[Spiegel, Steven L. and David J. Pervin. At Issue: Politics in the World Arena. Seventh Edition. New York: St. Martin's, 1994.]

(Spiegel/Pervin readings are organized by Goldstein chapters)

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6
Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 14

Chapter 1—Understanding IR

Smyser, "Vienna, Versailles, and Now Paris"
(Rec.) Rosecrance, "A New Concert of Powers"

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Chapter 2—Power Politics

Joffe, "Collective Security and the Future of Europe"
(Rec.) Abrams, "Why America Must Lead"
(Rec.) Ellings and Olsen, "A New Pacific Profile"
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Chapter 3—Alternatives to Power Politics

(No Spiegel and Pervin readings.)
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Chapter 4—Foreign Policy

Porter, "A Country Instead of a Cause: Russian ..."
(Rec.) Hendrickson, "Renovation of American Foreign Policy"
(Rec.) Coll, "America as the Grand Facilitator"
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Chapter 5—International Conflict

Gati, "From Sarajevo to Sarajevo"

(Rec.)  Weiner, "Peoples and States in a New Ethnic Order?"

(Rec.)  Rubert, "Dateline Tashkent"

(Rec.)  Jones, "Old Quarrels and New Realities"

(Rec.)  Flynn, "The Worldwide Drug Scourge"

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Chapter 6—Military Force

Daalder, "The Future of Arms Control"
(Rec.) Roberts, "Arms Control and the End of the Cold War"
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Chapter 7—International Organization and Law

Boutros-Ghali, "Empowering the United Nations"
(Rec.) Chopra and Weiss, "Sovereignty is No Longer Sacrosanct"
(Rec.) Forsythe, "Human Rights in a Post-Cold War World"
(Rec.) Hoffmann, "Delusions of World Order"
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Chapter 8—Trade

Borrus, Weber, Zysman, "Mercantilism & Global Security"
(Rec.) Maull, "Germany and Japan: The New Civilian Powers"
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Chapter 9—Money and Business

Cohen, "Toward a Mosaic Economy"
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Chapter 10—Integration

Gaddis, "Toward the Post-Cold War World"
(Rec.) Heisbourg, "The Future of the Atlantic Alliance"
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Chapter 11—The Environment

Mathews, "Redefining National Security"
(Rec.) Sharp, "Tides of Change: The World Economy..."
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Chapter 12—The North-South Gap

Buzan, "New Patterns of Global Security..."
(Rec.) Lewis, "Rethinking the Middle East"
(Rec.) Hunter, "Persian Gulf Security"
(Rec.) Herbst, "Challenges to Africa's Boundaries..."
(Rec.) Meissner, "Managing Migrations"
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Chapter 13—International Development

Hurrell, "Latin America in the New World Order"
(Rec.) Shambaugh, "China's Security Policy..."
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Chapter 14— Postscript: IR in 2049 A.D.

(No Spiegel and Pervin readings.)
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