Pt. 1. Introduction to international security and security studies. International relations and international security: boundaries, levels of analysis, and falsifying theories ; The foundations of security studies: Hobbes, Clausewitz, and Thucydides ; Testing security theories: explaining the rise and demise of the Cold War. -- Pt. 2. Contending security theories. Realism, neorealism and liberal institutionalism ; Economic liberalism and Marxism. -- Pt. 3. Validating security theories. Behaviorism ; Constructivism. -- Conclusions. Whither international security and security studies?
