Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-494) and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Understanding International Relations -- PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- 2. The Emergence of a Global System of States, 1500-today -- 3. Theories of International Relations -- 4. The Analysis of Foreign Policy -- PART II: WAR AND PEACE: AN INTRODUCTION TO SECURITY STUDIES -- 5. War and Its Causes -- 6. Pathways to Interstate Peace -- 7. Weapons of Mass Destruction -- PART III: WEALTH AND POWER: AN INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY -- 8. International Politics and International Economics: Trade, Money, Multinationals, and Institutions -- 9. Power, Politics, and the World Economy -- 10. Dilemmas of Development -- PART IV: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES AND THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- 11. Pirates, Warlords, and Terrorists: Challenges to the State -- 12. The Environment and International Relations -- 13. Facing the Future: Six Visions of an Emerging International Order.

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