Food, Water, and the World

1.5 Credits · Level: Graduate

Everyone knows water and food are essential for life. But food and water also play fundamental, if often underappreciated, roles in the political stability of individual states and the functioning of the international system. In this class we will examine some of the ways in which food and water are connected to domestic and international affairs, how our food and water environment is changing, and some of the insights needed to find solutions to key food and water challenges. The class will schizophrenically jump between applied analysis of contemporary issues and problems and philosophical questioning of the very nature of those problems.