International Relations in Perspective brings together a set of 43 classic and contemporary selections designed to introduce students to the most influential scholarship and key issues in the field. As balanced in its approach as Nau’s introductory text, this distinctive reader gives equal space to realism, liberalism, constructivism and the work of critical theorists, more effectively reflecting the current state of scholarly debate. Organized to complement Perspectives on International Relations but flexible enough to use with any text or on its own, the collection covers a host of topics including terrorism, human security, development, civil society, global governance, political economy, and more. The book features substantive chapter introductions that situate the readings and help students understand how selections speak to one another. This book does an excellent job of integrating the major theoretical approaches with practical applications. It serves as a great tool in teaching students about the different perspectives, without privileging one over the others. --- Jennifer Ramos, Loyola Marymount University This reader provides the most thorough, wide ranging and up to date collection of readings in international relations currently available. Incorporating multiple perspectives including constructivism and feminist international relations, the book provides excerpts and articles which are accessible yet challenging. The materials are thematically arranged in an engaging format which is sure to stimulate great discussions in the classroom. I am particularly impressed with the materials discussing such current situations as global warming and opposition to globalization which students will surely find stimulating and relevant. - --Mary Manjikian, Regent University and former foreign service officer This reader provides the most thorough, wide ranging and up to date collection of readings in international relations currently available. Incorporating multiple perspectives including constructivism and feminist international relations, the book provides excerpts and articles which are accessible yet challenging. The materials are thematically arranged in an engaging format which is sure to stimulate great discussions in the classroom. I am particularly impressed with the materials discussing such current situations as global warming and opposition to globalization which students will surely find stimulating and relevant. --- Mary Manjikian, Regent University and former foreign service officer Henry R. Nau has combined an outstanding career in the academic world with two opportunities to serve at the highest levels of the U.S. government. He brings this experience to bear in this textbook, integrating theory and practice with unprecedented clarity for understanding historical and contemporary issues in world affairs.             Nau is currently professor of political science and international affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. He taught previously at Williams College and held visiting appointments at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Stanford University, and Columbia University. From 1977 to 1981, Nau served on the Board of Editors of the journal International Organization . He has received research grants from, among others, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the National Science Foundation, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Smith-Richardson Foundation, the Century Foundation, the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, the Hoover Institution, the Rumsfeld Foundation, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.        Nau served from 1975 to 1977 as special assistant to the undersecretary for economic affairs, Charles Robinson, in the U.S. Department of State. In that capacity he worked in the office of the Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to organize a major conference on science, technology, and foreign policy. For his service, he was awarded the State Department′s Superior Honor Award.         From 1981 to 1983 Nau served as a senior staff member of the National Security Council responsible for international economic affairs. He was President Reagan’s White House aide, or Sherpa, for the annual G7 economic summits in Ottawa (1981), Versailles (1982), and Williamsburg (1983), and for the special summit with developing countries in Cancun (1982). At those summits, the United States led a revival of the world economy from the stagflation and resource shortages of the 1970s to thirty years of 3+ percent growth per year, promoting the so-called Washington Consensus (originating in the Williamsburg Summit Communique) of lower inflation, freer markets and open trade. Nau wrote an account of these early years in The Myth of America’s Decline (see below).        Outside government, Nau continued his public service. From 1984 to 1990 he served  on the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on Internat