Marios L. Evryviades

Visiting Professor, University Teacher (PD 407/80)

mevriviad[at]turkmas.uoa[dot]gr

3 hours per week

Course Objectives

This is an introductory course intended to familiarize students with the acts of state, with international politics and with contending theories of international relations that attempt to interpret and predict state behaviour in a fluid and anarchic state-system.

The historical evolution of the modern state in the aftermath of the collapse of the Medieval Order and the Peace of Westphalia is studied.

The examination of state behavior in the state-centered Westphalian system is approached through a number of case studies drawn from the historical experience of 19th and 20th century Europe. On the basis of this behavior the efficacy of various theories of international relations, especially those of Realism, Liberalism and their variations are assessed.

Course Structure

1. The Collapse of the Medieval Order

2. The Westphalian State System

3. The Consolidation of the State

4. Nationalism and the Nation-State

5. Balance of Power System (Multipolar)

6. Realism, Liberalism, Rationalism, Behavioralism

7. Theory vs Practice (Cold War, Post-Cold War, New World Order)

Bibliography

Mearsheimer, John J. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2006

Creveld, Martin van. The Rise and Decline of the State. Cambridge University Press, 1999

Wight, Martin. International Theory: The Three Traditions. Leicester University Press, 1991

Carr, Edward Hallet. The Twenty Year Crisis 1919-1939. Revised Edition, 1946

Waltz, Kenneth. Theory of International Relations. McGraw Hill, 1979