Part 1 : Great power relations -- Germany-people and territory: the nation-state -- Excerpts from the 9/11 commission report: intelligence -- Sino-Soviet- American relations: the balance of power -- The Cuban missile crisis: rationality -- The ,ilitary-industrial complex: defense spending -- Vietnam homefront: public opinion -- U.S. role after the Cold War: the national interest -- The Persian Gulf War: capabilities and influence -- The Kyoto protocol: collective goods -- The Nuremberg trials: international law -- Part 2 : Conflict in the periphery -- Apartheid in South Africa: human rights -- Yugoslavia's dismemberment: anarchy -- Nationalism and the Russia-Chechnya conflict: nationalism and the clash of civilizations -- Global terrorism and al Qaeda: terrorism -- The Camp David accords: diplomacy -- U.S. interventionism: strategic and humanitarian intervention -- Part 3 : Money and justice -- Sweatshops and the global factory: globalization -- Europe uniting: regionalism -- The international landmine ban: nongovernmental organizations

1. World politics -- 20th century -- Case studies
2. World politics -- 21st century -- Case studies