POLS 3236-International Relations ROY: Start Here
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Dr. Nalanda Roy
Professor
UH 217
912.344.3608
nroy@georgiasouthern.edu
Course Information
The course is designed to introduce students to a complex array of interdisciplinary perspectives that define the relationships and issues of the contemporary international system. Students are exposed to economic, social, political, geographical, technological, and cultural challenges facing the contemporary world.
Library Assignment
Topics:
Global Actors and Institutions
The Causes of War and Global Violence
Cybersecurity and the use of GIS in mitigating Conflict
Human Security
COVID19 and Global Security
Globalization and its impact on International Relations
Vanishing Biodiversity
Web Resources
- AidDataA Database for global development finance & foreign aid data and analysis, contains development projects financed by numerous donors, with coverage dating back to 1945.
- GapMinderNon-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels.
- United Nations DataA free database of statistical information gathered by the United Nations and related agencies. Includes data from more than 180 countries and from a diverse group of IGOs, including the FAO, Unesco, UNDP and the WHO.
- World Bank Open DataThe World Bank's Open Data initiative is intended to provide all users with access to World Bank data. The data catalog is a listing of available World Bank data sources.
- WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs ResourcesA frequently updated Internet directory of over 2000 annotated links to high-quality English-language sources of information and analysis in a wide range of international affairs, international relations, international studies, global studies, and global education topics.
