The Melian dialogue / Thucydides -- Legitimacy on international politics / Ian Hurd -- Six principles of political realism / Hans J. Morgenthau -- A critique of Morgenthau's Principles of political realism / J. Ann Tickner -- The anarchic structure of world politics / Kenneth N. Waltz -- Rationalist explanations of war / James D. Fearon -- Anarchy is what states make of it / Alexander Wendt -- The conditions for cooperation in world politics / Kenneth A. Oye -- Offense, defense, and the security dilemma / Robert Jervis -- Kant, liberal legacies, and foreign affairs / Michael W. Doyle -- Alliances : balancing and bandwagoning / Stephen M. Walt -- Hierarchy and hegemony in international politics / David C. Kang -- The future of diplomacy / Hans J. Morgenthau -- The uses and limits of international law / Stanley Hoffmann -- International institutions : can interdependence work? / Robert O. Keohane -- The four functions of force / Robert J. Art -- The diplomacy of violence / Thomas C. Schelling -- What is terrorism? / Bruce Hoffman -- The fungibility of force / Robert J. Art -- Why civil resistance works / Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan -- The shape of violence today / The World Bank -- Why Iran should get the bomb / Kenneth N. Waltz -- Getting ready for a nuclear-ready Iran / Henry Sokolski -- The nature of political economy / Robert Gilpin -- The domestic sources of foreign economic policies / Michael J. Hiscox -- Why doesn't everyone get the case for free trade? / Dani Rodrik -- Globalization of the economy / Jeffrey Frankel -- Why the world isn't flat / Pankaj Ghemawat -- What globalization is and is not / Mois�es Na�im -- A sane globalization / Dani Rodrik -- The Western slump and global reorganization / Robert H. Wade -- The era of leading power peace / Robert Jervis -- The United States and the rise of China / Robert J. Art -- Ending terrorism / Audrey Cronin -- Dealing with the current terrorist threat / Barack Obame -- Reflections on intervention / Kofi Annan -- Humanitarian intervention comes of age / John Western and Joshua S. Goldstein -- The true costs of humanitarian intervention / Benjamin A. Valentino -- To the shores of Tripoli? Regime change and its consequences / Alexander B. Downes -- Crafting peace through power sharing / Caroline A. Hartzell and Matthew Hoddie -- Human rights in world politics / Rhoda E. Howard and Jack Donnelly -- International law : the trials of global norms / Stephen R. Ratner -- Transnational activist networks / Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink -- Transnational organized crime and the state / Phil Williams -- Cyber conflict and national security / Herbert Lin -- The tragedy of the commons / Garrett Hardin -- The climate change threat we can beat / David G. Victor, Charles F. Kennel, and Veerabhadran Ramanathan -- The United Nations and international security / Adam Roberts -- Globalization and governance / Kenneth N. Waltz -- The future of the liberal world order / John Ikenberry -- Individual empowerment and demographic patterns / The U.S. National Intelligence Council -- Emerging multipolarity : why should we care? / Barry Posen -- The strategic implications of climate change / Alan Dupont -- The inevitable superpower : why China's dominance is a sure thing / Arvind Subramanian -- Dollar diminution and U.S. power / Jonathan Kirshner -- Power shifts, economic change, and the decline of the West? / Michael Cox -- A world without nuclear weapons / Thomas C. Schelling.