Karen_A._Mingst,_Ivan_M._Arregu_n-Toft]_Essentia

12 CHAPTER OnE ■ ApproAches to InternAtIonAl relAtIons history? Are states as power hungry as some phi los o phers would have us ...

Developing the Answers 13 onto treaties just cheap talk? Is it because there is no threat of direct international enforcement? O ...

14 CHAPTER OnE ■ ApproAches to InternAtIonAl relAtIons Is the World Becoming More peaceful? Headlines such as “The Decline in Gl ...

Developing the Answers 15 Dempsey, and certainly many others in the policy community, see a dif er ent real ity. The total numbe ...

16 CHAPTER OnE ■ ApproAches to InternAtIonAl relAtIons Does choosing one method over another make a difference in the research f ...

In Sum: Making Sense of International Relations 17 constantly shifting, depending on the exigencies of the moment and the values ...

18 CHAPTER OnE ■ ApproAches to InternAtIonAl relAtIons t ools for studyIng InternAtIonAl relAtIons Tool MeThod history Examines ...

In Sum: Making Sense of International Relations 19 Discussion Questions A respected family member picks up this book and sees t ...

02 Visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by Japa nese politicians are always controversial for Chinese and Koreans who suffered at the h ...

21 T he morning of December 12, 1937, dawned cold in China’s new capital, Nanking. Chinese soldiers, weak and demoralized, watch ...

For the Chinese today, the “Massacre” or “Rape of Nanking” is never forgotten. The fact that Japa nese officials honoring the wa ...

The Emergence of the Westphalian System 23 the emergence of the Westphalian system Most international relations theorists locate ...

contiguous principalities increasingly came to be known—to choose their own reli- gion, but the Treaties also established that s ...

The Emergence of the Westphalian System 25 KEy DEvElopmEnTS afTEr WESTphalia ■ Concept and practice of sovereignty develops. ■ C ...

eu rope in the nineteenth century Two revolutions ushered in the nineteenth century— the American Revolution (1773– 1785) agains ...

Eu rope in the Nineteenth Century 27 Napoleon, with help from other talented officers, set about reorganizing and regu- larizing ...

occupying forces. The Spanish guerrillas also enjoyed the support of Britain, whose unrivaled mastery of the seas meant the coun ...

Eu rope in the Nineteenth Century 29 banker for the continent and, in the twentieth century, for the world. Industrializa- tion ...

dramatic changes under way, what explains the absence of major war? At least three factors discouraged war. First, Eu rope’s po ...

Eu rope in the Nineteenth Century 31 glory; merchants seeking raw materials and trade relations; and clerics seeking to con- ver ...