Preface About the Authors Part I ANALYZING WORLD POLITICS 1 WORLD POLITICS:LEVELS OF ANALYSIS,CHOLCE,AND CONSTRAINT 2 THINKING ABOUT WORLD POLITICS:THEORY AND REALITY 3 INTERNATIONAL ACTORS:STATES AND OTHER PLAYERS ON THE WORLD STAGE 4 THE WORLD SYSEM:INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURE AND POLARITY 5 RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES:POWER AND INFLUENCE 6 DOMESTIC SOURCES OF FOREIGN POLICY:SOCIETY AND POLITY 7 INDIVIDUALS AND WORLD POLITICS:ROLES ,RERCEPTIONS,AND KECISION MAKING Part II INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AND COORERATION 8 MILITARY CONFLICT;WHY STATES AND OTHER ACTORS RESORT TO FORCE 9 THE SECURITY DILEMMA:ARMAMENT AND DISARMAMENT 10 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZATION 11 CAUSES OF PEACE AND NONVIOLENT TRANSFORMATION Part III INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY 12 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NATONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE 13 INTERDEPENDENCE AND ECONOMIC ORDER 14 REGIONAL ECONOMIC IN TEGRATION AND GLOBALIZATION 15 DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT:THE NORTH-SOUTH GAP Part IV CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM 16 LIMITS OF SOVEREGNTY:HUMANITY AND THE COMMONS 17 WHICH GLOBAL FUTURE? Glossary