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CURRENT ISSUES IN WORLD POLITICS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
POL450 CURRENT ISSUES IN WORLD POLITICS 8 3 3 8

SOURCE MATERIALS & RECOMMENDED READING

Stephen Walt (1998), “International Relations: One World, Many Theories”, Foreign Policy, No. 110, pp. 29-46.
Stephen Walt (2005), “The Relationship Between Theory and Policy in International Relations”, Annual Review of Political Science, No. 8, pp. 23–48.
Stephen Walt (1992), “Revolution and War”, World Politics, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 321-368
Stephen G. Brooks, John Ikenberry & William C. Wohlforth (2012), “Don’t Come Home America: The Case against Retrenchment,” International Security, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 7-51
John J. Mearsheimer & Stephen M. Walt (2016) “The Case for Offshore Balancing: A Superior U.S. Grand Strategy,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 95, No. 4, pp. 70-83
David Shambaugh (2018), “U.S.-China Rivalry in Southeast Asia: Power Shift or Competitive Coexistence?” International Security, Vol. 42, No.4, pp. 85-127
Mustafa Kibaroğlu (2007), “Iran’s nuclear ambitions from a historical perspective and the attitude of the West”, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 43, No.2, pp. 223-245
Şener Aktürk (2017), “Turkey’s Role in the Arab Spring and the Syrian Conflict,” Turkish Policy Quarterly 15, no. 4, pp. 87-96.
John J. Mearsheimer (2019) “Bound to fail: The rise and fall of the liberal international order”, International Security, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 7-50
Michael McFaul and Stephen Sestanovich (2014), “Faulty Powers: Who started the Ukraine crisis?”, Foreign Affairs, 93(6), pp. 167-171
Şener Aktürk (2021), “Turkey’s Grand Strategy as the Third Power: A Realist Proposal”, Perceptions, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 152-177