critically discuss the effectiveness of NATO and the OSCE as actors in international politics. List what you consider to be the key events in the early years of the Cold War (1948– 1953).

Norms and the “Construction” of Security in Post-Cold War Europe’, International Organization, 53(3) (July 1999), pp.505–35.

Week #13 Organisations in Africa and Asia

Describe similarities and differences between the OAU and AU. Account for these differences by deploying both theoretical and empirical knowledge.

Critically discuss the effectiveness of the OAU and the AU as

Herbst, Jeffrey ‘The Creation and Maintenance of National Boundaries in Africa’, International Organization, 43(4) (September 1989), pp.673–692.

2. Tieku, Thomas Kwasi ‘Explaining the Clash and Accommodation of Interests of Major Actors in the Creation of the African Union’, African Affairs, 103(411) (April 2004), pp.49–267.

1. Evans, Malcolm The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: The System in Practice 1986–2006. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011) second edition. Franke, Benedikt ‘Africa’s Evolving

Security Architecture and the Concept of Multilayered Security Communities’, Cooperation and Conflict, 43(3) (September 2008), pp.313–40.

2. Makinda, Samuel M. and F. Wafula Okumu The African Union: Challenges of Globalization, Security, and Governance.

actors in international politics.

What were the main effects of the Cold War in Africa?

What is your view of the role of the African Union in the 2011 Libya conflict?

(London: Routledge, 2010).

3. Tieku, Thomas Kwasi ‘Multilateralization of Democracy Promotion and Defense in Africa’, Africa Today, 56(2) (Winter 2009), pp.75–91.

4. Viljoen, Frans International Human Rights Law in Africa. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) second edition.

Week #14 International Tribunals

Describe similarities and differences between the ICTY, ICTR and ICC.

Account for these differences by deploying both theoretical and empirical knowledge.

Critically discuss the effectiveness of the ICTY, ICTR and ICC as actors in international politics.

Acquaint yourself with the history of the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals. What distinguished this first generation from subsequent generations of international courts and tribunals?

Based on a perusal of journalistic commentary, do you think that the ICTY and ICTR were worth the considerable financial investment by the international community?

Can the ICC contribute to the creation and maintenance of international peace and security, or do

1. Bass, Gary Jonathan Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001), pp.206–75.

2. Deitelhoff, Nicole ‘The Discursive Process of Legalization: Charting Islands of Persuasion in the ICC Case’, International Organization, 63(1) (January 2009), pp.33–65.

1. Cryer, Robert, Hakan Friman, Darryl Robinson and Elizabeth Wilmshurst An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010) second edition.

2. Meierhenrich, Jens and Keiko Ko ‘How Do States Join the International Criminal Court? The Implementation of the Rome Statute in Japan’, Journal of International Criminal Justice, 7(2) (May 2009), pp.233–256.

3. Nettelfield, Lara J. Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Hague Tribunal’s Impact in a Postwar State. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).

4. Peskin, Victor International Justice in Rwanda and the Balkans: Virtual Trials and the Struggle for State Cooperation. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).

5. Schabas, William An Introduction to the International Criminal Court. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011) fourth edition.


7. Simmons, Beth A. and Allison Danner ‘Credible Commitments and the International Criminal Court’, International Organization, 64(2) (April 2010), pp.225–256.

8. Special Court for Sierra Leone. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).