Atlantic Communities III

The course starts with tensions arising among allies in World War II, which then become the Cold War. Coupled with the end of the great colonial empires, the Cold War created a new dynamic in world affairs as the United States and the Soviet Union attempted to manage global politics and economies. The world grew closer together with increasing interaction and technology. The shifts in power accompanying the end of the Cold War brought another set of challenges. The course concludes with fairly recent historical developments of global economies, ethnic cleansing as a “solution” to conflict, health crises, revolutions in communications, environmental concerns, and the rise of religious fundamentalism.