Considerable attention is given to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Offered alternate years. Readings include work by contemporary scholars on the historical emergence of nationalism as well as works by scholars in philosophy and cultural studies who explore the ways in which the cultural frameworks provided by national or political communities are constitutive of an individual's personal identity. Engages students in a critical analysis of several contemporary issues in international ethics. The political philosophy of selected great classics from Plato to the present.
Students write a major research paper.
Individual research on a senior thesis of politics under tutorial direction of the faculty.