The goal of this course is to introduce students to the key concepts,
issues, events and actors that contribute to an informed understanding
of the nature of relations between and among nations. Politics,
economics, culture,
ethnicity1,
ethnicity2
nationalism1,
nationalism2
terrorism,
national
and international sovereignty, self-determination, interdependence,
and international
governmental and
non-governmental organizations, and globalization1
globalization2
are among the concepts and issues to be covered. Nevertheless, the events precipitated by those issues and actors almost invariably have some impact upon Americans at home. This factor is perhaps the most important reason why students must understand the interrelationship between issues, actors and events. Additionally, students will learn to think about and make the connections between domestic and international issues, actors and events. This course, therefore, is about life, and is important to political science- and non-political science majors alike.
