International Trade and Political Conflict, Michael J. Power and Interdependence, Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye As with security studies, at CIR we ground our IPE curriculum in theoretically rigorous and empirically rich work the following texts are touchstones in the debates you are likely to encounter at CIR and beyond. International political economy - or IPE - is both the study of how specifically international economic processes affect and are affected by politics, as well as the study of global organization and institutionalization more broadly. Rational Theory of International Politics, Charles L. The Culture of National Security, Peter J. War and Change in World Politics, Robert Gilpin Perception and Misperception in World Politics, Robert Jervis The Social Theory of International Politics, Alexander Wendt
Theory of International Politics, Kenneth N. These are some of the most important classic and recent theoretical works, many of which deal with the fundamental problem of international politics: war and peace. The core of the study of international relations is, like any other social science discipline, rooted in theory. These books are also excellent places to begin for those who have little prior exposure to the academic literature on international relations. The following texts, which are broken into each of the four major subfields covered by CIR, represent a few of the works you will likely come across in our curriculum. CIR offers an opportunity for both a highly rigorous investigation into the classics of international relations, as well as exposure to cutting-edge empirical and theoretical work.