| Credits | 1 |
| Restrictions | No 2025 |
| Pre-Requisites | Students who have taken POSC 152 are not eligible to take POSC 232. (IREL majors who took POSC 152 prior to declaring may request a prereq override for POSC 232.) |
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| Area of Inquiry | Social Relations,Inst.& Agents |
| Liberal Arts Practices | Confront Collective Challenges |
An introduction to the basic approaches to international relations, such as realism, idealism, and the interdependence school. Students also consider fundamental problems of national security, the uses of power, the causes of war, the nature of international institutions, the relationships among security, deterrence, conflict escalation, and nuclear proliferation. (IR)