New Directions in International Studies

A center for international studies is often the first interdisciplinary academic unit established by a university as evidence of a commitment to international education. During the Cold War a large number of such centers were established and were permitted to compete for Federal support through Title VI of the National Defense Education Act. The dominant paradigm for these centers was the realist, or game-theoretic, approach to international relations (IR). This approach was premised on gaming the strategies of the two (or sometimes three) great powers of the Cold War era. » Read the rest of this entry «