Global Conflict and Security
Global Conflict and Security explores topics in diplomacy, ethics, international security, conflict resolution, and terrorism.
Students select four courses (12 credits) from the list below.
- BIOD 610 - Advanced Topics in Biodefense
- BIOD 621 - Ethics and International Security
- BIOD 705 - Intelligence: Theory and Practice
- BIOD 706 - Weapons Policy
- BIOD 709 - Nonproliferation and Arms Control
- BIOD 722 - Examining Terrorist Groups
- BIOD 725 - Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction
- CONF 501 - Introduction to Conflict Analysis and Resolution
- CONF 652 - Conflict Analysis and Resolution for Prevention, Reconstruction, and Stabilization Contexts
- CONF 653 - World Religions, Diplomacy, and Conflict Resolution
- CONF 658 - Diversity and Difference in Conflict Analysis and Resolution
- CONF 659 - Leadership in Conflict Analysis and Resolution
- CONF 720 - Ethnic and Cultural Factors in Conflict Resolution
- CONF 736 - Globalization and International Conflict
- CONF 746 - Peace Building
- GOVT 541 - Introduction to Critical Analysis and Strategic Response to Terrorism
- GOVT 640 - Strategic Responses to Terrorism: Coordinated Decision Making
- GOVT 742 - International Negotiations
- GOVT 745 - International Security
- ISA 562 - Information Security Theory and Practice
- PUAD 634 - Management of International Security
- PUBP 650 - Peace Operations I
- PUBP 651 - Peace Operations II
Or other course approved by the program director
Relevant Spring 2020 Sections
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HIST 535 - 002: American Internationalism
07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M
David J. King Hall 2054Instructor: Sam Lebovic
In recent years, the study of America’s global relations has undergone a revival, as scholars of transnationalism and globalization have added their perspectives to the more traditional literature of diplomatic history and international affairs. In this seminar, we will read widely in the history of America’s foreign relations in order to better understand how America’s rise as a global power simultaneously shaped the modern world and transformed American politics and culture at home. Readings will range from the late nineteenth century to the present, and will cover such subjects as imperialism, isolationism, the Cold War, modernization, free trade, international governance, human rights, transnational social movements, and cultural globalization. Throughout, we will pay particular attention to the moral and political problems posed by America’s global role. The course will provide both an overview of modern American foreign relations, and offer an introduction to the interdisciplinary methods historians now use to make sense of this complex and controversial subject
HIST 635 - 004: Germany in the Cold War
07:20 PM to 10:00 PM W
Planetary Hall 124Instructor: Samuel Clowes Huneke
The Berlin Wall remains one of the Cold War’s most potent symbols, a representation of the physical and ideological divisions that shaped the world over the course of forty years. In this seminar we will examine Germany in the Cold War era, reading historical scholarship about both the East German communist dictatorship and the West German democracy. We will look at how early historiography, which viewed East Germany through the lens of totalitarianism, has given way to new approaches that take up questions of citizenship and sovereignty in both Germanies through perspectives of gender, sexuality, race, ideology, and class. Over the course of the semester, we will ponder how the Cold War shaped each Germany’s path, how ordinary people engaged in the geopolitical struggles of the Cold War, and how national and international priorities intersected in the two German states.