Document Type
Syllabus
Publication Date
Fall 9-1-2024
Course Description
In this course we will try and understand the theories, ideas and issues that mark the realm of the ‘international’ and help us understand these behavior and responses to some of these developments. We will grapple with both enduring questions as well as the challenges of the day and understand how IR theorists have sought to explain these phenomena. We will first understand how- depending on the theoretical lens you adopt- you can arrive at different explanations of international relations, prioritize some issues over others, and provide different policy prescriptions. Then, equipped with these lenses, we will encounter some key issues that drive international politics focusing on three key sub-fields: International Security, Political Economy and Global Governance. Throughout, we will consider some important issues: the perceived challenges to international ‘order,’ China’s relationship to the U.S. and tensions over Taiwan, the Ukraine crisis and Russia’s role in the world, the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, challenges to international trade, as well as the problems of climate change and human rights.
Recommended Citation
Prakash, Deepa, "POLS 170 A Introduction to International Politics Prakash Fall 2024" (2024). All Course Syllabi. 634, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/records_syllabi/634
