The Global Offshore

3-0-9 units. HASS-H · Undergraduate

Explores the history of the offshore world from the advent of the law of the sea and imperial colonization to the Panama Papers and use of CIA black sites. Covers the relationship between empire and globalization, the development of international law, the meaning of borders, and the rise of neoliberalism. Explores the offshore world through histories of backroom deals, violence, tax dodging, and outright theft.