This course will vary in content depending on special needs for faculty availability.

This course will vary in content depending on special needs for faculty availability.

This course will vary in content depending on special needs for faculty availability.

This course will vary in content depending on special needs for faculty availability.

This course explores the historical evolution of diplomacy, then focuses on post WWII diplomatic practice and especially the dynamics of diplomacy since the end of the Cold War. Emphasis will be placed on diplomacy's role in the international system, new tasks for diplomacy, and enhancing diplomatic skills in a new paradigm.

The expansion of international, regional and domestic trade can be a key catalyst for development. In this course, we will examine the theory and evidence on the impact of trade on developing economies as well as the current debates in the area. Following a review of international trade and development theory basics, we will review empirical evidence on the link between international trade and growth, the impact of trade on wages, gender and the environment.

This course is designed to prepare students to function comfortably in either the trade policy formulation (public trade policy producers) or commercial environment (policy consumers). Although the course is organized in two discrete sections, throughout the course, the implications of policy on commercial practice and the reverse will be stressed.

This course will introduce the student to the role of intelligence in U.S. national security policy-making.

This course provides a foundation in the major debates on national security policy.

Why do international organizations exist? What explains their growing influence over time in a state-based world order? In this graduate seminar, we will explore the theories, frameworks, institutions, and processes that "govern" global affairs in the contemporary period. We will examine various organizations (both IGOs and NGOs) and international initiatives, the roles they play regionally and globally, and the challenges they face as they seek to achieve their goals.