This course is designed to explore main currents of international politics; prevailing theories and approaches to international studies; major forces and history of international politics; the international system;the the nature of power; the balance of power; the collective security; the cause of war; the analysis and evaluation of national interests; international morality; international law and organization;sovereignty; the nature of international order and the quest for universal peace through: (1)world empire or a world state,(2)functionalism and world community,(3)trans-nationalism and new world order.

This course is designed to explore main currents of international politics; prevailing theories and approaches to international studies; major forces and history of international politics; the international system; the nature of power; the balance of power; the collective security; the cause of war; the analysis and evaluation of national interests; international morality; world order.

The study of international relations comprises something more than the random discussion of important issues of current events, and something less than the pursuit of a single unified discipline. This course is designed to explore main current of international politics; prevailing theories and approaches to international studies; major forces and history of international politics; the nature of power; the balance of power; the collective security; the cause of war; the analysis and evaluation of national interests: sovereignty; the nature of international order and the quest for universal peace through: (1)world empire or a world state,(2)functionalism and world community,(3)trans-nationalism and new world order.

The study of international relations comprises something more than the random discussion of important issues of current events, and something less than the pursuit of a single unified discipline. This course is designed to explore main current of international politics; prevailing theories and approaches to international studies; major forces and history of international politics; the nature of power; the balance of power; the collective security; the cause of war; the analysis and evaluation of national interests: sovereignty; the nature of international order and the quest for universal peace through: (1) world empire or a world state, (2) functionalism and world community,(3)trans-nationalism and new world order.

Requirements:

(1) Karen Mingst & Jack Snyder, Essential Readings in World Politics, NY: Norton Company,2001
(2)Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remarking of World Order,《文明衝突與世界秩序的重建》，黃育美譯，台北：聯經，1997
(3) Tzventan Todorov, The New World Disorder, New York: Polity Press, 2004
(4) Hans J. Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and
Peace; 《國際政治學》，張自學譯，台北：幼獅 79.4
(5) Kenneth N. Waltz, Theory of International Politics, Reading, MA: Addison-Werley Publishing Company,1979
(6) Robert O. Keohane Joseph S. Nye, Power and Interdependence, Boston, MA: Little, Browntco, 1977
(7) John J. Mearsheimer; The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

Requirements:

(1) Karen Mingst & Jack Snyder, Essential Readings in World Politics, NY: Norton Company, 2001
(2)Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remarking of World Order, translated by Huang Yumei, Taipei: Lianjing, 1997
(3) Tzventan Todorov, The New World Disorder, New York: Polity Press, 2004
(4) Hans J. Morgenthau, Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and
Peace; "International Politics", translated by Zhang Zixue, Taipei: Young Lion 79.4
(5) Kenneth N. Waltz, Theory of International Politics, Reading, MA: Addison-Werley Publishing Company, 1979
(6) Robert O. Keohane Joseph S. Nye, Power and Interdependence, Boston, MA: Little, Browntco, 1977
(7) John J. Mearsheimer; The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001