INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL POLITICS.

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Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies. A basic introduction to the study of politics in the international arena from a historical, theoretical and pragmatic perspective. Topics of study include the basic concepts of realism, idealism constructivism and questions of national power, diplomacy, international institutions and alliance systems. From a historical reading of international politics with World Wars and Cold war, the course addresses contemporary issues of U.S. order, globalization, terrorism, climate change and human rights.