The course examines (primarily) race and (additionally) gender as ordering principles in world politics that shape (and are shaped by) historical and contemporary colonial practices in international relations. Students will engage with the ideas, epistemologies, and methods of anti-colonial thinkers and movements, and learn why and how international politics is inextricable from race and gender through the following substantive themes: sovereignty and nationalism; militarism, war, and policing; political economy, environment, and development; migration; civil rights and global solidarity movements. Grounded in postcolonial, decolonial, and feminist political thought, the course will enable students to develop their skills in applying political theory to the most pressing issues in contemporary world politics.