1. Identify and discuss in detail levels of analysis and their importance to the study of international politics.
2. Identify and discuss in detail the major actors at the system level.
3. What is globalization and what does it encompass?
4. What is realism and what purpose does it serve in the study of international politics?
5. Discuss liberalism and its purpose for studying international politics.
6. Discuss in detail the history of international relations. What were they key defining events that led to the contemporary configuration of world politics? Be specific.
7. What are the three approaches to individual level analysis? Identify each one and discuss it in detail.
8. Identify and discuss the major factors that contribute to the dissolution of systems and the creation of new ones.
9. Discuss in detail the elements of state power.
10. Why is the study of world politics important? Specifically, why do political scientists pursue the study of international politics? Give five (5) examples of how world politics affects your day-to-day life. Be specific.
11. What do scholars mean when they refer to the "foreign policy making process"? Discuss the foreign policy making process in detail.
12. What does it mean to study international relations scientifically?
13. Explain the difference between realism, liberalism, and constructivism.
14. When we say states are "egoistic" what do we mean?
15. Why does level of analysis matter?