INTS 304W/POLISCI 350W : The United Nations and World Politics

The United Nations system serves as both a forum for multilateral diplomacy and as an influential actor in the international system in its own right. Following the end of the Second World War, the UN was created with the hope that this new international organization would (according to the preamble of the UN Charter) "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war," as well as promote human rights, and social and economic progress. As both forum and agent, the UN system has fulfilled this mandate with mixed results. The goal of this course is to understand better what, how, and why the United Nations System does what it does. Special focus is given to the work of the United Nations in International Peace and Security, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, and Development.

This course satisfies the advanced writing skills course requirement.