The Great Courses

This course contrasts two conflicting views that have long shaped political theory and practice—idealism and realism.

We are all economists—when we work, buy, save, and invest.

Learn about the history of the ongoing Ukraine-Russia crisis in this lecture from The Great Courses from their course A History of Eastern Europe taught by Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius.

In a world grown increasingly smaller, China nonetheless seems to remain as most of us have always seen it: a land far away and exotic, suggestive of secrets and mysteries, its history and thoughts veiled from most Westerners.

China—the world's oldest continuous civilization—has undergone an astonishing transformation in a brief span of recent history. Since the collapse of its once-glorious empire in 1911, China has seen decades of epic turmoil and upheavals, emerging in the new century as both an authoritarian megastate and an economic powerhouse, poised to become an imposing global force.

This course takes a historical look at the people who bring cases before the Supreme Court and the justices who decide what the Constitution means in each dispute.

In the 36 lectures of The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, popular Great Courses Professor Patrick N. Allitt leads you through four centuries of British power, innovation, and diminishment.

The series examines how concepts like the balance of power and the international system interweave with history.

This fast-paced course summarizing vital economic lessons learned in the last century provides invaluable guidance for understanding the current economy.

What defines an American? Is it the love of liberty, the pursuit of justice, the urge to invent, the desire for wealth, the drive to explore, the quest for spiritual values?