This course seeks to give students the tools to understand how the world system is structured and how it functions: How do governments attempt to regulate international conflict, govern global affairs and pursue national agendas? In addition, this course strives to introduce students to the major issues confronting human race within the international arena at the outset of the 21st century - the continuing threat of war (nuclear, chemical, biological and conventional); national, religious and ethnic conflict; terrorism; transnational organized crime; environmental and public health problems; the costs and consequences of accelerating globalization and economic interdependence; the elimination of poverty; the protection and furtherance of human rights; and the struggle for democracy, order and the rule of law. 01/16/2020-05/07/2020 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 11:00AM - 12:20PM, Pickett Library, Room 01