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Cases in International Relations
Pathways to Conflict and Cooperation

March 2014 | 376 pages | CQ Press
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Students love good stories. That is why case studies are such a powerful way to engage students while teaching them about concepts fundamental to the study of international relations. Cases in International Relations helps students understand the context of headline events in the international arena. Organized into three main parts—military, economic, and human security—the book’s fifteen cases examine enduring and emerging issues from the longstanding Arab-Israeli conflict to the rapidly changing field of cyber-security. Compatible with a variety of theoretical perspectives, the cases consider a dispute’s origins, issue development, and resolution so that readers see the underlying dynamics of state behavior and can try their hand at applying theory.

It has important cases which is used in my teaching. I am sure my students learn very important lesson from these cases.

Dr Bekir Cinar
Politics and International Politics, Epoka University
drupal

Cases in International Relations is a comprehensive case study book which will be very useful at all levels of IR teaching. It can be used in different courses as it covers a wide ranging subjects including global commons, cybersecurity, world monetary reform as well as more traditional issues of military conflict and cooperation. It will help teachers and students alike in making it much easier to comprehend major issues of IR.

Dr Faruk Yalvac
Dept of International Relations, Middle East Technical University
drupal

The collection of case-studies authored by Hastedt, Lybecker, and Shannon provides an excellent overview of key issues in contemporary international relations. It contains a number of classic case-studies such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Iranian nuclear programme, the War in Iraq, the integration of Europe and several other case-studies which are also present in other similar textbooks. However, this book also introduces a number of case-studies that are new and, thus, are not available in other textbooks. These include food aid as solution to world hunger, Haiti earthquake, BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Libya uprising, and Arctic governance. These cases bring a real added value to this book. All these case-studies are clearly structured, and each case-study introduces a separate theoretical concept. All cases are discussed through the lens of conflict and cooperation. This textbook is a valuable addition to the course "Global agenda" that I teach during the spring semester. I plan to include several case-studies from this book in my course for the spring semester in 2015. "

Dr Toms Rostoks
Department of Political Science, University of Latvia
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It has important cases which is used in my teaching. I am sure my students learn very important lesson from these cases.

Dr Bekir Cinar
Politics and International Politics, Epoka University
December 6, 2014
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Cases in International Relations is a comprehensive case study book which will be very useful at all levels of IR teaching. It can be used in different courses as it covers a wide ranging subjects including global commons, cybersecurity, world monetary reform as well as more traditional issues of military conflict and cooperation. It will help teachers and students alike in making it much easier to comprehend major issues of IR.

Dr Faruk Yalvac
Dept of International Relations, Middle East Technical University
November 17, 2014
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Key features

KEY FEATURES:

  • Case Summary boxes at the start of each chapter provide a useful jumping off point: a snapshot of the key issues at play, the global context in which the dispute occurs, key actors and their motives, and relevant IR concepts.
  • A Timeline in every chapter allows students to note, at-a-glance, a case’s major developments in an issue’s escalation and resolution.
  • Concept Focus boxes discuss a germane concept or set of concepts that help students analyze the case at hand.
  • Spotlight boxes highlight an aspect or moment in a dispute’s pathway to conflict and cooperation, bringing added depth to the case.
  • Chapter-ending Case Analysis questions direct students’ attention to the factors involved in decision-making.
    Annotated Suggested Readings and Web Resources point students toward more information.

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 7

Chapter 12