Part I: Causes of War: histroical cases and hypotheses: The Wars for German unification -- World war I and world war II -- The Cold war and the korean war -- Wars in the middle east -- Recent wars -- The Principles of international relations -- Causes of war -- Part II: Approaches to peace: World government -- International law -- Regional integration -- Balance of power -- Collective security -- Armaments -- The Balance of terror -- Arms control -- Disarmament -- Diplomacy -- Third parties -- The United Nations -- Functionalism -- Part III: Sources of conflict in the contemporary world: The Soviet union -- Japan -- The United States -- The Third world -- Non-State actors -- Economic issues -- Global issues

1. Peace
2. War (International law)
3. International relations