Jackson & Sørensen: Introduction to International Relations 3e 
Case studies
Boxes from the bookJackson & Sørensen: Introduction to International Relations 3e
Chapter 01
Historical Sketch of the State System
1.01. Click here for a comprehensive site on Ancient Greece, maintained by World News. The site provides, among other things, information about history, politics and culture.
www.ancientgreece.com
1.02. This site contains information about the Roman Empire, its history and its political institutions.
www.roman-empire.net/
1.03. "The Internet Medieval Sourcebook" which is maintained by Fordham University provides links to documents from the era of the medieval empire.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1l.html#Phase%20II:%20Barbarossa:%20The%20Empire%20at%20its%20Height
1.04. "The WWW Virtual Library History Index on Medieval Europe", hosted by Michigan State University, also provides links to on-line texts on Medieval Europe.
www.msu.edu/~georgem1/history/medieval.htm
1.05. Click here for a thorough article on the Byzantine Empire. The article is provided by New Advent.
www.newadvent.org/cathen/03096a.htm
1.06. Click here to read the full text of the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia which established modern European international society. The site is maintained by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/westphal.htm
1.07. This site which is maintained by Fresno Unified School District provides information about imperialism in Africa and Asia in the 18th and 19th century.
www.fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/lloyd/imperialism.htm
Important Historical Events in International Relations
1.08. Click here for a discussion of the concept of war as well as links to related web resources. The site is maintained by Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/war/
1.09. "The World War I Document Archive" contains official documents, conventions, treaties and memorials related to the First World War. The site is hosted by Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University.
www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/
1.10. Click here to read the full text of the Covenant of the League of Nations. The text is provided by Yale University.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/leagcov. htm
1.11. Click here for an essay written by J. Bradford DeLong on the economic consequences of the Great Depression. The essay is provided by University of California, Berkeley.
econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch _Crash14.html
1.12. This site contains a comprehensive list of documents, public speeches and treaties from World War II, including the Yalta Agreement and the Atlantic Charter. The site is maintained by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm
1.13. Click here for a comprehensive site on decolonisation, maintained by the UN.
www.un.org/Depts/dpi/decolonization/main.htm
1.14. This site contains "an in-depth examination of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf crisis" made by FRONTLINE.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/
1.15. Click here for a comprehensive collection of links to web resources on Islam.
www.religiousworlds.com/muslim.html
1.16. Click here to read the report "Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism", written by the US National Commission on Terrorism. The report is provided by the Federation of American Scientists.
www.fas.org/irp/threat/commission.html
Statehood today and in the future
1.17. Click here for a paper written by Anna Leander. The paper is entitled "Conditional Legitimacy, Reinterpreted Monopolies: Globalisation and the Evolving State Monopoly on Legitimate Violence" and is provided by The Global Site.
www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/press/205leander.htm
1.18. In this paper, Martin van Creveld discusses "The Fate of the State". The paper is provided by the US Army War College.
carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/96spring/creveld.htm
1.19. Click here to read an essay on the challenge of Environmental NGOs to state sovereignty. The site is maintained by Yahoo! GeoCities.
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6027/NGO.html
1.20. Another paper concerning the future of statehood, written by Alejandro Colás, is provided by The Global Site. The paper is entitled "The promises of international civil society: Global governance, cosmopolitan democracy and the end of sovereignty?".
www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/press/107colas.pdf
1.21. Click here for a paper, written by Timothy W. Luke, which is entitled "Nationality and Sovereignty in the New World Order". The paper is provided by the Department of Politics at Victoria University of Wellington.
www.vuw.ac.nz/atp/articles/Luke_9608.html
1.22. To find out more about Kenneth Waltz' view on the future role of the state, click here to read his paper "Globalization and Governance". The site is maintained by Mount Holyoke College.
www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/walglob.htm
1.23. Click here to read a paper written by Peter F. Drucker. The paper is entitled "The Global Economy and the Nation State" and is provided by Mount Holyoke College.
www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/drucker.htm
1.24. Another contribution to the debate about the prospects of statehood is written by Stephen J. Del Rosso, Jr. The paper is entitled "The Insecure State (What Future for the State?)" and is provided by Mount Holyoke College.
www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/rosso.htm
1.25. In this essay, Jan Zielonka discusses whether a neo-medieval empire is likely to develop in Europe. The essay is provided by the Jean Monnet Center at the New York University School of Law.
www.jeanmonnetprogram.org/papers/00/00f0801.html
1.26. Click here to read a paper written by Michael Nicholson on "Globalization, Weak States and Failed States".
www.comm.ucsb.edu/Research/mstohl/failed_states/1999/papers/Nicholson.html
1.27. Here, you find a thorough introduction to nationalism. The site is maintained by Stanford University.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/nationalism/
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