Cross-listed with PLCY288P. Credit only granted for GFPL100 or PLCY288P.

Why are wars, crises, and human catastrophes a regular feature of the global landscape? What can we as individuals, communities, states and societies do to make a difference? This course introduces students to core theories, concepts, and debates within global and foreign policy, and the approaches used to analyze these issues. Equal emphasis is placed onboth the causes of policy issues and the policymaking challenges of operating within a fragmented international system. The course will include an introduction to themes such as security, conflictand diplomacy; human security and migration; as well as development and sustainability. This course will count in the new Globaland Foreign Policy Major.

Cross-listed with PLCY288O. Credit only granted for GFPL102 or PLCY288O.

Provides an overview of the key historical and contemporary forces and structures (e.g., the United Nations, decolonization, (de)globalization)defining the context within which global issues play out and foreign policy is conducted. Specific emphasis is placed on the legacy effects of prior policy choices, questions of which actor(s) havemore or less influence in global and foreign policy decisions and why, and the importance of considering intended and unintended consequences of a given decision or initiative. This course will count in the new Global and Foreign Policy Major.