I. International systems : International systems : International politics in the Chou dynasty -- The external politics of the Greek city-states -- International politics in Renaissance Italy -- The western state systems : The international politics of eighteenth-century Europe -- The international system of the nineteenth century -- The contemporary international system -- The major rules of the modern system -- Factors of stability, instability, and change in the contemporary system -- Types of international systems -- II. Foreign policy outputs : Foreign policy orientations and national roles : Isolation -- Strategies of nonalignment -- Diplomatic coalitions and military alliances -- National roles and role conceptions -- Foreign policy objectives : Types of objectives is historical systems -- "Core" interests and values -- Middle-range objectives -- Long-range goals -- Objectives, national roles, and orientations -- Foreign policy actions: power, capability, and influence : Capabilities -- The measurement of capabilities -- Variables affecting the exercise of influence -- How influence is exercised -- Patterns of influence in the international system -- The instruments of policy: diplomatic bargaining : The institutions, rules, and personnel of diplomacy -- The functions of diplomats -- The purposes of diplomatic communication -- The negotiating process: preliminaries -- The negotiating process: inducing agreement -- The negotiating process: diplomatic styles -- The instruments of policy: propaganda : What is propaganda -- Selecting the target: whose attitudes can be changed? -- Creating impact -- Soviet propaganda -- Egypt's radio propaganda -- The effectiveness of propaganda in international politics -- Economic instruments of policy : Objectives of international economic policies -- Techniques of economic reward and punishment -- Economic rewards and punishments in operation -- Economic penetration and establishment of dependencies -- Economic warfare -- Foreign aid as an economic instrument of policy -- Clandestine actions and military intervention : Modern conditions that encourage intervention -- Diplomatic interference in internal affairs -- Clandestine political action -- Demonstrations of force -- Subversion -- Guerrilla (unconventional) warfare -- Military intervention -- Weapons, war, and political influence : Weapons as instruments of policy -- The spread of nuclear weapons -- Deterrence as a form of inter-nation influence -- Deterrence in crisis situations -- Deterrence strategies. -- III. Explanations of foreign policy outputs : Explanations of foreign policy outputs : Sources of foreign policy orientations and roles -- Explanation of objectives, decisions, and actions -- Images, attitudes, values, beliefs, and personal needs as components of a definition of the situation -- System structure, systemic values, and conditions abroad as components of a definition of the situation -- Domestic needs -- National attributes and behavior as explanations of foreign policy outputs -- Objectives and capabilities -- Foreign policy objectives, decisions, and actions as a function of public opinion -- Bureaucratic needs, values, and traditions ; Relationships among the components -- Law and world opinion in explanations of foreign policy : Use of legal norms in preindustrial international systems -- The growth of European international law -- Contemporary international law: the source and existence of legal norms and restraints -- The use of law in the pursuit of foreign policy objectives -- Foreign expectations and "world public opinion" as factors in policy making -- Ethics in explanations of foreign policy : Ethics, morality, and values as psychological and cultural restraints -- Ethical components of foreign policy outputs -- Ethics as a function of the pattern of relations between nations -- IV. Major forms of interaction between states : The interaction of states: conflict and conflict resolution : Incidence of inter-state violence -- Characteristics of violent conflicts, crisis and competition -- Parties, issue fields, attitudes, and actions in international conflict: the record since 1919 -- The outcomes of international conflict -- The outcomes of international conflict, 1919-1965 -- Institutions and procedures for resolving international conflicts -- The use of settlement institutions and procedures, 1919-1965 -- Institutions and procedures for resolving international conflicts -- The use of settlement institutions and procedures, 1919-1965 -- Resolving conflicts and disputes in the United Nations -- The role of the secretary-general -- The United Nations and Pacific settlement: success or failure? -- Resolving international conflict through adjudication -- Major forms of interaction: collaboration : Characteristics of collaboration -- Contexts within which collaboration takes place -- Collaboration and problem solving between Ottawa and Washington -- Collaboration and bargaining in Brussels -- Collaboration, security communities, and peace

1. International relations