Final Paper Topic Selection: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Graduate Course – MA in International Relations and Diplomacy - FALL 2018 SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY

Yelif Ulagpan	Topic: Human Rights and International Relations 1.     What Human Rights Mean. Charles Beitz. Daedalus, Vol. 132, No. 1, On International Justice (Winter, 2003), pp. 36-46. 2.     Imperialist feminism redux. Saadia Toor. Dialect Anthropol (2012) 36:147–160. 3.     Obama’s Implicit Human Rights Doctrine Amitai Etzioni. Hum Rights Rev (2011) 12:93–107.
Jill Mujaji	Topic: Human security and International Relations 1.     Human security. Amitav Acharya. 2.     HUMAN  SECURITY: CONCEPT AND PRACTICE. SUDHA MENON. 3.     King, Gary, and, Christopher J. L. Murray. 2002. Rethinking human security. Political Science Quarterly 116(4): 585-610.
Hasan Erdal	Topic: Africa and African Studies and International Relations 1.     The African Experience. Vincent B. Khapoya. Pearson, 2013. http://www.pearsonhighered.com/product?ISBN=9780205851713
Catherine Kuamoah	Topic: Environmental Issues and International Relations 1.     Environmental issues and international relations, a new global (dis)order - the role of International Relations in promoting a concerted international system. Joana Castro Pereira. Rev. bras. polít. int. vol.58 no.1 Brasília Jan./June 2015. 2.     Environment and International Politics: Linking Humanity and Nature. Simon Dalby, May 23 2016. 3.     Global Environmental Issues and International Politics Global Problems and Common Security. Peter Gleick. pp 204-217.
Trinh Tung Lam	Topic: Terrorism and International Relations 1.     Terror, Terrorism, Terrorists - Charles Tilly. 2.     Terrorism before and after 9/11 – a more dangerous world? Meagan Smith, Sean M. Zeigler. 3.     The War of Words with Terrorism: An Assessment of Three Approaches to Pursue and Prevent Clive Walker. Journal of Conflict and Security Law, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1 December 2017, Pages 523–551.
Sardor Gafforov	Topic: US Foreign Policy Toward Central Asia after 1991 1.     U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Central Asia: 1991-2003. Jarkyn B. Samanchina. 2.     U.S. Policy Toward Central Asia 3.0 Eugene Rumer,  Richard Sokolsky, Paul Stronski. 3.     Growing U.S. Security Interests in Central Asia. Elizabeth Wishnick.
Tammy Esther Andoya	Topic: Humanitarian Intervention in World Politics 1.     Humanitarian intervention in world politics. Nicholas Wheeler. University of Birmingham. 2.     Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention, and World Politics.  Kelly Kate Pease and David P. Forsythe Human Rights Quarterly Vol. 15, No. 2 (May, 1993), pp. 290-314. 3.     Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention, International Politics and, US Foreign Policy A Feminist Normative Analysis of the Libyan Intervention. Faith I.OkpOtOr ASPJ  Africa & Francophonie  - 3rd  Quarter 2017.
Elorm Ewurama Kumah	Topic: Poverty/Development/Hunger and International Relations 1.     Global Poverty and Hunger: An Assessment of Millennium Development Goal #1. Rebecca Shoaf Kozak , Margaret Lombe & Katia Miller.  Journal of Poverty Volume 16, 2012 - Issue 4. 2.     REDUCING POVERTY AND HUNGER: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF FINANCING  FOR FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND  RURAL DEVELOPMENT Rome, February 2002 Paper Prepared for the  International Conference on Financing for Development  Monterrey, Mexico, 18-22 March 2002. 3.     A Study on Poverty and Hunger in India. Junofy Anto Rozarina. N. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol 4 No 12 MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy October 2013.
Felix Amoh-Siaw	Topic: Nuclear proliferation and International Relations 1.     The Role of Nuclear Weapons in International Relations. K. Subrahmanyam. Strategic Analysis Volume 34, 2010 - Issue 2. 2.     Nuclear Proliferation and International Order –  The Reform of the Non-Proliferation Regime  by  Joachim Krause  Professor of Political Science  Institute of Security Studies at  the University of Kiel (ISUK). 3.     Theories of Nuclear Proliferation: The State of the Field. Jacques  E. C. Hymans. 4.     The Spread of Nuclear Weapons and International Con flict: Does Experience Matter?  Michael Horowitz.
Kek Sonaroth	Topic: Immigration and International Relations 1.     Theories of International Immigration Policy-A Comparative Analysis. Eytan Meyers. The International Migration Review Vol. 34, No. 4 (Winter, 2000), pp. 1245-1282. 2.     Immigration and ethnic and racial inequality in the United States. Waters, Mary C., and Karl Eschbach. 1995 Annual Review of Sociology 21: 419-446. 3.     Beyond Two Identities: Turkish Immigrants in Germany. Tugrul Keskin.
Yelnaz Kembayeva	Topic: Regionalism in International Relations 1.     Regionalism. Edward D. Mansfield and Etel Solingen. 2.     Theories of Regionalism. Fredrik Söderbaum. 3.     Conference: Regionalism in a Globalized World.
Tann Eangdavid	Topic: Culture in World Affairs 1.     Culture and International Relations: The Culture of International Relations. Richard Ned Lebow. 2.     Culture and international relations. Michael J. Mazarr. The Washington Quarterly Volume 19, 1996 - Issue 2. 3.     Culture, Identity and International Relations. Rajen Harshe Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 41, No. 37 (Sep. 16-22, 2006).
Munkhbileg Batmunkh	Topic: Health and International Relations 1.     Health: an issue in global politics and international affairs. The Chatham House-Centre on Global Health Security. 2.     International Relations and the Global Politics of Health:  A State of the Art Preslava Stoeva. GLOBAL HEALTH  GOVERNANCE , VOLUME  X, NO.3 (WINTER  2016). 3.     Mental Health and International Relations: Why We Need to Look at Mental Health as a Security Issue. Anna Cornelia Beyer. International Political Psychology.
Kim Kung	Topic: Globalization and the Post-Cold War order 1.     The Post-Cold War Order: The Spoils of Peace by Ian Clark. January/February 2002 Issue. 2.     “The New World Order”: An Out line of the Post-Cold War Era. Muzaffer Ercan YlLMAZ. Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, 2008. 3.     Will Trump make China great again? The belt and road initiative  and international order. ASTRID H. M. NORDIN AND MIKAEL WEISSMANN.
Yasemin Memur	Topic: Gender and International Relations 1.     Gender in International Relations: Feminist Perspectives on Achieving Global Security / J.A. Tickner. 2.     Gender and International Relations Terrell Carver, Marysia Zalewski, Helen Kinsella and R. Charli Carpenter International Studies Review Vol. 5, No. 2 (Jun., 2003), pp. 287-302. 3.     Feminist Theory and International Relations: The Feminist Challenge to Realism and Liberalism by Tricia Ruiz. 4.     Feminist International Relations: a contradiction in terms? Or: why women and gender are essential to understanding the world ‘we’ live in. GILLIAN YOUNGS. International Affairs.
Ignatius Kgomo	Topic: Marxists Theories of International Relations 1.     Karl Marx's Conception of International Relations. Regina Buecker. 2.     Marxism in IR: Condemned to a Realist fate? Andrew Davenport. European Journal of International Relations 19(1) 27 –48. 3.     The return of Marx in international relations theory. Yohan Ariffin. Economy and Society.
Phann Phrdhorsrithy	Topic: Nationalism and International Relations 1.     Nationalism and International Relations. James G. Kellas. The Politics of Nationalism and Ethnicity pp 189-208. 2.     Nationalism and International Order: A Contemporary Perspective. Erika Harris. 3.     Nationalism and International Relations Theory. Martin Griffiths and Michael Sullivan. 4.     Kissing Cousins: Nationalism and Realism John J. Mearsheimer.
Usgal Undval	Topic: Urbanization in Latin America and International Relations 1.     The Power of the Political in an Urbanizing International. Jodok Troy. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political - 2018. 2.     Global Cities, International Relations and the Fabrication of the World. Anni Kangas.  Global Society Volume 31, 2017 - Issue 4. 3.     The Experience of Latin  America and the Caribbean in  Urbanization Knowledge Sharing Forum on  Development Experiences:  Comparative Experiences of Korea  and Latin America and the Caribbean Ezquiaga Arquitectura, Sociedad y  Territorio S.L. 4.     From Polarization to Fragmentation. Recent  Changes in Latin American Urbanization. Axel Borsdorf and Rodrigo Hidalgo.
Sultan Hamid Alizai	Topic: Think-Tanks and Foreign Policy 1.     Think Tanks and Influence on US Foreign Policy: The People and the Ideas A Monograph by COL Peter M Little British Army. 2.     Think tanks and foreign policy in a globalized world: New ideas, new ‘‘tanks,’’ new directions. Howard J Wiarda. International Journal 2015, Vol. 70(4) 517–525. 3.     The New Powerhouses: Think Tanks and Foreign Policy    Howard J. Wiarda. American Foreign Policy Interests, 30: 96–117, 2008. 4.     The Rise and Influence of the Foreign Policy Think Tank.  Rohinton P. Medhora. The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), November 30, 2015.
Necati Demircan	Topic: Liberal World Order and International Relations 1.     The Post-Cold War Political Topography of the Middle East: Prospects for Democracy Sandra Halperin Third World Quarterly Vol. 26, No. 7 (2005), pp. 1135-1156. 2.     The Real History of the Liberal Order Neither Myth Nor Accident. By Michael J. Mazarr. Foreign Affairs, August 7, 2018. 3.     After liberal world order. CONSTANCE DUNCOMBE AND TIM DUNNE. Chatham House, Summer, 2018. 4.     The Return to Great-Power Rivalry Was Inevitable. Thomas Wright. Sep 12, 2018. 5.     The Future of the Liberal World Order: Internationalism After America. G. John Ikenberry. Foreign Affairs Vol. 90, No. 3 (MAY/JUNE 2011), pp. 56-62, 63-68.
Yattara Aminata	Topic: Neoliberalism in Africa and International Relations 1.     What is  Neoliberalism? Dag Einar Thorsen and Amund Lie Department of P olitical Science University of Oslo. 2.     Neoliberalism, Urbanization and Change in Africa: the Political  Economy of Heterotopias. Pádraig Carmody and Francis Owusu. Journal  of  African Development (2016) 18:18:61–73. 3.     NEOLIBERAL IMPERIALISM AND PAN-AFRICAN RESISTANCE. Niels S. C. Hahn. Journal of World-Systems Research, Volume XIII, Number 2, Pages 142-178. 4.     SOME POSITIVE ASPECTS OF NEO-LIBERALISM FOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT: THE REVIVAL OF SOLIDARITY IN COOPERATIVES.  Fredrick O. Wanyama. International Journal of Arts and Commerce.