Department: International Relations

Code Name Description
INTNLREL101 Introduction to International Relations The course provides an introduction to major factors shaping contemporary international politics, including: the origins and nature of nationalism; explanations for war; nuclear weapons; international implications of the rise of China; civil war and...
INTNLREL101Z Introduction to International Relations Approaches to the study of conflict and cooperation in world affairs. Applications to war, terrorism, trade policy, the environment, and world poverty. Debates about the ethics of war and the global distribution of wealth.
INTNLREL102 History of the International System since 1914 After defining the characteristics of the international system at the beginning of the twentieth century, this course reviews the primary developments in its functioning in the century that followed. Topics include the major wars and peace settlement...
INTNLREL103F The Changing Face of War: Introduction to Military History (HISTORY 3F is 3 units; 103F is 5 units.) Introduces students to the rich history of military affairs and, at the same time, examines the ways in which we think of change and continuity in military history. How did war evolve from ancient times, both...
INTNLREL105C Human Trafficking: Historical, Legal, and Medical Perspectives (Same as HISTORY 5C. 105C is 5 units, 5C is 3 units.) Interdisciplinary approach to understanding the extent and complexity of the global phenomenon of human trafficking, especially for forced prostitution, labor exploitation, and organ trade, focusi...
INTNLREL110C America and the World Economy Examination of contemporary US foreign economic policy. Areas studied: the changing role of the dollar; mechanism of international monetary management; recent crises in world markets including those in Europe and Asia; role of IMF, World Bank and W...
INTNLREL110D War and Peace in American Foreign Policy The causes of war in American foreign policy. Issues: international and domestic sources of war and peace; war and the American political system; war, intervention, and peace making in the post-Cold War period. Political Science majors taking this co...
INTNLREL114D Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law This course explores the different dimensions of development - economic, social, and political - as well as the way that modern institutions (the state, market systems, the rule of law, and democratic accountability) developed and interacted with oth...
INTNLREL115 Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence This course examines the past, present, and future of American espionage. Targeted at first years and sophomores, the class surveys key issues in the development of the U.S. Intelligence Community since World War II. Topics include covert action, int...
INTNLREL122 Introduction to European Studies This course offers an introduction to major topics in the study of historical and contemporary Europe. We focus on European politics, economics and culture. First, we study what makes Europe special, and how its distinct identity has been influenced...
INTNLREL123 The Future of the European Union: Challenges and Opportunities First, this course analyzes the EU's greatest challenge, preserving the monetary union, and discusses the political and economic reforms needed to achieve that goal. In this context the course also studies the fiscal and budgetary polices of the EU....
INTNLREL124 Immigration Issues in Europe This course will consider responses to mass migration in Europe and its contribution to a radicalized political landscape. Sampling immigrant integration policies from Germany, Sweden, Denmark, France, Britain, Hungary, Poland, and Italy will help us...
INTNLREL125 Global Human Rights and Local Practices The course examines how the international community has fared in promoting and protecting human rights in the world, with an emphasis on the role of the United Nations. The course will begin with an overview of debates about the state of the internat...
INTNLREL129 Human Rights in an Age of Great Power Rivalry, War, and Political Transformation As is well known, great and emerging power rivalries largely shaped the course of the 20th century through WWI, WWII, and the Cold War. In the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the 21st century been characterized by the geopolitical reco...
INTNLREL131 Understanding Russia: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order Russia presents a puzzle for theories of socio-economic development and modernization and their relationship to state power in international politics. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 brought into being the new Russia (or Russian Federation)...
INTNLREL135A International Environmental Law and Policy: Oceans and Climate Change This seminar offers an introduction to International Environmental Law, with a strong emphasis on oceans and climate change, its underlying principles, how it is developed and implemented, and the challenges of enforcing it. We will focus on oceans a...
INTNLREL136R Introduction to Global Justice Our world is divided into many different states, each of which has its own culture or set of cultures. Vast inequalities of wealth and power exist between citizens of the rich world and the global poor. International commerce, immigration, and climat...
INTNLREL140A International Law and International Relations International law, as a body of law, performs multiple, competing functions. It serves the interests, and seeks to limit the actions, of state actors. It is also a political rhetoric captured by the oppressed, and a foundation for activism and resist...
INTNLREL140C The U.S., U.N. Peacekeeping, and Humanitarian War The involvement of U.S. and the UN in major wars and international interventions since the 1991 Gulf War. The UN Charter's provisions on the use of force, the origins and evolution of peacekeeping, the reasons for the breakthrough to peacemaking and...
INTNLREL140X The U.S., U.N. Peacekeeping, and Humanitarian War The involvement of U.S. and the UN in major wars and international interventions since the 1991 Gulf War. The UN Charter's provisions on the use of force, the origins and evolution of peacekeeping, the reasons for the breakthrough to peacemaking and...
INTNLREL141A Camera as Witness: International Human Rights Documentaries Rarely screened documentary films, focusing on global problems, human rights issues, and aesthetic challenges in making documentaries on international topics. Meetings with filmmakers.
INTNLREL142 Challenging the Status Quo: Social Entrepreneurs Advancing Democracy, Development and Justice This community-engaged learning class is part of a broader Program on Social Entrepreneurship at the Haas Center for Public Service. It will use practice to better inform theory about how innovation can help address societies biggest challenges. Work...
INTNLREL143 State and Society in Korea 20th-century Korea from a comparative historical perspective. Colonialism, nationalism, development, state-society relations, democratization, and globalization with reference to the Korean experience.
INTNLREL145 Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention The course, traces the history of genocide in the 20th century and the question of humanitarian intervention to stop it, a topic that has been especially controversial since the end of the Cold War. The pre-1990s discussion begins with the Armenian...
INTNLREL146A Energy and Climate Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere The seminar provides an overview of the current political dynamics in each of the major fossil fuel producing countries in the Western Hemisphere and its impact on local energy exploration and production. It also explores the potential for expanding...
INTNLREL150 Political Development in the Arab World The purpose of this course is to situate important theoretical debates on the determinants and dynamics of political development in the contemporary empirical realities in the Arab world. Specifically, students are challenged to employ their understa...
INTNLREL154 The Cold War: An International History Though it ended twenty years ago, we still live in a world shaped by the Cold War. Beginning with its origins in the mid-1940s, this course will trace the evolution of the global struggle, until its culmination at the end of the 1980s. Students wil...
INTNLREL158 Chinese Politics China, one of the few remaining communist states in the world, has not only survived, but has become a global political actor of consequence with the fastest growing economy in the world. Why has the CCP thrived while other communist regimes have fa...
INTNLREL160 United Nations Peacekeeping This seminar is devoted to an examination of United Nations peacekeeping, from its inception in 1956 in the wake of the Suez Crisis, to its increasingly important role as an enforcer of political stability in sub-Saharan Africa. We will look at the p...
INTNLREL168A American Interventions, 1898-Present This class seeks to examine the modern American experience with limited wars, beginning with distant and yet pertinent cases, and culminating in the war in Iraq. Although this class will examine war as a consequence of foreign policy, it will not fo...
INTNLREL168W America as a World Power in the Modern Era This course will examine the modern history of American foreign relations, from the turn of the twentieth century to the present. Beginning with the fateful decision to go to war with Spain, it will examine the major crises and choices that have defi...
INTNLREL173 Presidents and Foreign Policy in Modern History Nothing better illustrates the evolution of the modern presidency than the arena of foreign policy. This class will examine the changing role and choices of successive presidential administrations over the past century, examining such factors as geo...
INTNLREL174 Diplomacy on the Ground: Case Studies in the Challenges of Representing Your Country The tragic death of Ambassador Chris Stevens has recently highlighted the dangers of diplomacy in the modern era. This class will look at how Americans in embassies have historically confronted questions such as authoritarian rule, human rights abuse...
INTNLREL175 American Empire in the Pacific This course will provide an interdisciplinary overview of the history and current state of American empire in the Pacific Islands. Through the lenses of law, history, and anthropology, the course will chart the progression of the American empire, beg...
INTNLREL179 Major Themes in U.S.-Latin America Diplomatic History This seminar provides an overview of the most important events and initiatives that have characterized the relationship of the United States of America with its neighbors to the south, including Mexico, the Caribbean (especially Cuba, Haiti, and the...
INTNLREL180A Transitional Justice, Human Rights, and International Criminal Tribunals (Formerly IPS 280) Historical backdrop of the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals. The creation and operation of the Yugoslav and Rwanda Tribunals (ICTY and ICTR). The development of hybrid tribunals in East Timor, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia, including e...
INTNLREL182 The Great War The First World War provided a prototype and a reference for a new, horrific kind of war. It catalyzed the emergence of modern means of warfare and the social mechanisms necessary to sustain the industrialized war machine. Killing millions, it became...
INTNLREL183 The Modern Battle The purpose of this seminar is to examine the evolution of modern warfare by closely following four modern battles/campaigns. For this purpose the seminar offers four mock staff rides, facilitating highly engaged, well-researched experience for parti...
INTNLREL189 PRACTICAL TRAINING Students obtain internship in a relevant research or industrial activity to enhance their professional experience consistent with their degree program and area of concentration. Prior to enrolling students must get internship approved by the director...
INTNLREL192 Policy Practicum: Accountability in International Development In this practicum course, students will analyze real world problems in the field of international development accountability and produce a research report to be presented to an international non-governmental organization. As part of the course, stud...
INTNLREL197 Directed Reading in International Relations Open only to declared International Relations majors. (Staff)
INTNLREL198 Senior Thesis Open only to declared International Relations majors with approved senior thesis proposals.
INTNLREL200A International Relations Honors Field Research For juniors planning to write an honors thesis during senior year. Initial steps to prepare for independent research. Professional tools for conceptualizing a research agenda and developing a research strategy. Preparation for field research through...
INTNLREL200B International Relations Honors Seminar Second of two-part sequence. For seniors working on their honors theses. Professional tools, analysis of research findings, and initial steps in writing of thesis. How to write a literature review, formulate a chapter structure, and set a timeline an...
INTNLREL200C IR Honors Thesis Writing Mandatory seminar for International Relations Honors Students who are writing their Honors Thesis. INTNLREL 200A and 200B are prerequisites.
INTNLREL202 Original Research in International Relations This new course offers IR majors an opportunity to conduct in-depth, original research and write an original research paper on a topic of their choosing within a single quarter. It is ideally suited for students who have a question that has intrigue...
INTNLREL25 War, Revolution, and Peace: The View from Hoover Tower The collections of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives document the wars, revolutions, political and social movements, and the struggles for peace around the globe in the 20th and 21st centuries. The course will introduce students to the origin...
INTNLREL33SI Myths and Realities of U.S.-China Relations This course introduces students to the U.S.-China relationship through a weekly speaker series followed by student-led discussions. Speakers from academia and industry will explore topics such as the business environment of China, the politics of the...
INTNLREL35SI Crisis and Cooperation: Contemporary Research on International Security This 1-unit, student-initiated course will provide undergraduate students the opportunity to engage with faculty from across the university conducting research relating to international security. Students will have the opportunity to learn about cutt...
INTNLREL45Q Genocide and Humanitarian Intervention The seminar traces the history of genocide since the beginning of the 20th century. It examines the role of humanitarian intervention to prevent or stop it and the use of international law to punish it. The discussion begins with the Armenian genocid...
INTNLREL5C Human Trafficking: Historical, Legal, and Medical Perspectives (Same as History 105C. 5C is 3 units; 105C is 5 units.) Interdisciplinary approach to understanding the extent and complexity of the global phenomenon of human trafficking, especially for forced prostitution, labor exploitation, and organ trade, focu...
INTNLREL60Q United Nations Peacekeeping Focus is on an examination of United Nations peacekeeping, from its inception in 1956 in the wake of the Suez Crisis, to its increasingly important role as an enforcer of political stability in sub-Saharan Africa. Examines the practice of "classic" p...
INTNLREL61Q Food and security The course will provide a broad overview of key policy issues concerning agricultural development and food security, and will assess how global governance is addressing the problem of food security. At the same time the course will provide an overvie...
INTNLREL62Q Mass Atrocities: Reckoning and Reconciliation Imagine you live in a country in which a delusional dictator imprisons untold masses in labor and concentration camps, and kills millions of them. Imagine you live in another country, in which one ethnic group slaughters the other. Imagine you live i...
INTNLREL63Q International Organizations and Accountability International organizations (IOs), like the IMF, the World Bank, the United Nations, and others, have been widely criticized as insufficiently accountable. For example, some argue that states are not able to control IOs whose bureaucracies have grown...
INTNLREL64Q Leadership and International Organizations What do intergovernmental organizations like the United Nations, the World Food Program, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees actually do? Do these organizations simply act on the interests of the governments that comprise them? Or do they...
INTNLREL74 Public Service and Social Impact: Pathways to Purposeful Careers How do I translate my interests and skills into a career in public service and social impact? This course will introduce you to a wide range of roles that help shape public policy and civic life, including government, education, nonprofits, social en...
INTNLREL76 Protagonists in Policy Interested in learning from activists, academics, and politicians about the different ways you can be an agent of change and affect public policy? This course presents a lecture/discussion series in which students will have the opportunity to engage...
INTNLREL82 The Ending of World War I: Three Perspectives This course is required for those students who will be taking the BOSP Overseas Seminar, The Ending of the First World War and the Shaping of the 20th Century. Enrollment is limited to students who will be taking the overseas seminar, or are waitlist...