Course description:
Contemporary Issues in Global Affairs (CIGA) is a non-credit bearing course, in which students learn about how political scientists analyze contemporary challenges facing the world with special relevance to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The list of topics covered in the course may consist of the following:
∙ Lessons from the Soviet-Afghan War for Analyzing the Conflict in Syria
∙ Regional Trade Agreements: Eurasian Economic Union
∙ Globalization: Key Indicators, Trends and Challenges
∙ International Monetary Fund: Lending and Conditionality
∙ Multilateral Development Banks
∙ Geography and Conflict (Interstate and Intrastate)
∙ International Conflict Processes
∙ The Security Dilemma: Alliances and Arms Races
∙ Leveraging the United Nations General Assembly to Attract Foreign Aid
∙ Sustainable Development and Trade Policy
∙ Sustainable Development Goals and Foreign Policy
∙ Soft Power and Emerging Economies