Henry R. Nau 
Perspectives on International Relations [PDF ebook] 
Power, Institutions, and Ideas

‘Nau clarifies that which is complicated, thereby allowing students to make better sense of their world and to become better global citizens.’

—Stewart Dippel,
University of the Ozarks



Henry R. Nau’s best-selling book,
Perspectives on International Relations, is admired for its even-handed presentation of realism, liberalism, constructivism, and critical theory and for integrating these perspectives in every chapter. Students are able to explore the ways these different perspectives shape our understanding of the root causes of historical events and current controversies, and then think critically about the world’s most urgent issues. The new
Seventh Edition includes updates on Brexit, the rise of nationalism, the escalation of terrorism, the use of social media in political protests around the world, and continuing developments in North Korea, Syria, Iran, China, and Russia.






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Cuprins

Figures, Maps, Parallel Timelines, and Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction • Why We Disagree about International Relations

The Crisis in Syria

The Roles of Perspectives, Levels of Analysis, and Causal Arrows

The Role of History

The Role of Methods

Is One Perspective or Method Best?

The Role of Judgment

The Role of Ethics and Morality

Summary

Key Concepts

Study Questions

Chapter 1 • How to Think about International Relations: Perspectives, Levels of Analysis, and Causal Arrows

The Attacks of September 11

Prisoner’s Dilemma

The Realist Perspective

The Liberal Perspective

The Identity Perspective

Critical Theory Perspectives

Levels of Analysis

Causal Arrows

Key Concepts

Study Questions

PART I • HISTORICAL PATTERNS

Chapter 2 • World War I: World on Fire

Europe in 1914

Realist Explanations

Liberal Explanations

The Last Move

Identity Explanations

Critical Theory Explanations

Summary

Key Concepts

Study Questions

Chapter 3 • World War II: Why Did War Happen Again?

Causes of Madness

Liberal Accounts

Realist Accounts

Identity Matters

Critical Theory Perspective

Summary

Key Concepts

Study Questions

Chapter 4 • The Origins and End of the Cold War

The Long Telegram

Snapshot of the Cold War

Realist Explanations

Identity Explanations

Liberal Explanations

Critical Theory Perspective

Summary

Key Concepts

Study Questions

PART II • THE CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

Chapter 5 • Realist Perspectives on Today’s World: Unipolarity, Rising Powers, Asymmetric Warfare, and Ethnic Conflicts

Unipolarity

Multipolarity

Asymmetric Warfare

State Sovereignty, Decision Making, and Ethnic Conflicts

Summary

Key Concepts

Study Questions

Chapter 6 • Liberal Perspectives on Today’s World: Collective Security, Multilateral Diplomacy, Interdependence, and International Institutions

Collective Security

Multilateral Diplomacy

Interdependence

International Institutions

Regional Institutions

Summary

Key Concepts

Study Questions

Chapter 7 • Identity Perspectives on Today’s World: Democracy, Religion, Nationalism, and Human Rights

Democracy

Religion

Nationalism

Human Rights

Summary

Key Concepts

Study Questions

PART III • GLOBALIZATION AND CHANGE

Chapter 8 • Realist and Liberal Perspectives on Globalization: Security, Domestic Economy, Trade, Investment, and Finance

Snapshot of Globalization

Security and Economics

Domestic Economic Policies

Trade

Investment

Finance

Summary

Key Concepts

Study Questions

Chapter 9 • Identity Perspectives on Globalization: Development and Environment

Asia

Latin America

Sub-Saharan Africa

Middle East and North Africa

Environment

Summary

Key Concepts

Study Questions

Chapter 10 • Critical Theory Perspectives on Globalization: Inequality, Imperialism, and Injustice

Colonialism and Imperialism

Dependency

World Systems

Multinational Corporations and Exploitation of Labor

Marginalized Minorities: Global Injustice

Persisting Global Inequality

Summary

Key Concepts

Study Questions

Conclusion • Applying Perspectives and Levels of Analysis: The Case of the Democratic Peace

Evidence

Explanations

Summary

Coda

Key Concepts

Study Questions

Glossary of Key Concepts

Notes

Index

Despre autor

Henry R. Nau has combined an outstanding career in the academic world with two opportunities to serve at the highest levels of the U.S. government. He brings this experience to bear in this textbook, integrating theory and practice with unprecedented clarity for understanding historical and contemporary issues in world affairs.            Nau is currently professor of political science and international affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. He taught previously at Williams College and held visiting appointments at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Stanford University, and Columbia University. From 1977 to 1981, Nau served on the Board of Editors of the journal International Organization. He has received research grants from, among others, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the National Science Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Smith-Richardson Foundation, the Century Foundation, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, the Hoover Institution, the Rumsfeld Foundation, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.        Nau served from 1975 to 1977 as special assistant to the undersecretary for economic affairs, Charles Robinson, in the U.S. Department of State. In that capacity he worked in the office of the Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to organize a major conference on science, technology, and foreign policy. For his service, he was awarded the State Department′s Superior Honor Award.         From 1981 to 1983 Nau served as a senior staff member of the National Security Council responsible for international economic affairs. He was President Reagan’s White House aide, or Sherpa, for the annual G7 economic summits in Ottawa (1981), Versailles (1982), and Williamsburg (1983), and for the special summit with developing countries in Cancun (1982). At those summits, the United States led a revival of the world economy from the stagflation and resource shortages of the 1970s to thirty years of 3+ percent growth per year, promoting the so-called Washington Consensus (originating in the Williamsburg Summit Communique) of lower inflation, freer markets and open trade. Nau wrote an account of these early years in The Myth of America’s Decline (see below).       Outside government, Nau continued his public service. From 1984 to 1990 he served  on the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Investment and as the U.S. member of the UN Committee for Development Planning. From 1989 to 2016, he directed the U.S.–Japan–South Korea Legislative Exchange Program, semiannual meetings among members of the U.S. Congress, the Japanese Diet, and the South Korean National Assembly. In 2016, the Japanese government awarded him the Order of the Rising Sun, Neck Ribbon with Gold Rays, the highest honor for academic leaders, in recognition of his work on this Exchange. From 1963 to 1965, Nau also served as a lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.Nau’s published books include, among others, Conservative Internationalism: Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan (Princeton University Press, 2013, and paperback with new preface, 2015); At Home Abroad: Identity and Power in American Foreign Policy (Cornell University Press, 2002); Trade and Security: U.S. Policies at Cross-Purposes (American Enterprise Institute, 1995); The Myth of America’s Decline: Leading the World Economy into the 1990s (Oxford University Press, 1990); and National Politics and International Technology: Peaceful Nuclear Reactor Development in Western Europe (Johns Hopkins University Press,