Explores the contemporary European security environment, including threats, challenges, and various security architectures (e.g., NATO, the WEU, and the OSCE).

Topics of current interest in International Affairs.

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Undergraduate Internship for International Affairs for academic credit.

This course introduces the student to the fascinating world in our time. We will learn the basics of international politics, global economy, culture, demography and social life. Through that, we aim to develop skills of understanding the organization of and the interaction among the peoples, as well as the context of the mega trends that are shaping the future of the humankind. We will have ample discussion about some of the current events and their background. As a gateway, this class attempts to inform about the world today and set the stage for further explorations of international affairs.

There is no prerequisite for taking this course. 

Analyzes the formulation and implementation of America's foreign policy from 1914 to the present, stressing economic, political, and strategic factors.

States compete over artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum technologies, and control of the internet. This course examines how science and technology shape strategic competition and international order, and how geopolitics shapes the technologies themselves. From nuclear weapons to AI, students develop an analytical toolkit to assess any technology's significance for international affairs, including those still emerging.

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Examines the interface between politics and the environment. Foci include sustainable development, the politics of the rain forest, eco-tourism, and export agriculture and the environment.

An introduction to the major principles, concepts, actors, and theories of the international system and their application to current issues in world affairs.