This lecture course surveys major events, topics, themes, and approaches in post-World War II international history. Moving away from Euro-American-centric and state-centric—thus geopolitically oriented—approaches and perspectives, this interdisciplinary course focuses on (1) the uneven and contradictory impact of the development of global capitalism and of related or other transnational issues in this period on the Global South, broadly defined; (2) the promises and complexities of anticolonial, anti-imperialist, and national liberation struggles; (3) the ways in which race, social class, gender, sexuality, memory, ideology, and culture were entangled and intersected in international relations; (4) the linkages among the political, economic development, and cultural aspects of the Cold War and the connections between the domestic and the international. By the end of this course, students should also be able to develop historically informed frameworks for understanding the world today and hone the skills for conducting historical research and analysis.