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As an exercise in constructive planetary political science, political theory and IR theory, this course explores the relevance of republican political forms for contemporary practical political planetary problem-solving. Two weeks overview republican political forms and thought in relation to geographical and technological material contexts. Two weeks overview contemporary planetary material and human social patterns, trends and problems. Six weeks of case studies of the contours of liberal democratic governance and restraint architectures for (3 of 6): 1) large-scale violence, 2) macro-infrastructures, 3) climate change, 4) cyberspace, 5) artificial intelligence, and 6) genetic engineering of humans. Two weeks of synthesis.