I am making my lecture materials that I developed for the course publicly available here. The course was divided into three sections. The first provided an historical introduction to the United States in Global Politics, briefly covering the foreign policy evolution of the United States as it developed from a colony to a superpower. The second section provides a brief introduction to game theoretical analysis and collective action theory as each applies to the study of politics and policies. The course culminated in applied game theoretical and collective action theory analyses of global problems and potential policy solutions through the analysis of current events covering a comprehensive range of global (and even extraterrestrial) topics.

Part 1: A brief history of the United States in Global Politics

Lecture 01: Introduction to the Course
Lecture 02: Late Colonial - WWI
Lecture 03: The World Wars
Lecture 04: The Cold War
Lecture 05: The Post-Cold War Period

Part 2: Collective Action Theory and Game Theoretic Modeling of Politics

Lecture 06: Introduction to Collective Action Theory
Lecture 07: Collective Action Theory
Lectures 08 and 09: Market Failures and Collective Action
Lecture 10: Sovereignty, Leadership, and Hegemony
Lecture 11: U.S. Hegemony and the Rise of China

Part 3: Applying Collective Action Theory to Global Problems and Solutions

Lecture 12: Foreign Aid
Lecture 13: Global Health
Lecture 14: Trade
Lecture 15: International Finance
Lecture 16: Foreign Direct Investment and Political Risk
Lecture 17: Globalization and Indigenous Politics
Lecture 18: Money Laundering and Global Tax Havens
Lecture 19: Immigration
Lecture 20: Transnational Crime
Lecture 21: Alliances
Lecture 22: Civil Wars and Humanitarian Intervention
Lecture 23: Transnational Terrorism
Lecture 24: Rogue States
Lecture 25: Fragile and Failed States
Lecture 26: The Environment
Lecture 27: Outer Space Governance and Security
Lecture 28: The Future of U.S. Power and Prioritizing Issues