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International Policies and National Security

Advisors: Coit Blacker, Judith Goldstein, Stephen Stedman, Jeremy Weinstein, Stephen Krasner 

The International Policies concentration covers the full range of policy relationships among nations, including war and peace, international trade, and international organizations. Students have the opportunity to investigate analytically the fundamental political, social and economic forces driving relations among nations. Several courses in the concentration also facilitate the evaluation of policy alternatives and the prediction of significant international events.

Students may also want to review courses listed in the graduate International Policy Studies Concentration.

Courses in the International Policies and National Security Concentration include:

ECON 162. Monetary Economics
ECON 165. International Finance 

HISTORY 102. The History of the International System
HISTORY 158. The United States Since 1945
HISTORY 181B. The Middle East in the 20th Century
HISTORY 256. U.S. China Relations: From the Opium War to Tiananmen
HISTORY 268E. American Foreign Policy and International History, 1941-2009
HISTORY 378A. The Logic of Authoritarian Government, Ancient and Modern

IPS 202. Topics in International Macroeconomics
IPS 203. Issues in International Economics
IPS 211. The Transition from War to Peace: Peacebuilding Strategies
IPS 250. International Conflict: Management and Resolution

INTNLREL 114D. Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
INTNLREL 122A. The Political Economy of the European Union
INTNLREL 140A. International Law and International Relations
INTNLREL 140C. The U.S., U.N. Peacekeeping, and Humanitarian War

MS&E 152. Introduction to Decision Analysis
MS&E 193. Technology and National Security
MS&E 243. Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis
MS&E 247G. International Financial Management
MS&E 247S. International Investments
MS&E 250A. Engineering Risk Analysis

OSPSANTG 119X. The Chilean Economy: History, International Relations, and Development Strategies
OSPSANTG 129X. Latin America in the International System
OSPSANTG 160X. Latin America in the International Economy

POLISCI 110X. America and the World Economy
POLISCI 110Y. War and Peace in American Foreign Policy
POLISCI 114S. International Security in a Changing World
POLISCI 141. The Global Politics of Human Rights
POLISCI 214R: Challenges and Dilemmas in American Foreign Policy
POLISCI 314S. Decision Making in U.S. Foreign Policy
POLISCI 410A. International Relations Theory, Part I

PUBLPOL 184. Poverty and Policies in Developing Economies