| INST 170-01 |
International Relations
Instructor: Rachel Jacobs
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 170-01. An introduction to global politics which examines the interaction of states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in the world arena. Topics covered include traditional concerns such as war, balance of power, the UN and international law along with the more recent additions to the agenda of world politics such as international terrorism, human rights, and economic globalization.
This course is cross-listed as POSC 170.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
ALTHSE 201 |
| INST 170-02 |
International Relations
Instructor: Russell Bova
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 170-02. An introduction to global politics which examines the interaction of states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in the world arena. Topics covered include traditional concerns such as war, balance of power, the UN and international law along with the more recent additions to the agenda of world politics such as international terrorism, human rights, and economic globalization.
This course is cross-listed as POSC 170.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 104 |
| INST 170-03 |
International Relations
Instructor: Ed Webb
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 170-03. An introduction to global politics which examines the interaction of states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in the world arena. Topics covered include traditional concerns such as war, balance of power, the UN and international law along with the more recent additions to the agenda of world politics such as international terrorism, human rights, and economic globalization.
This course is cross-listed as POSC 170.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, TF
DENNY 304 |
| INST 200-01 |
Global Economy
Instructor: Shamma Alam
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ECON 226-01. Permission of Instructor Required. The course introduces economic theory that builds on ideas from introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics. It uses that theory as a framework for examining developments in the changing global system. Developments include the revolution in information technology; the dynamics of human population growth; the implications of climate change; challenges to human security; and emerging patterns of organizational interdependence and collaboration. Those developments provide the context for business managers and for government officials responsible for shaping strategies and implementing policies.
Prerequisite: ECON 111 and 112; concurrent enrollment in ECON 112 by permission of the instructor. This course is cross-listed as ECON 226.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
ALTHSE 201 |
| INST 277-01 |
International Politics of the Middle East
Instructor: Ed Webb
Course Description:
Cross-listed with MEST 266-01 and POSC 277-01. This course examines key factors and events in the formation of the modern Middle East state system and evolving patterns of conflict and cooperation in the region. Students will apply a range of analytical approaches to issues such as the conflicts between Arabs and Israelis, Iraq's wars since 1980, and the changing place of the region in global politics and economics.Prerequisite: one course in any of International Studies, Middle East Studies, or Political Science. This course is cross-listed as POSC 277 and MEST 266.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 204 |
| INST 280-01 |
American Foreign Policy
Instructor: Andy Wolff
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 280-01. A survey of U.S. foreign policy. American approaches to such issues as containment, detente, arms control, deterrence, international law, and third world economic development will be discussed. Students will also address issues of U.S. foreign policy formulation, including the roles of the public, Congress, and the president in the foreign policy process.
Prerequisite: POSC 170 or INST 170. This course is cross-listed as POSC 280.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
STERN 103 |
| INST 282-01 |
Diplomatic History of the United States
Instructor: Matthew Pinsker
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 282-01. Description and analysis of the nation's role in world affairs, from the earliest definitions of a national interest in the 18th century, through continental expansion, acquisition of empire, and world power, to the Cold War.
This course is cross-listed as HIST 282.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 211 |
| INST 290-01 |
Civil Wars and Political Violence
Instructor: Rachel Jacobs
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 290-06. Throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, there has been a shift toward civil wars and other forms of political violence. This course surveys theories about the causes of civil wars, violence by non-state actors, why people participate in violence, and the rebuilding of peace around the world. The class will focus on several central questions: What is political violence? What are the types of conflicts that take place within a state? Why do people participate in violence? How do internal conflicts end? And how can peace be restored after conflict? In answering each of these questions, the class will examine theoretical arguments for violence and non-violence in conflict, as well as critically engage with local and international responses. The course will discuss civil war, revolution, terrorism, and other strategies of political violence, as well as transitional justice and peacekeeping.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
ALTHSE 201 |
| INST 290-02 |
The Ukraine War & International Relations
Instructor: Russell Bova
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 290-03.The Ukraine War raises questions about almost every big issue in the study of international relations. After a brief introduction to Vladimir Putin's Russia and to Ukraine-- its recent history, its historical relationship with Russia, and the events leading up to the current war-- we will turn to those larger questions. What are the causes of the Ukraine war and of war in general? Is the long peace over, and is great power war becoming more likely? How stable is nuclear deterrence? Has the nuclear taboo eroded? Was the expectation that economic interdependence is an antidote to war wrong? Do economic sanctions work? In light of Ukraine, does the United Nations still have relevance? Can Putin be prosecuted for war crimes? Has the one-two punch of covid and Ukraine put an end to globalization? What paradigm of international relations theory best explains the Ukraine crisis? The goal will be to build on what you learned in the introductory IR class by examining both how IR concepts and theory help us to understand the Ukraine situation and how that situation might require critical rethinking of those very same concepts and theories.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
DENNY 104 |
| INST 401-01 |
Geopolitical Hotspots
Instructor: Andy Wolff
Course Description:
This seminar investigates conflict and security problems in contemporary international relations. It uses comparative and multidisciplinary tools to examine the geopolitics of several security issues including: the war in Ukraine, cybersecurity and emerging technology, China's rising economic and military power, failing states, and conflict in Africa. With each security issue, the seminar asks what the historical roots are, what are the motivations and responses of major actors involved, and what is the overall impact of each geopolitical hotspot on the international system.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
ALTHSE 07 |
| INST 401-02 |
International Migration in Historical Context
Instructor: Kristine Mitchell
Course Description:
Sometimes international (im)migration is depicted as a novel feature of our 'globalized' era, an unprecedented feature of contemporary life. In fact, the movement and resettlement of people across borders and seas is a recurring dynamic of global history. This seminar therefore serves as a corrective to the historical amnesia that dominates much of contemporary discourse on all sides of the migration debates. Exploring a number of historical cases (drawn from around the world and from the past several hundred years), students will learn about a range of migration events-ranging from voluntary to coerced, exploitative to empowering. Our examination of dynamics of contemporary migration will be informed by this historical context. Moreover, we will explore links between migration and other global dynamics (i.e. imperialism, decolonization, nationalism, capitalism, democratization) and ways that past migration events continue, around the world, to shape politics and economics in the present day.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
ALTHSE 206 |
