GOVT147 CM - Technology and International Politics

This course examines the connections between technological change and international politics. Technologies have always been central to how states conduct war, cooperate with one another, and rule their subjects, and this relationship continues today. Over the course of the semester, we will consider this connection first theoretically and then in a series of case studies of specific technologies and their political consequences. We will begin with historical cases and then explore in depth how today’s information-technology revolution is reshaping international politics.

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: GOVT147 CM