IRPS 150Introduction to International Relations

Introduction to International Relations stresses the dynamics of politics (who gets what) in a global context. Featuring the participants and relationships that characterize those dynamics, this course explores the conceptual and practical aspects of “traditional” international relations, for example: power, sovereignty, interdependence, armed conflict, the U.N. and other intergovernmental organizations. In addition, more marginalized but nonetheless salient concerns—globalization, human rights and the environment, among others—are covered in a global, as well as comparative, context in order to investigate current and future global political challenges.