International politics: a dual approach -- International politics as a struggle for power -- Political power -- The struggle for power : policy of the status quo -- The struggle for power : imperialism -- The struggle for power : policy of prestige -- Ideological element in international policies -- National power -- The essence of national power -- Elements of national power -- Evaluation of national power -- Limitations of international power : the balance of power -- The balance of power -- Different methods of the balance of power -- The structure of the balance of power -- Evaluation of the balance of power -- Limitations of international power : international morality and world public opinion -- Ethics, mores, and law as restraints on power -- International morality -- World public opinion -- Limitations of international power : international law -- The main problems of international law -- Sovereignty -- World politics in the mid-twentieth century -- The new moral force of nationalistic universalism -- The new balance of power -- Total war -- The problem of peace in the mid-twentieth century : peace through limitation -- Disarmament -- Security -- Judicial settlement -- Peaceful change -- International government -- The problem of peace in the mid-twentieth century : peace through transformation -- The world state -- The world community -- The problem of peace in the mid-twentieth century : peace through accommodation -- Diplomacy -- The future of diplomacy

1. World politics