Free Global Politics Courses

In this subject students are introduced to China.

The Central Intelligence Agency as an instrument of United States policy toward Third World nations.

Causes and effects of modern revolutions from the English Civil War of the 17th century to the Iranian Revolution at the end of the 20th century.

World politics and international relations from the dominance of empires and nation states at the turn of the century to the present.

A history of the U.S. role in the world, with a particular emphasis on commercial expansion and warfare, and their domestic consequences, in the 20th century.

This course examines the major traditions of East Asian thought in comparative perspective. Topics include Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and contemporary nationalist and East Asian political thought.

This course examines the global political situation from a geographical perspective.

This is a course for those who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty, and are hopeful that economists might have something useful to say about this challenge.

Study of basic international political theories, principles, and practices including the examination of international system characteristics, foreign policy decision-making, nationalism, security and defense, alliances, law and organization, and war.

Examines many of the central concepts, theories, and analytic tools used in contemporary social science to understand and explain international affairs.