| Credits | 1 |
| Restrictions | No 2027 |
| 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, liberalism, and constructivism. Students also consider fundamental problems of national security, including the uses of power, the causes of war, deterrence, conflict escalation, and nuclear proliferation; international political economy; international institutions and law; and transnational issues such as climate change and human rights..