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International Relations Track

The International Relations track examines cooperation and violence in the international system. Topics include international security and war, civil war and terrorism, and international organizations.

Political Science Courses

TITLE 
POLISCI 10N: International Organizations and the World Order** 
POLISCI 43Q: Immigration Crisis? Policy Dilemmas in the US and Europe** 
POLISCI 79: Security Issues in the Middle East 
POLISCI 101: Introduction to International Relations 
POLISCI 101Z: Introduction to International Relations 
POLISCI 110C/110X: America and the World Economy 
POLISCI 110D/110Y: War and Peace in American Foreign Policy 
POLISCI 110G: Governing the Global Economy** 
POLISCI 111: The Politics of Climate Change  
POLISCI 113: Understanding Russia: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order 
POLISCI 114D/314D: Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law 
POLISCI 114S: International Security in a Changing World 
POLISCI 115: Spies, Lies, and Algorithms 
POLISCI 115B: Israel, the Middle East and Nuclear Weapons 
POLISCI 115E: Japan & the World: Innovation, Economic Growth, Globalization, and Int'l Security Challenges** 
POLISCI 116: The International History of Nuclear Weapons** 
POLISCI 116M: Global Futures: History, Statecraft, Systems 
POLISCI 116A: European Security Since World War Two** 
POLISCI 117/317:  Chinese Politics and Society: An Expert-Led Seminar 
POLISCI 118P: U.S. Relations with Iran 
POLISCI 119: Sustainable Societies Lab: Models of Israeli-Arab Cooperation 
POLISCI 136R/336: Introduction to Global Justice 
POLISCI 142: The Eurasian World From Plato to NATO: History, Politics, and Culture 
POLISCI 143C: The Politics of Internet Abuse 
POLISCI 147: Comparative Democratic Development 
POLISCI 149S: Islam, Iran, and the West 
POLISCI 210A: Special Topics: Solving Global Challenges** 
POLISCI 211A: Special Topics: Humanizing War** 
POLISCI 211B: International Cooperation and Institutions** 
POLISCI 211N/311N: Nuclear Politics 
POLISCI 212A: Special Topics: Egypt: Politics, Terror and Society: From Vision to Reality** 
POLISCI 213A: Russia and the West** 
POLISCI 213E: Introduction to European Studies 
POLISCI 214: Israel: Society, Politics, and Policy 
POLISCI 214R/314R: Challenege and Dilemmas in American Foreign Policy 
POLISCI 215A: Special Topics: State-Society Relations in the Contemporary Arab World-Key Concepts and Debates** 
POLISCI 217A: American Foreign Policy 
POLISCI 217: The World and America 
POLISCI 218T: The Politics of Insurgency, Terrorism and Civil War 
POLISCI 235: Chinese Political Thought: 1895-2021 
POLISCI 235M: Cold War Political Theory: From the Center to the Peripheries 
POLISCI 237: Varieties of Conservatism in America 
POLISCI 242/342: Foreign Policy Decision Making in Comparative Perspective 
POLISCI 244C: Wealth of Nations 
POLISCI 248D: China in the Global Economy 
POLISCI 312: A New Cold War? Great Power Relations in the 21st Century 
**Course no longer offered