Alexander Jake Davies

Teaching

Alexander has taught the following courses in the past two years:

Guest Lecturer and Seminar Teacher

IR205: International Security ❘ View Syllabus

This course tackles questions of war, peace and security from an analytical perspective, by highlighting changes and continuities in international security. The first half of the course reviews the major theoretical frameworks that have been used to explain the causes of war on the world stage, as well as its character and duration in the international and domestic arenas. The second half of the course turns to questions of security more generally, examining political violence, terrorism, insurgency, humanitarian emergencies, climate change, and other threats to individual and collective security.

Seminar Teacher

IR211: America as a Global Power: FDR to Biden ❘ View Syllabus

This course examines the evolution of American statecraft since World War II, with special emphasis on the president’s role in defining the nation’s interests. Drawing on historical and contemporary cases, it considers how international power and domestic politics have shaped presidents’ geopolitical strategic priorities, how America’s priorities have changed over time, and why some presidents are more successful in conducting foreign policy than others.