After taking this course…
-I have a deeper understanding of contending perspectives towards issues in our world, and am able to identify different theories behind different scholar’s perspectives. In other words, I can identify how people form their perspective on IR. Similarly, I can analyze issues from the individual, statist, and international modes of thought.
- I am more aware of the products I’m buying in terms of the moral and economic consequences they can have on a global level.
-IR is something that has become more of a concern for me in the upcoming election. When I read about the election and the candidate’s views, I am often drawn to focusing on their view of the international economy, the war(s), and the status of other countries.
-Similarly, I have a newfound interest in the status of Iran since that is what we wrote our blogs on.
-I have a deeper understand on the topics of morality which affect our world today, particularly torture, which I feel very strongly against as a result of this course.
-I realize our world is smaller than I thought and we are, in actuality, much more connected. This can be ultimately a positive thing because it makes the problem of truly understanding the global community as a working body seem less impossible and far off. It gives us an optimistic view of the future.
-Conversely, this course exposed to me a lot of international issues which we must play an active role in addressing!
