"Geography and Foreign Affairs," 2022-24, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

This course explores how geography interacts with human elements to affect foreign policy. The content is organized thematically, from basic conceptual issues (e.g., determinism vs. possibilism) to strategic spaces (e.g., land, sea, air) and the role of human factors (e.g., perception). Each session will introduce major ideas on the influence of geography (e.g., “sea-power”) and apply them to relevant historical and contemporary examples (e.g., U.S.-China relations). 

"Evolution of the International System," Fall 2023, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

This course provides an overview of international history. It takes a standard approach beginning with the emergence of the modern state-system in Europe and proceeding chronologically with focus on politico-military affairs. But the course goes further to explore the creation of the world economy, different state-systems in other regions, and their relationship with the European system. By the end of this course, students will have a preliminary understanding of how the world we live in came about as well as what caused stability and chaos in international systems throughout history—thereby developing their own conceptual frameworks and repertoire of knowledge to think about the future of world order. 

"International Politics in Theory and Practice," Spring 2022, Texas A&M University Bush School of Government & Public Service

This course introduces students to some of the canonical works in International Relations (IR) as well as historical and contemporary examples against which to test them. The topics covered include: major paradigms, key issues, and historical cases.

Syllabi available upon request