科目ナンバー

PS-IS2-0003

履修条件・関連科目等

Students should have already taken an introductory international relations course. There is no prerequisite for taking this subject.

授業で使用する言語

英語

授業で使用する言語（その他の言語）

授業の概要

The problem of avoiding war and maintaining peace is not a matter of the past in the 19th and 20th centuries but the most critical question that continues to be addressed in international relations.

The course does not cover traditional theories such as realism, liberalism, and constructivism. Instead, we learn a new theory of international relations through an overview of the results of scientific research over the past 30 years. In particular, the focus will be on research based on a strategic choice approach that highlights the interactions between nations (bargaining), such as how one acts in response to the other's behavior. We then apply these to security issues in contemporary international relations and consider the possibility of conflict and coordination among nations.

科目目的

The course aims to understand the problems behind international conflicts through (1) exploring the causes of war using a basic mathematical model with a particular focus on game theory, and (2) examining the results of quantitative analysis.

Among the university's diploma policy, it is particularly associated with "ability to think with multiple perspectives based on specialties" and "ability to understand diversity."

到達目標

The goals of this course are as follows.

First, students should learn the theoretical foundations necessary to analyze international politics and be able to explain the course of the conflict logically.

Second, with a minimum of explanations of the histories and individual cases of inter-state conflicts, several theories should be examined on the basis of scientific evidence to gain a comprehensive understanding of the process of conflict initiation.

Third, students should be able to understand the relationship between the diversity of the international community and conflict and present their ideas on avoiding conflict.

With this in mind, we aim to be able to systematically grasp security issues in contemporary international relations and analyze events in international politics that we encounter in newspapers and news.

授業計画と内容

01 Introduction

02 The Scientific Study of War: Chapter 1

03 Identifying Wars and Militarized Disputes: Chapter 2

04 Rational Theory of War: Chapter 3

05 Contiguity and Territory: Chapter 4

06 Power: Chapter 5

07 Alliances: Chapter 6

08 Democratic Peace: Chapter 7

09 Economic Interdependence and War (1): reading assignments

10 Economic Interdependence and War (2): reading assignments

11 Collective Security, International Organization, and War: reading assignments

12 Deterrence: Chapter 8

13 War Termination and Consequences: Chapter 12

14 Civil Wars: reading assignments

授業時間外の学修の内容

指定したテキストやレジュメを事前に読み込むこと／その他

授業時間外の学修の内容（その他の内容等）

Read the assigned sections of the textbook before class and clarify what you don't understand. Review the lecture after class to see if you can understand what you didn't understand after reading the textbook. Try to prepare for the quiz after you've done that.

授業時間外の学修に必要な時間数／週

毎週１回の授業が半期（前期または後期）または通年で完結するもの。１週間あたり４時間の学修を基本とします。
毎週２回の授業が半期（前期または後期）で完結するもの。１週間あたり８時間の学修を基本とします。

成績評価の方法・基準

成績評価の方法・基準（備考）

Each quiz is scored out of 100. The final grade shall be the average score on the quizzes. The final week's presentation will be used to adjust grades.

課題や試験のフィードバック方法

授業時間内で講評・解説の時間を設ける

課題や試験のフィードバック方法（その他の内容等）

After quizzes, feedback is given in the way of providing reviews.

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容

実施しない

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容（その他の内容等）

授業におけるICTの活用方法

実施しない

授業におけるICTの活用方法（その他の内容等）

実務経験のある教員による授業

いいえ

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験の内容

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験に関連する授業内容

テキスト・参考文献等

Textbook:

Quackenbush, Stephen L. 2015. International Conflict. Sage Publications Ltd.

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