Middle East Politics: Power, Oil, States, and Conflict
The Middle East sits at the center of global policy debates, yet the region’s political significance is not new: it has long been shaped by empire, state-building, competing national projects, and struggles over resources, identity, and sovereignty. This course surveys major political trajectories and contemporary debates across the Greater Middle East, with sustained attention to colonial and postcolonial state formation, authoritarian governance, political Islam, conflict and peace processes, and the political economy of oil and regional power. Syllabus Available.
The Political Economy of Africa
The Political Economy of Africa is an interdisciplinary introduction to important social, political, and economic themes in the broadly conceived study of Africa. It explores the political and economic choices made by Africa’s colonial and post-colonial regimes and connects them to current events in sub-Saharan Africa. Syllabus Available.
How the World Works
How the World Works introduces students to the central concepts and debates of international politics. The course examines how states, international organizations, markets, and non-state actors shape global cooperation and conflict, with attention to security, inequality, development, and contemporary global challenges. Syllabus Available
This course introduces students to the major concepts, theories, and debates in international politics. It examines war and peace, international cooperation, global institutions, political economy, and the role of states and non-state actors in shaping world affairs. Syllabus available.