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Climate Change
11.01. Our World in Data provides an overview of CO2 and Greenhouse gas emissions for all countries in the world. The website also contains data on temperature change in the world.
11.02. Click here to read the article “Fear won’t do it”, by Saffron O’Neill. The article discusses how fear affects people’s sense of engagement with climate change.
11.03. Here you can read an introduction to Green Theory in International Relations. The article is written by Hugh Dyer and is provided by E-ir.info.
11.04. Click here to go to NASA’s homepage for global climate change. The website provides information on evidence for climate change, causes of climate change, effects of climate change, and solutions for climate change. Furthermore, NASA links to other important websites with information on the subject.
11.05. The homepage of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC). IPPC is the UN’s body for assessing the science related to climate change.
11.06. Click here to read an article about the effects of climate change on biodiversity. The article focuses on Australia and is written by Ary Hoffmann from University of Melbourne.
11.07. Click here to go to the European Commission’s official website about Energy, Climate Change and Environment. The website contains information about international cooperation on climate change and EU’s initiatives and targets.
11.08. Click here to read the Kyoto Protocol from 1997. The protocol is provided by the UNFCCC.
11.09. Click here to read the Paris Agreement from 2015. The agreement is provided by the UNFCCC.
11.10. Click here to go to Climate Action Tracker. CAT tracks government climate action and measures it against the Paris Agreement. CAT tracks 36 countries and the EU. You can here see how both China and the USA are living up to the agreement.
11.11. The World Wide Web Virtual Library contains a comprehensive collection of links to all kinds of web resources on sustainable development.
11.12. This website confers the problem of the increasing demand for water in Middle East.
11.13. This site provides information about the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
11.14. Click here to read the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. UN provides the text. Also, consult the website of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for more information.
11.15. Click here to read the Bruntland Commission report on Environment and Development.
11.16. To find out more about EU environmental policies, click here for the European Union’s web site on environmental issues.
11.17. On this website, you can find a lot of publications and resources regarding environmental problems and initiatives that GRID has made in collaboration with a range of partners, e.g. UNEP.
11.18. The homepage of the United States Environmental Protection Agency contains a range of works on climate change.
11.19. The Concise Encyclopaedia of Economics provides a thorough introduction to the greenhouse effect. The Encyclopaedia is hosted by the Library of Economics and Liberty.
11.20. Click here for the homepage of one of the most well-known environmental NGOs: Greenpeace.
11.21. To learn more about food security and food scarcity, click here to view the homepage of UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
11.22. This paper is the final version on the Global Climate changes beyond 2012. This paper was signed by the G8 +5.
International Terrorism
11.23. Click here for a number of different definitions of terrorism.
11.24. Click here to read an excerpt of the essay “Straight talk on terrorism”, written by Eqbal Ahmad. The excerpt is provided by Questia.
11.25. The homepage of the Terrorism Research Center provides information about terrorists, terrorist attacks as well as several papers on terrorism.
11.26. Click here to learn more about US perceptions of state-sponsored terrorism.
11.27. Another comprehensive website on terrorism is provided by the Council on Foreign Relations.
11.28. Click here to read ‘A Brief History of Terrorism’ from the US Project on Government Oversight (POGO).
11.29. Here, you can view President George W. Bush’s address to America on the eve of 9/11.
11.30. Click here for the 9/11 Commission report and numerous related links.
11.31. This site contains information about NATO’s invocation of Article 5 of the Washington Treaty after 9/11.
11.32. Click here to read the US Patriot Act to Combat Terrorism. The site is hosted by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
11.33. University of Michigan’s Documents Center provides access to many documents related to America’s war on terrorism.
11.34. Click here to read an essay on the philosophy of terrorism, written by Ted Honderich. The paper is provided by State University of New York at Buffalo.
11.35. In this paper, Peter Simpson discusses “The War on Terrorism: its Moral Justification and Limits”. The paper is provided by State University of New York at Buffalo.
11.36. In his paper, “Bounding the Global War on Terrorism”, Jeffrey Record provides an analysis of the US war on terrorism. The paper is provided by Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
11.37. This article, written by John Solomon and Tara McKelvey, discusses the increasing threat due to the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
11.38. Here, the US Department of State provides an “Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism”.
11.39. At this site, Federation of American Scientists provides information about al Qaeda as well as links to other resources on this terrorist network.
11.40. The Home Office (UK) provides an exclusive database on counter-terrorism.
11.41. The Nuclear Control Institute provides information about the risk of nuclear terrorism.
11.42. Here, the Institute for Science and International Security provides links to several articles on the risk of nuclear terrorism.
11.43. Click here to read the essay “How to Stop Nuclear Terror”, written by Graham Allison. The essay is provided by Foreign Affairs.
11.44. Click here to read an interview with Graham Allison about the risk of a nuclear terrorist attack on America. The interview is provided by NOVA.
Religion
11.45. This link provides access to several full text articles by Samuel P. Huntington published in Foreign Affairs.
11.46. Click here to read Samuel P. Huntington’s ground-breaking article, The Clash of Civilizations? The article was published in 1993 in Foreign Affairs.
11.47. In this interview Samuel P. Huntington discusses among other things the merits of his theories in light of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
11.48. In this piece, Eric Kaufmann, Research Fellow at Harvard University, discusses why Samuel P. Huntington was so controversial within American academia. The essay was published in Prospect Magazine in 2009.
11.49. Click here to read Jonathan Fox’ article “The Multiple Impacts of Religion on International Relations: Perceptions and Reality”. The site is maintained by Cairn Info.
11.50. In this piece, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd argues that the rise of religion confronts IR theory with a theoretical challenge comparable to the end of the Cold War.
11.51.Click here to read the introductory chapter to Elizabeth Shakman Hurd’s book The Politics of Secularism in International Relations, published in 2007 by Princeton University Press.
11.52. In this piece, Mohammad Abo-Kazleh argues for the necessity of “Rethinking International Relations Theory in Islam: Toward a More Adequate Approach”. The article is published in Alternatives, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2006.
11.53. Here, Scott Thomas, Professor in the Department of Economic and International Development at the University of Bath, UK, discusses the significance of religion in international relations. The interview is provided by ISPI.
11.54. This link provides access to a bibliography on religion and human security. The site is maintained by Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington.
11.55. In this article, Monica Duffy Toft examines the reasons for Islam’s disproportionate representation in religious civil wars from 1940 to 2000. The article was published in International Security, Vol. 31, No. 4, 2007, and is provided by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University.
Balance and hegemony in world history
11.56.Click here to read Barry Buzan and Richard Little’s foreword to Adam Watson’s reissued book The Evolution of International Society. The page is provided by Amazon.
11.57. Click here to read an excerpt from Barry Buzan and Richard Little’s International Systems in World History: Remaking the Study of International Relations. The page is provided by Amazon.
11.58. Click here to read an excerpt from Barry Buzan and George Lawson’s The Global Transformation: History, Modernity and the Making of International Relations. The page is provided by LSE Research Online.
11.59. Click here to read the Introduction to Kaufman, Little and Wohlforth’s edited 2007 volume on The Balance of Power in World History. The page is provided by Amazon.
11.60. In this World Politics article, Daniel Nexon reviews the new literature on the balance of power in different historical state systems.
11.61. Click here for a comprehensive site on Ancient Greece, maintained by Thomas Sakoulas who is a Professor and Chair of the Art Department at the State University of New York. The site provides, among other things, information about history, politics and culture.
11.62. Click here to watch a conversation with British historical sociologists Michael Mann on Youtube.
11.63. This Wikipedia page contains an extended description of Charles Tilly’s 1990-book Coercion, Capital, and European States AD 990-1990.
11.64. Click here to watch a Youtube documentary on the unification of China in 221 BC.
11.65 Click here to watch a BBC documentary on the rise of the Mongol Empire.
11.66. On this Wikipedia page, you can read about Sargon of Akkad, the first documented conqueror in history.