Transnationalism, Interdependence and Power (TIP)
Coordinator:
Steve A. Yetiv
The acceleration of global interdependence, and the rise of transnational actors and threats, especially since World War II, has affected fundamental features of world politics. These features include sovereignty, power, security, conflict, and global governance. This field explores the main concepts, themes, actors and processes relevant to the study of transnationalism, interdependence and power (TIP).
Transnational problems are cross-national and cross-regional; they affect, influence and often concern numerous actors worldwide; they involve at least one and usually more than one non-state actor and require multilateral cooperation to ameliorate or solve.
The TIP track focuses on several themes, which are interconnected, prominent in the literature, and important in world affairs:
** the role of transnational threats (especially terrorism but also other issues such as migration, proliferation, and environmental degradation), and the impact of transnational forces, including democratization and Islam
** the relationship between interdependence and conflict, and interdependence and security
** global energy, interdependence, and the global environment
** the rise and role of non-state actors (ranging from women's groups to multinational corporations like ExxonMobil)
** the nature and sources of power in world affairs (including transnational lobbying, coercion via energy resources, soft power, soft balancing, societal access power, asymmetrical interdependence, asymmetrical resolve and international institutions)
Students selecting this field as their major or minor must complete Interdependence, Power and Transnationalism (IS 707/807) as their required field course. M.A. students must select two more courses within the field; Ph.D. students must choose four more courses.
Students are advised to take courses other than those listed below only in consultation with the field coordinator, with one exception. They may take regional courses "With an Appropriate Paper (WAP). This paper should deal with one of the themes outlined above.
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