Competitive systems
Topics
City-state systems.
Warring state periods in India and Japan.
Modern legacies.
The rise of empires.
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Hodge, Aztec City-States, 1984
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Hodge – 1984 – Aztec City-States
Misra, "The Indian Machiavelli," 2016
First, check out:
Kautilya, “On War,”
Arthashastra
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here
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Misra – 2016 – The Indian Machiavelli Pragmatism versus morality
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Zeinab Badawi, "City states and civilizations"
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Activities
The taifa kingdoms of al Andalus
Samurai Archives, "The early Sengoku Period"
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POLS 411
No non-Western IR theory?
Failed states, failed theories
Western IR theory
Competitive systems
IR theory in competitive systems
Imperial systems
Mid-term exam
Updated empires
Societies on the move
Networked states
The Bandung spirit
Pan-Nationalism
Final exam