Introduction to International Relations (Undergraduate)
This course provides students with the background and conceptual tools they need to understand contemporary international relations. The course introduces students to the wide range of issues involved in the study of international relations including the workings of the state system, the causes of international conflict and violence, and international economic relations. After introducing the three “isms” the course looks at modern dilemmas in international relations through different theoretical perspectives.
Introduction to International Political Economy (Undergraduate)
The focus of this course is on the economic mechanism and the politics that shape international economic relations. Alternative analytical and theoretical perspectives will be examined for their value in helping to understand and evaluate the historic development and current operation of the world economy. The course has a significant orientation towards the global south and the effects of community fluctuations on politics and political and economic development.
Globalization (Undergraduate)
Globalization has reshaped the world we live in and altered the context and interest that shape global economic and political relations. Not only does global economic integration (i.e. globalization) have extensive welfare and policy implications for both the developed and developing world, it alters everything from political sovereignty to economic development and consumer culture. Although debates over globalization often frame the discussion in terms of broad systemic changing in the international economy and globalization is often seen as an inherent outcome of international capitalism, economic integration is not a force outside of our control. Rather economic integration rests on a foundation of individual policy decisions within countries.Alternative analytical and theoretical perspectives will be examined for their value in helping to understand and evaluate the historic development and current operation of the world economy. The course will also deal with specific issues, including international debt, multinational corporations, trade, the WTO, and fair trade coffee..
Scenario Analysis (Masters)
The future context that business and government will have to respond to is both complex and uncertain. This course provides an overview of methods of scenarios analysis methods in order to identify these methods might be applied to research and policy advising. The course first introduces students to the basic ideas and processes that make-up the foundation of scenario construction and analysis. It then proceeds to develop several scenarios based on the interests of the students.
International Security (PhD)
A survey course, this course introduces students to the major themes and theories in the area of security studies. The course is divided in two parts. The first reviews the major theoretical approaches to security studies. The second deals with specific themes, including responsibility to protect (R2P), securitization, internal violence and civil wars, international terrorism, international crime, climate change, and migration.
International Relations Theory (PhD)
This course introduces graduate students to important theoretical perspectives and debates in the study of international relations. We will cover works that address different levels of analysis from the international system to domestic politics to individual leaders—and that span major theoretical paradigms, including Realism, liberalism and Constructivism. The course has three main goals: 1) provide students with deep knowledge of the dominant English-language theories of international relations; 2) provide the knowledge needed to assess the explanatory power of these theories; and, 3) engage most pressing contemporary policy debates in international politics.