After studying this chapter, you will be able to . . .

1-1 Summarize the complex arena of world politics.

1-2 Identify the nature and challenges of security—international, economic, and human—in international relations.

1-3 Define the levels of analysis in the study of international relations.

1-4 Describe the challenges of cooperation among the actors of international relations.

1-5 Assess the dilemmas of cooperation illustrated by the prisoner’s dilemma and stag hunt scenarios.