Document Type

Undergraduate Syllabus

Date

Spring 2015

School

Diplomacy

Course Number

DIPL 3116 / 7116

Course Description

This seminar examines the causes, consequences and possible solutions to global policy challenges of the 21st century, with an emphasis on their treatment in US foreign policy. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, the course will cover such issues as terrorism; the challenges posed by failing or rogue states; human rights; climate change; a variety of contagions, from epidemics to several forms of trafficking; and a changing world economy. The course will examine these and other issues from both substantive and practical approaches, and consider the possibilities and limitations to affect their outcome through US foreign policy. Readings, lectures and seminar discussion will be supplemented with meetings with practitioners from Washington-based institutions that currently address these global policy challenges.

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