INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: PERSPECTIVES AND CONTROVERSIES, 3rd Edition teaches readers to think systematically and critically about international affairs. Taking an innovative approach to IR, the text delivers brief, topical coverage with a debate framework and primary source readings included throughout. Practical, relevant, and completely up to date, each chapter covers an important debate in the field, examining how political actors or thinkers explain and defend their different opinions -- a format that helps readers understand key IR issues as dynamic struggles over resources and power. By offering a variety of perspectives, the book gives readers invaluable insight into today's -- and tomorrow's -- headlines.