Preface — Pedagogical features — Acknowledgments — Introduction: What is world politics and why do we study it? — Part 1. Foundations — Chapter 2: Understanding interests, interactions, and institutions — Part 2. War and peace — Chapter 3: Why are there wars? — Chapter 4: Domestic politics and war — Chapter 5: International institutions and war — Chapter 6: Violence by nonstate actors: Civil war and terrorism — Part 3. International political economy — Chapter 7: International trade — Chapter 8: International financial relations — Chapter 9: International monetary relations — Chapter 10: Development: Causes of the wealth and poverty of nations — Part 4. Transnational politics — Chapter 11: International law and norms — Chapter 12: Human rights — Chapter 13: The global environment — Part 5. Looking ahead — Chapter 14: Challenges to the global order