Posted: July 17th, 2013
Why is it so difficult to reform the UN Security Council
The Required Readings:
1. Hurd,I. (2010). ‘International Organizations: Politics,Law Practice’, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, chapter 1, chapter 5, chapter 6
2. Mearsheimer, J.J, (1995) ‘The False Promise of International Institutions’, International Security 19:73-91
3. Rittberger, V., Bernard Zangl and Andreas Kruck (2012) International Organization, 2nd edition, Basingstoke: Palgrave, ch 2, ch8
4. Putnam, R.D. ‘Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The logic of Two-Level Games’, International Organization, 42.3 (1998), pp. 427-4260
5. Koremenos,B., C. Lipson and D. Snidal (2001) ‘The Rational Design of International Institution’, International Organization 55 (4): 513-553.
6. Wallander, C.A (2000) ‘Institutional Assets and Adaptability: NATO after Cold War’, International Organization 54(4):705-735.
8. Risse-Kappen, T. (1996) ‘Collective Identity in a Democratic Community: The case of NATO’, in P.J. Katzenstein (ed). The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics. New York,
Columbia University Press, 357-399.