1. Exploring Twenty-First-Cent ury World Politics -- 2. Theories of World Politics -- 3. Foreign Policy Decision Making -- 4. Great-Power Rivalries and Relations -- 5. The Global South in a world of Powers -- 6. Nonstate Actors in a System of States -- 7. Humranitarian Challenges and the Protection of Human Rights -- 8. Globalization and the Prospects for Global Governance -- 9. Money and Markets in the Global Political Economy -- 10. Population and Resource Pressures on the Global Environment -- 11. The Transformation of Armed Conflict -- 12. Military Power, Coercive Diplomacy, and National Security -- 13. The Realist Road to Security through Alliances, Arms Control, and the Balance of Power -- 14. The Liberal Institutional Paths to Peace -- 15. Twelve Questions about Twenty-First-Century Global Prospects.