When do international organizations contribute to—or fail in—maintaining peace and preventing war? How does mass protest transform global politics? What are the imperial legacies of today’s international law and human rights regimes? Will the geopolitical rivalry between the United States and China U.S.–China bipolarize the world anew?
A full listing of courses that count toward this elective area are regularly updated on Rice’s General Announcements page. These courses include:
- ANTH 379: What is the Global South?
- ANTH 431: Global Indigenous Politics
- ASIA 242: China’s Foreign Relations, 1500-Present
- ENGL 380: Postcolonial Visions
- HIST 248: Africa and the Global Cold War
- HIST 358: Humanitarianism from the 19th Century to the Present
- POLI 371: Civil Wars
- POLI 391: Understanding the Russo-Ukrainian War