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Chapter 1: The Globalization of International Relations

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Pick a current area in which interesting international events are taking place. Can you think of possible explanations for those events from each of the four levels of analysis? (See Table 1.3, p. 16.) Do explanations from different levels provide insights into different aspects of the events?

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The Cold War is over, but its influences linger. Can you think of three examples in which the Cold War experience continues to shape the foreign policies of today's states?

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In what ways do international economics affect our daily lives? Is this true for all people in all places? Or do economic processes such as globalization affect some regions more than others?

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Given the contradictory lessons of World Wars I and II, can you think of situations in today's world in which appeasement (a conciliatory policy) would be the best course? Situations in which hard-line containment policies would be best? Why?

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What do you expect will be the character of the 21st century? Peaceful? Warprone? Orderly? Chaotic? Why do you have the expectations you do, and what clues from the unfolding of events in the world might tell you whether your guesses were correct?

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