90-713 Policy and Politics an International Perspective
12 units, Carnegie Mellon University
Course Objectives: The goal of this course is to examine critical international policies, issues, and actors. The different sections of the course will discuss: 1.-U.S. Foreign Policy: Current policies including our relationship with China, Iran, India, Russia and selected African and Latin American countries will be discussed throughout the course. 2.-The section on China will provide a detailed analysis of China's economic and military transformation into a major international power in the last thirty years. This section will focus on China's economic and defense policies, China's role in the world economy and the impact of President's Xi's policies both domestically and internationally will be analyzed as well. 3.-China-U.S. Relations will receive special attention. Among the topics discussed will be power competition in the S. China Sea and in South and East Asia, as well as China-U.S. economic relations. 4.-The section on Russia will include a brief background and a discussion of Russia's current role in the international economic and political system. We'll focus the analysis on Mr. Putin's current policies in Ukraine and past policies in Syria. 5.-Latin America and Africa's interactions with both China and the U.S. will be discussed in the last section of the class.
Prerequisites: none listed
Offered: Fall 2026, Spring 2026
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