| Oct 09, 1997 | Gelphi, Christopher | Winners or Losers?: Democracies in International Crisis |
| Oct 16, 1997 | Ward, Carrington | Galbraith, Strategic Bombing, and the Foreign Policy Establishment: Burning Bridges with Care |
| Oct 23, 1997 | Meunier, Sophie | Talking with a Single Voice: European Integration and EC-US Trade Negotiations |
| Oct 30, 1997 | D’Urso, Jennifer | Using the Hajj to Reevaluate International Relations Theory: The Role of Culture in International Relations |
| Nov 06, 1997 | Kahler, Miles | Variation in Regional Institutions: The Asia-Pacific Case |
| Nov 13, 1997 | Christensen, Thomas | China’s Rise and the Limitations of international Relations Theory |
| Nov 20, 1997 | Goldstein, Judith | Legalization, Trade Liberalization and Domestic Politics |
| Jan 08, 1998 | Koremenos, Barbara et al. | Rational International Institutions |
| Jan 15, 1998 | Klotz, Audie & Linch, Cecelio | Conflicted Constructivism: Positivist Leaning vs. Interpretive Meanings |
| Jan 29, 1998 | Mitchell, Ronald | Creatin Insternational Institutions When No One Thinks There’s a Problem: The International Wetlands Convention, Nongovernmental Organizations and Facilitative Management |
| Feb 05, 1998 | Schweller, Randall | The Twenty Years’ Crisis, 1919-1939: Why a Concert Didn’t Arise |
| Feb 12, 1998 | TBA | |
| Feb 19, 1998 | Oatley, Thomas | Liberalizing Inter-European Trade |
| Feb 26, 1998 | Christensen, Thomas | Parsimony is No Simple Matter: International Relations Theory, Area Studies and the Rise of China |
| Mar 05, 1998 | Edelstein, David | Domestic Political Systems, Perceptions of Interntions, and the Conduct of International Relations |
| Apr 02, 1998 | Cerny, Philip | Globalization, Governance and Complexity |
| Apr 09, 1998 | Sobel, Richard | Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: The Search for a Paradigm |
| Apr 16, 1998 | Richards, John | Towards a Positive Theory of International Institutions |
| Apr 23, 1998 | Ikenberry, G. John | Constitutional Politics in International Relations |
| Apr 30, 1998 | Simon, Michael | Rogue Leaders, Rational Deterrence, and Proliferation |
| May 07, 1998 | Thompson, Alexander | Institutional Design and Compliance in International Commons Management: The Case of Fisheries |
| May 21, 1998 | Glaser, Charles | Do Arms Races Cause War |
| May 28, 1998 | Liberman, Peter | Civilian Power Alliances |