Part I : The international system and its participants -- The basic unit in a complex system -- the international political economy -- Power and the balancing process -- Rules and order in the relations of states -- Change in the international system -- Part II : Patterns and options in statecraft -- National behavior in crisis -- Diplomacy old and new -- The management of alliances -- Force: the ultimate option -- Ends and means in foreign policy -- Part III : Some issues in contemporary world society -- Hunger -- Human dignity and opportunity -- The new have-nots and the debt crisis -- Confrontation and the non-aligned -- Epilogue : The state of the field

1. International relations