POLSC2419 - TRV - Democracy & Geopol Energy

In this course, we will examine the conflict of geopolitical interests versus domestic forces that challenge the modern state. We will begin by outlining the dominant arguments that have defined the emergence of liberal democracy as "the only game in town" as well as the new geopolitical "great game." We will then proceed to examine how the coveting of energy highways within the new geopolitical great game affects the domestic political priority of democratic governance in the eastern Mediterranean. Travel component required.