GOVT2225 Comprehensive notes + Readings (DISTINCTION)

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12 Weeks + Readings: intro, paradigms, strategy, deterrence, cooperation, guerrilla war, counterinsurgency, nuclear Readings (x16): - Looking for Asia’s Security Dilemma - Liberalism and World Politics - Don’t Come Home, America: The Case against Retrenchment - Debating American Engagement: The Future of Grand Strategy - A Grand Bargain? The Hard Choice between Military Competition and Accommodation - The Limits of Coercive Airpower: NATO's "Victory" in Kosovo Revisited - “Conclusions” - Fencing in Warfare: Threats, Punishment and Intra-War Deterrence in Counterterrorism - Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power - Balancing in Neorealism - Reassessing Hedging: The Logic of Alignment in East Asia - Realism, Neoliberalism and Cooperation - Tying Hands Behind Closed Doors: The Logic and Practice of Secret Reassurance - Coercion in Rebel Recruitment - The Age of asocial War: Democratic Intervention and Counterinsurgency in the Twenty-First Century - Assuring Assured Retaliation: China’s Nuclear Posture and Strategic Stability