Free Global Politics Courses

Causes and effects of modern revolutions from the English Civil War of the 17th century to the Iranian Revolution at the end of the 20th century.

A history of the U.S. role in the world, with a particular emphasis on commercial expansion and warfare, and their domestic consequences, in the 20th century.

The Central Intelligence Agency as an instrument of United States policy toward Third World nations.

World politics and international relations from the dominance of empires and nation states at the turn of the century to the present.

In this subject students are introduced to China.

Examines many of the central concepts, theories, and analytic tools used in contemporary social science to understand and explain international affairs.

This is a course for those who are interested in the challenge posed by massive and persistent world poverty, and are hopeful that economists might have something useful to say about this challenge.

Global Issues. An introduction to international relations focusing on contemporary issues in world politics such as conflict and cooperation, business and trade, population, environment, and human rights.

Analysis and explanation of political processes, governments, political issues and foreign relations of the Middle East. Discussion of influence of religion, oil, revolutions and conflicts on Middle East politics.

This course provides an examination of political dynamics and institutions over this past tumultuous quarter century, and the implications of these changes for what comes next.