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DIPL 4803/6803 Politics and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
Get PDFThis seminar provides an overview of major approaches to the study of Latin American and Caribbean politics and society. It emphasizes both a historical perspective and an analysis of current trends and issues. Using various analytical lenses, the course focuses on the different kinds of political regimes and the patterns of political change that have characterized Latin American and Caribbean countries in the 20th and 2151 centuries. We will take up several specific questions: Why have some countries in Latin America enjoyed more stable political systems than others? Why have some countries faced severe threats from guerrilla movements and even major social revolutions, while others succumbed to military coups? What explains the strengthening and then weakening of democracy in the region over time? In answering these questions, the course provides a survey of the region\u27s political and social development with particular emphasis on four countries Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Venezuela - and on the specific issues and countries that students choose
DIPL 3460 Intelligence Studies
Get PDFThis course examines the history, institutions, people, and processes of intelligence as a critical element of national and international security. Using case studies, it will also look at some of the key intelligence missions, such as strategic warning, counterterrorism, counter proliferation, and counterinsurgency. This course will also look at the reorganization of the intelligence community after 9/1 l and how great power rivalry is influencing changes to intelligence. Lectures are important and will include a discussion period in each session as well as extensive use of case studies
DIPL 3104 International Law
Get PDFThis course offers an introduction to public international law as a dynamic and contested topic, and presents the field through a wide array of issues and debates that occupy states, governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and international lawyers in creating and shaping the law. This course especially focuses on historical and social perspectives in law-making.
After the Second World War, public international law and the United Nations system were re-envisioned with a promise to protect the sovereignty and integrity of vulnerably states against aggression, guarantee self-determination of peoples, and work towards universal human rights for individuals. However, the global order that the U.N. maintains largely favors the imperial powers of the past. It has also been increasingly challenged by new powers and ideologies. International lawyers and scholars have been debating these internal contradictions and relationships between law and power, East and West, Global North and Global South from various theoretical perspectives.
This course will provide a grounding in basic modern doctrines and foundational theories of international law, and will offer critiques of these doctrines and theories. It will also present international law as a field of practice, and will examine the roles of various actors in shaping the field. Like all law, international law is storied. It is created by individuals and groups that have concrete interests and allegiances. The course will pay special attention to how those interests and allegiances have shaped the law and its capacity for justice. The second half of the course will focus on substantive areas of international law, such as human rights, the law of armed conflict, international criminal law, and environmental law.
This course will be taught in a conversational style. Our discussions should be a conversation with the reading materials and one another. As such, I will ask questions of the class, as a whole, to prompt discussion. I encourage you to respond intuitively with ease, sharing full or partial thoughts and building on your peers\u27 insights. All manner of comments are welcome, including personal and news stories as long as they engage with the materials and demonstrate reciprocity and deep engagement
To Plea or Not to Plea: Proving Strickland\u27s \u27Prejudice Prong\u27 When Counsel Fails to Pursue a Plea Deal
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DIPL 6002 International Organizations
Get PDFInternational Organizations (be they IGOs or NGOs) are often poorly understood, but they serve very real and important functions in our world. International relations would be profoundly different if they did not exist. Our goal in this class is three-fold. First, we will trace the evolution of studies that address why international organizations are created. Second, we will discuss the functions that international organizations serve and the factors that shape their effectiveness. Third, we will apply this theoretical knowledge to empirical research on international organizations in the fields of political economy, security, the environment, and human rights.
It is worth stressing that this is a graduate level course on International Organizations. We will. not be reviewing the design of individual IOs per se. Our concern is to better understand theoretical and empirical scholarship on international organizations. This work gives us a toolkit to talk across these organizations to help us understand why IOs are created, why they look the way they do, and how we better understand (both theoretically and empirically) the influence that they have
