Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Understanding International Relations

PART I FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Chapter 2 The Emergence of a Global System of States
Chapter 3 Theories of International Relations
Chapter 4 The Analysis of Foreign Policy
Chapter 5 Framing International Relations: The Role of Laws and Organizations

PART II WAR AND PEACE: AN INTRODUCTION TO SECURITY STUDIES
Chapter 6 War and Its Causes
Chapter 7 Pathways to Interstate Peace
Chapter 8 Technology, the Use of Force and Weapons of Mass Destruction

PART III WEALTH AND POWER: AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Chapter 9 International Economics: Basic Theory and Core Institutions
Chapter 10 States and Markets in the World Economy
Chapter 11 Dilemmas of Development

PART IV CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES AND THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Chapter 12 Non-State Actors and Challenges to Sovereignty
Chapter 13 The Environment and International Relations
Chapter 14 Facing the Future: Six Visions of an Emerging International Order.