This lecture course introduces students to critical international theory, i.e., to modes of thinking that question, challenge, or repudiate conventional approaches to the study of international relations. It is a course about the conduct of inquiry—about alternative ways of seeing. Critical approaches to be discussed range from Marxism to post-structuralism and from feminism to critical race theory. By thinking critically about the study of international relations, the course raises––and answers––thorny questions about the promise—and limits—of international politics