POL3810

Topics courses delve in-depth into important issues in contemporary international politics. They aim to give students the theoretical, conceptual, and historical understanding, and/or empirical tools needed to understand the complexity of international politics today. Topics courses vary substantially from year to year as specified in the class schedule, but recent topics courses have included: "Technology and War," "International Law," "Drones, Detention and Torture: The Laws of War," and "The Consequences of War."