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Political diversity in contemporary nations of Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Structures of power and the social effects of public policies. Applies theories of political economy and political sociology. Cross-listed with PLSC 2300.

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Analysis of the international system, including balance of power theory, theories of international cooperation, and of global peace and justice. Major themes include war, nationalism, the global economy, the European Community, interventionism, and the new world order. Cross-listed with PLSC 2600.

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Examines worldwide encounters of people and the exchanges of goods and ideas since 1450. Analyzes how peoples in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe have understood one another and adapted to their coexistence. Highlights little-known individual actors in world history--the traveler, the explorer, the immigrant - searching for adventure and new opportunities. Interprets primary and secondary historical sources. Employs Orientalist, globalization, and feminist theories to demonstrate how global...

Read more about INST-3000 : Global Histories

This course will survey one of the oldest and most dynamic regions of the world. Our focus will be on political, socio-economic, and cultural complexities and transformations in the Middle East from the late eighteenth century to the present. We will draw from a combination of primary and secondary sources to interrogate the ways in which revolution, religion, colonialism, the arts, war, nationalism, oil, gender roles, and other factors have effected change and helped to shape what it means to b...

Read more about INST-3560 : History of the Modern Middle East

Debates over the status of Middle Eastern women have been at the center of political struggles for centuries, and they continue to be flash points for controversy in the present day. To begin unpacking these debates, this course will take an historical and thematic look at evolving roles of women in Arab, Turkish, and Persian societies, comparing rhetoric to some of the realities of women's lives. The first part of the course will take a chronological survey from the pre-Islamic era to the twent...

Read more about INST-3570 : Women & Gender in Middle East

Through various theoretical lenses of international relations, this course examines key sources and forces that shape and change the complex dynamics of conflict and cooperation in contemporary East Asia. This process elucidates the strategic importance of East Asia in world politics and the implications for the U.S. foreign and security policy in the region. Cross-listed with PLSC 3650.

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Read more about INST-3910 : Culture Clash

Contemporary Perspectives will examine the complexities of im/migration in the US-Mexico borderlands and beyond. The course is built on an understanding that borders are everywhere and are often conditional: between dominant and non-dominant cultures, peoples, and systems. Borders are both real and imagined, often a liminal space of othering that results from structural violence. Using a human security lens and an interdisciplinary (e.g. social, economic, cultural, historical, political, and env...

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Public international law principally concerns law made by and usually for States. The field deals with many aspects of the functioning of the international community, including activities that occur within or across State boundaries. The course aims to give students a global understanding of public international law, covering the basic concepts, principles, norms and rules that govern relations between States and their interactions with other international actors/objects. As the emphasis is on p...

Read more about INTL-300 : Public International Law

This class will provide a comprehensive overview of the development of modern international human rights law, including the theory, institutions, practice, and procedures of the current human rights regime. The class will look at the various regional and international human rights regimes, as well as the use of international human rights law in domestic courts, particularly in the U.S. We will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the various procedures open to an international human rights l...

Read more about INTL-305 : International Law of Human Rights