International Affairs Council
The MacMillan Center
210 Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse, 432.3418
www.yale.edu/macmillan/iac/mainternational.htm
M.A.
Chair
Julia Adams (Sociology)
Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies
Cheryl Doss (223 Luce Hall, 432.9395, cheryl.doss@yale.edu)
Professors Julia Adams (Sociology), Abbas Amanat (History), Ivo Banac (History), Michele Barry (Medicine), Seyla Benhabib (Political Science), Frank Bia (Medicine), David Blight (History), Paul Bracken (Management), Garry Brewer (Forestry & Environmental Studies; Schoool of Management), William Burch, Jr. (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Paul Bushkovitch (History), David Cameron (Political Science), Amy Chua (Law), Deborah Davis (Sociology), Michael Dove (Forestry & Environmental Studies; Anthropology), Eduardo Engel (Economics), Laura Engelstein (History), J. Joseph Errington (Anthropology), Daniel Esty (Forestry & Environmental Studies; Law), Robert Evenson (Economics), Owen Fiss (Law), Paul Freedman (History), Ute Frevert (History), John Gaddis (History), Timothy Guinnane (Economics), Koichi Hamada (Economics), Valerie Hansen (History), Robert Harms (History), Paula Hyman (History), Gilbert Joseph (History), Donald Kagan (History), Stathis Kalyvas (Political Science), Stephen Kellert (Forestry & Environmental Studies), William Kelly (Anthropology), Paul Kennedy (History), Daniel Kevles (History), Benedict Kiernan (History), Harold Koh (Law), Theodore Marmor (Management), Enrique Mayer (Anthropology), Robert Mendelsohn (Forestry & Environmental Studies), John Merriman (History), William Nordhaus (Economics), Sharon Oster (Management), Thomas Pogge (Philosophy), Sally Promey (ISM, American Studies, Religious Studies), Douglas Rae (School of Management; Political Science), Gustav Ranis (Emeritus, Economics), W. Michael Reisman (Law), John Roemer (Political Science), Susan Rose-Ackerman (Political Science; Law), Frances McCall Rosenbluth (Political Science), K. Geert Rouwenhorst (Management), Bruce Russett (Political Science), Nicholas Sambanis (Political Science), Lamin Sanneh (Divinity; History), T. Paul Schultz (Economics), Stuart Schwartz (History), James Scott (Political Science), Martin Shubik (Management), Helen Siu (Anthropology), Stephen Skowronek (Political Science), Frank Snowden (History), Timothy Snyder (History), Jonathan Spence (History), T. N. Srinivasan (Economics), Peter Swenson (Political Science), Ivan Szelenyi (Sociology), Frank Turner (History), Christopher Udry (Economics), John Wargo (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Laura Wexler (American Studies; Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies), Jay Winter (History)
Associate Professors Michael Auslin (History), Marian Chertow (Forestry & Environmental Studies), Nora Groce (Epidemiology & Public Health), Oona Hathaway (Law), Ellen Lust-Okar (Political Science), Michael Mahoney (History), Linda-Anne Rebhun (Anthropology), Steven Stoll (History), James Vreeland (Political Science)
Assistant Professors Jennifer Bair (Sociology), Patrick Cohrs (History), Keith Darden (Political Science), Thad Dunning (Political Science), Seth Fein (History), Beverly Gage (History), Michael Gasper (History), Kari Hartwig (Epidemiology & Public Health), Susan Hyde (Political Science), Dean Karlan (Economics), Kaveh Khoshnood (Epidemiology & Public Health), Pierre Landry (Political Science), Nikolay Marinov (Political Science), Michael McGovern (Anthropology), Hala Kh. Nassar (Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations), Mridu Rai (History), Vivek Sharma (Political Science), Hong Wang (Epidemiology & Public Health)
Lecturers Michael Boozer (Economics), Cheryl Doss (Economics), Keller Easterling (Architecture), Marco Fantini (European Studies), Stuart Gottlieb (International Affairs), Debbie Humphries (Epidemiology & Public Health), Allison Kingsley (Political Science; International Affairs), Matthew Kocher (Political Science), Jean Krasno (Political Science), Basak Kus (Middle East Studies), Beth Daponte Osborne (Management), Pia Britto Rebello (International Affairs; Child Study Center), Nancy Ruther (Political Science), James Sutterlin (Political Science), Robin Theurkauf (Political Science), John Varty (International Affairs)
Adjunct and Visiting Professors Joshua Goldstein (Visiting, Political Science), Jolyon Howorth (Visiting, Political Science; International Affairs), Marwan Khawaja (Visiting, Middle East Studies), Jack Levy (Visiting, Political Science), Leslye Obiora (Visiting, International Affairs), Patricia Pessar (Adjunct; Anthropology; American Studies), Tarik Ramahi (Visiting, Middle East Studies), Sallama Shaker (Visiting, Divinity), Christer Thörnqvist (Visiting, International Affairs)
The International Affairs Council (IAC) was founded in 1995 to nurture degree programs, scholarship, and outreach with a strong interdisciplinary and policy-oriented international focus. The programmatic interests of the council focus around development policy, security studies, and the teaching of international issues.
The IAC administers the Master’s Degree in International Relations. The fifty to sixty students in this program combine fundamental training in core disciplines of international relations with an individualized concentration that has relevance to current international issues.
Fields of Study
The two-year program is designed to combine breadth of knowledge of the basic disciplines of international relations with depth of specialization in a particular academic discipline, geographic area, specialized functional issue, and/or professional field. It is designed primarily for students seeking an M.A. degree before beginning a career in international affairs but also supports students interested in going on for a Ph.D. in economics, history, or political science. Joint degrees are offered with the School of Management, Yale Law School, the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and the School of Public Health.
Special Admissions Requirements
Applicants must take the GRE General Test; students whose native language is not English and who did not earn their undergraduate degree at an English-language university must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The minimum score on the TOEFL is 610 on the paper-based test, 253 on the computer-based test, or 102 on the Internet-based test. Entering students must have taken introductory courses in microeconomics and macroeconomics prior to matriculation.
Special Requirements for the Master’s Degree
The M.A. in International Relations requires two years of graduate study at Yale. To complete the degree, students must take sixteen courses that fulfill the core and concentration requirements, demonstrate proficiency in a modern language, satisfy a research requirement, complete a summer internship or project, and maintain the grade average specified below.
CORE
The substantive core consists of seven graduate-level courses: two history courses (one regional and one comparative international); two in political science (one in comparative politics and one in international relations theory); two graduate-level courses in economics (one economic analysis and one international economics); and the foundations course in international relations (see course description below for INRL 700a, required in the first term). Each term, a list of courses meeting these requirements is available from the IR registrar.
CONCENTRATION
Beyond the core courses, each student must identify and demonstrate the academic integrity of a coherent set of courses as a proposed concentration for approval by the director of graduate studies (DGS). The concentrations require a minimum of eight courses in the fields selected. Some of the courses may be cross-listed in two or more departments. Students are able to develop concentrations based on a topical, regional, or disciplinary focus, or a combination of a topical and regional focus. Sample concentrations are available from the International Relations Web site.
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT
Three years of college-level language study or its equivalent in language mastery is required to graduate. This competence must be demonstrated through successful completion of course work or by passing a proficiency examination. International students who completed secondary school or a university degree in a language other than English will be considered to have met the language requirement. Students may study language as part of their Yale program; a maximum of two of the sixteen course credits for the two-year program may be in languages. Students pursuing joint-degree programs are encouraged to fulfill all language requirements before beginning the program; they cannot count language courses toward their degree requirements.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENT
All students enrolled in the IR program are required to use the summer between the first and second years of the program to further their professional or academic education. It is expected that this requirement be fulfilled by obtaining experience through employment or an internship. The requirement may also be fulfilled by completing language study, other relevant course work, or independent research on an approved topic.
Each first-year student must file a form with the director of the Office of Career and Alumni Services before June 1 stating the nature of his or her summer internship or approved alternative. Where questions exist as to whether the proposed summer activity satisfies the requirement, the director of Career and Alumni Services will consult with the DGS of the IR program.
RESEARCH REQUIREMENT
Students are required to demonstrate that they have completed a major research paper, either through their course work or an independent study project. Students must submit the paper to the DGS for final approval.
EXPECTATION OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
M.A. candidates are required to achieve at least two grades of Honors, and their remaining grades must average to at least High Pass. (To have a High Pass average, any grade of Pass must be offset with an additional grade of Honors beyond the required two.) Students are expected to complete eight graduate term courses in their first year, earning at least one Honors, with a High Pass average in the remaining courses. At the end of the first year, students who do not have at least a High Pass average in eight graduate term courses will not be allowed to continue in the program.
Special Requirements for the Joint-Degree Programs
Joint-degree candidates must fulfill all of the requirements of both programs in which they are enrolled before receiving either degree. Joint-degree candidates are required to fulfill the core and concentration requirements of the IR program. An overlap of two courses is allowed between the core and concentration, with a maximum of two additional courses credited toward both degrees. Joint-degree students must take at least twelve graduate-level courses in Arts and Sciences departments or in professional schools other than the one granting the joint degree. Under no circumstances will students be allowed an IR concentration in the functional area in which they will be receiving a joint degree.
Applicants to the joint-degree programs must apply separately, by the appropriate deadline, to the Graduate School for the IR program and to the professional school involved. Decisions on admissions and fellowship support are made independently by each school. Students are encouraged to apply to both programs simultaneously. They may also apply during their first year at Yale to the second program for a joint degree. If accepted into the new program, they must receive approval for credit allocation upon registration from both degree programs.
Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Development Studies
For information on the Certificate of Concentration in Development Studies or the Certificate of Concentration in Security Studies, see the section on the International Affairs Council under Non-Degree-Granting Programs, Centers, and Research Institutes in this bulletin.
For more information, visit www.yale.edu/macmillan/iac/mainternational.htm, e-mail international.relations@yale.edu, write to International Relations, Yale University, PO Box 208206, New Haven CT 06520-8206, or call 203.432.3418.
Courses
INRL 501au/REL 871a, Identity, Crisis, and Globalization in the Middle East Sallama Shaker
Critical examination of the social, cultural, political, and economic variables in the formation of identity. Elements of unity may sometimes cause fragmentation, and reconciling plurality and unity constitutes the complex nature of the identity crisis that is being currently challenged by religious resurgence versus secularism, ethnic conflicts, patriarchal regimes versus liberalism, notions of nationalism versus modernity and globalization. T 2:30–4:20
INRL 502bu, Health in Conflict: The Case of the Palestinian Population
Tarik Ramahi
The goal of this course is to provide a forum for a broad in-depth review, analysis, and discussion of the factors affecting the health status of a population in a long-standing situation of conflict using the paradigm of the Palestinian population and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the focus and departure point of the discussion. The course also explores suggestions for ideas, methods, and programs aiming to improve the care of populations caught in conflict. W 3:30–5:20
INRL 503au, Health, Conflict, and Society in the Arab World Marwan Khawaja
This course is an introduction to the social and political context of health in the Arab region, with a survey of major health issues and research findings from the region. A major focus is the impact of wars and conflicts on health and health services. Particular attention is given to research directions pertaining to the health consequences of population change during periods of conflict and instability. W 3:30–5:20
INRL 504bu/REL 873b, Development and Feminization of Poverty in the Middle East Sallama Shaker
Examination of gender studies as an effective tool to map out and analyze alternate readings of Islam. Analysis of the dichotomy between ethical and orthodox readings of Islam focusing on women in development sheds light on the factors empowering women and their possible active engagement and participation as agents of change in Muslim societies. T 2:30–4:20
INRL 514au/ARCH 926au, Globalization Space: Global Infrastructure and Extrastatecraft Keller Easterling
Globalization Space examines global infrastructures and spatial products as a medium of transnational politics. Case studies travel around the world to, for instance, a resort in the DPRK, golf courses in China, IT campuses in South Asia, high-speed rail in Saudi Arabia, cable/satellite networks in Africa, and automated ports. As materializations of capital these spaces index labor and resources while also possessing cunning political dispositions and parastate functions. MW 10:30–11:20, 1 HTBA
INRL 523b/PHIL 658bu, Philosophy and Politics: Global Health Thomas Pogge
The globalization of a uniform monopoly patent regime through the TRIPS Agreement illustrates how strongly the design of global institutional arrangements affects the still vast mortality and morbidity among the poor. With expert visitors from the relevant disciplines, we explore the problem and ideas toward improving access by the poor to essential medicines. W 3:30–5:20
INRL 526b, Historical Commodity Flows and the Modern Atlantic World John Varty
This graduate-level seminar interrogates the political and cultural ecology of commodity chains in the early-modern to modern Atlantic world—roughly 1600 to the twentieth century. The course incorporates both theoretical and empirically based readings from Canada, the U.S., Britain, and the western peninsula of Continental Europe. Students examine relations between the “structure” of Atlantic history and agential dynamics in specific locales. Commodities covered include fish, fur, timber, rum, wheat, guano, bananas, and tomatoes. Th 3:30–5:20
INRL 534bu, Development of the International Human Rights Regime Robin Theurkauf
The twentieth century saw some of the most massive violations of human rights in history. Yet during this period a set of formal rules defining unacceptable behavior and procedures for dealing with breaches of those rules also emerged. This seminar explores the development of the human rights regime from the first appearance of the laws of war in Grotius, through the Hague conventions of 1899 and 1907, the Nuremberg Tribunal, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The course concludes with an examination of the events leading to the formation of the Yugoslav and Rwanda Tribunals and the creation of the International Criminal Court. We also consider some notable missteps such as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the Terrorism Convention of 1937, and some of the proposals of the U.N. International Law Commission. The focus is on questions relating to the politics of human rights law, the effect of the cold war on the human rights regime, the rise of the NGO community, and the role of the great power states. M 3:30–5:20
INRL 549b/E&RS 652b, The European Union’s Contemporary Challenges Marco Fantini
Each year, this course addresses a different set of issues facing the EU. Recent issues have included trade policy, regulation policy, building European monetary power, international trade policy and the WTO, and science, precaution, and policy making. The course is taught by the EU fellow visiting the MacMillan Center. Th 3:30–5:20
INRL 555a/PLSC 685a, Theories in International Relations Joshua Goldstein
This course provides an introduction to the major concepts and theories in the field of International Relations. By the end of the course, students should be familiar with some of the major debates in the field, and be comfortable using IR concepts and theories to understand and explain events in international politics. The course is a reading-intensive seminar, and the weekly meetings are structured around discussions of the assigned readings for the week. All students should prepare to participate in the group discussions by preparing a one-paragraph discussion note focused on a single point of interest in the week’s readings, to be turned in at the end of each class session. There are approximately 150 pages of required reading per week. Grades are based on class participation, two very short papers about the application of IR theories to real-world situations, and a final exam. W 1:30–3:20
INRL 560a/ECON 544a, Economic Analysis Cheryl Doss
Introduces IR students to more advanced concepts in economics. Course emphasizes reading and evaluating the economic content of articles on a wide range of topics, including consumer behavior, firm behavior, comparisons of welfare, labor markets, capital markets, and cost-benefit analysis. These articles represent research from both developed and developing economies. Prerequisite: Principles of Microeconomics. MW 9–10:15
INRL 561b/ECON 708b, International Economic Analysis Cheryl Doss
A continuation of INRL 560a. Extends the use of economic analysis to international economic issues with a focus on international trade and growth and development. In addition, emphasis is placed on quantitative tools and analysis of data to address international economic issues and evaluate policies. The second half of the course focuses on readings of current issues and debates on international economic issues, including relationships among trade liberalization, poverty and inequality, economic growth, and globalization. W 1:30–3:20
INRL 570au/PLSC 692au, Foreign Policy Analysis and Crisis Decision Making Jack Levy
How do states make foreign policy? We examine alternative theoretical models of foreign policy decision making and apply these models to historical cases of international crises and intelligence failure. The aim of the course is to give students an understanding of different approaches to the study of the foreign policy process, expertise in one historical case of crisis decision making, an enhanced understanding of a handful of other historical cases, and a good sense of the interplay of theory and evidence in historical research. W 1:30–3:20
INRL 583a/REL 879a, Power, Religion, Gender, and Violence Sallama Shaker
Conceptualized as a seminar, this course critically approaches and attempts to tease out the relationships among power, religion, gender, and violence with a particular focus on women in the Middle East. In addressing these delicate issues it is important to distinguish among the impacts of religion, tradition, and attitudes. The course employs gender studies as a potential mechanism for evaluating different interpretations and applications of Islam. HTBA
INRL 585a/NELC 507au, Modern Arab Thought Hala Nassar
Major trends of twentieth-century Arab thought critically examined through readings in translation from a wide range of thinkers. Issues are analyzed in the context of the historical-colonial, postcolonial, and neocolonial background from which they emerged. Th 2:30–4:20
INRL 588b, Religious Dimensions of the Middle East Peace Process Sallama Shaker
INRL 610a, Topics in Modern Middle East Studies Basak Kus
This course is intended for students who plan to obtain the Graduate Certificate of Concentration in Modern Middle East Studies. A major requirement of the course is attendance at weekly brown bag seminars hosted by the Council on Middle East Studies, which include speakers from a variety of academic disciplines and other backgrounds addressing political, economic, social, cultural, and historical issues across the Middle East/North Africa region. Students attend the presentations and separate discussion sections, and fulfill writing assignments. W 12–1:20, 1 HTBA
INRL 621b/REL 827b/WGSS 621b, Religion, Gender, and Globalization Sally Promey, Laura Wexler
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to examining issues of religion, gender, representation, and globalization with special attention to the ways in which the practices of religion in women’s daily lives impact and are impacted by globalization and the ways in which those effects and interventions are represented in visual culture. Th 1:30–3:20
INRL 641b/AFST 641b, Funding, Civil Sociey, and Democratization Leslye Obiora
This interdisciplinary seminar examines the usefulness of indigenous resources for the renewal of local communities in transitioning societies and emerging economies. Reading materials and class discussion facilitate the assessment of why, when, and how the dividends of philanthropic capital and civil society interventions can be leveraged to encourage governments to prioritize the importance of the social sector. The role of international donor investments, state dominance, public confidence, non-market impulses, diasporas, NGOs, and grassroots organizations are among those studied and critiqued. HTBA
INRL 648a/HIST 755a, Research on “Pax Britannica” and “Pax Americana” Patrick Cohrs
This research seminar reappraises both long-standing and recent interpretations of the nineteenth century’s “Pax Britannica,” the twentieth century’s “Pax Americana,” and their significance for the transformation of the modern international system. The seminar first explores how far the “long” nineteenth century indeed saw the emergence of a British “peace” or “world order,” on what foundations the British Empire’s supremacy rested, and what challenges it confronted before World War I. In a comparative perspective, the seminar then concentrates on a reassessment of U.S. aspirations to recast world order after the twentieth century’s two world wars. It examines whether these aspirations indeed gave rise to an “American peace” distinct from the “Pax Britannica,” and how far this “peace” was based on hegemonic or rather imperial premises. Special focus on the ideas and assumptions informing British and U.S. international policies and the consequences they had for the making and unmaking of global order. W 3:30–5:20
INRL 652a/HIST 980a, Genocide: History and Theory Benedict Kiernan
Comparative research and analysis of genocidal occurrences from ancient times to the present; theories and case studies; an inter-regional, interdisciplinary perspective. Readings and discussion, guest speakers, research paper. Th 1:30–3:20
INRL 654b, Violence: State and Society Matthew Kocher
This course examines violence that occurs mainly within the territory of sovereign states. We focus on violence as an object of study in its own right. For the most part, we look at violence as a dependent variable, though in some instances it functioned as an independent variable, a mechanism, or an equilibrium. We ask why violence happens, how it “works” or fails to work, why it takes place in some locations and not others, why violence take specific forms (e.g., insurgency, terrorism, mass killing, etc.), what explains its magnitude (the number of victims), and what explains targeting (the type or identity of victims). Special attention to connecting theoretical literatures in the social sciences with policy-relevant debates in government and non-governmental service. Th 1:30–3:20
INRL 655a/HIST 689a, The Politics of Atrocity in Europe Timothy Snyder
Considers the new literature on the institutional execution and the social experience of political atrocity during Europe’s age of mass terror, the period between Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 and Stalin’s death in 1953. Begins with the hypothesis that the center of gravity of both Stalinian and Hitlerian repression was the lands between Russia and Germany, today’s Belarus, Ukraine, and Poland. Proposed topics of research include planned famines, the Great Terror, concentration camps, the Holocaust (death camps and mass murder by shooting), anti-partisan tactics, deportations, starvation of prisoners of war, destruction of cities, and ethnic cleansing. The assignment is to exploit recent literature in one or more languages regarding these or other major examples of mass coercion in order to produce a synthetic account of one major event, with an emphasis on both the institutions that implement the policies and the societies that experience them. W 3:30–5:20
INRL 657b/HIST 759b, The Transformation of the International System, 1914–1991 Patrick Cohrs
This seminar pursues both a historical and a theoretical reexamination of the modern international system in the “short” twentieth century, analyzing why it was so profoundly transformed between the era of imperialism preceding World War I and the end of the Cold War. Main themes include the origins of international conflicts from the Great War and the Great Depression to the Cold War’s U.S.-Soviet confrontations, the peace settlements after the World Wars (or absence thereof), American postwar policies and their significance for European integration and the reconstruction of Japan, and the question why the Cold War ended as it did. Particular attention to the changing premises and constraints of international politics that influenced the making and unmaking of legitimate international orders in the twentieth century. W 3:30–5:20
INRL 670a/HIST 973a, War, Memory, Identity Jay Winter, David Blight
This graduate course explores the uses of memory—in narrative, visual, and commemorative forms—in relation to war and the construction of personal, collective, and national identities. Our focus is on the United States and the Anglo-Saxon world, from 1860 to the present. We examine memoirs, fictionalized accounts of combat, commemorative projects and pilgrimages, and historical narratives. In the American case, the Civil War is where we start, though we examine ways in which later wars have been turned into narrative. The Australian case is one in which the birth of the nation was and still is configured as an outcome of the First World War, and in particular the Gallipoli campaign. The British, Canadian, and Irish cases in the twentieth century show other complexities as to how war is remembered, each with its own character. This is a research seminar and students produce a twenty-five-page paper on some aspects of this theme by the end of the term. T 1:30–3:20
INRL 678b/HIST 975b, Cold War International History John Gaddis
Examines major issues and sources for the “new” Cold War history. Readings and discussions, with short analytical essays. Can be taken as either a reading or a research seminar. T 1:30–3:20
INRL 680au/F&ES 80075au/MGT 697a, Capitalism and Its Critics Douglas Rae
Capitalism is arguably the most fundamental creation of the modern era: It has generated more wealth, steeper inequalities, greater disruption of the natural environment, longer lifespans, and faster rates of social change than had been seen in all of human history before about 1800. This course surveys some major contours of capitalist institutions, important variations over time and place, critical issues of legitimacy and practice, using ideas drawn from politics, literature, business management, and popular culture. MW 1:30–2:20, 1 htba
INRL 682a, Welfare States and Labor Markets Christer Thörnqvist
This course introduces students to the major theories in the studies of welfare states and labor markets. The focus is on the different approaches to ‘welfare societies’ that emerged after WWII in different corners of the world and the close connections between these different concepts and today’s governmental policy making, especially the organization of labor markets. The main point of departure is Western Europe, but Japan/NIC countries, the United States, and the countries of the former eastern bloc are also addressed. The course is taught by the Coca-Cola World Fund Fellow. M 3:30–5:20
INRL 685b, Globalization, Multinational Companies, and Human Resources Christer Thörnqvist
What happens when companies turn global? This course provides an introduction to the understanding of one of the prime movers in the process known as “globalization,” namely the growing importance of multinational companies, at the expense of the sovereignty of nation states. In particular, we consider Human Resources Management (HRM) in international businesses. There is always tension between multinational companies’ intentions to achieve and maintain the same HRM policies all over the world, and the national states’ attempts to maintain their sovereignty in policy making. This issue is even more complex with the European Union. Thus, the spread of global HRM policies also affects the public sector in almost every country. The course is taught by the Coca-Cola World Fund Fellow. HTBA
INRL 700a, The Foundations and Evolution of the International System Jolyon Howorth
Study of core concepts in the international system including theories and traditions; systemic structures; actors in international politics; anarchy, conflict, and cooperation; deterrence, coercion, and war; and emphasis on case studies viewed from the perspective of the policy maker. The course focuses on alternative approaches to each topic and case study and aims to enhance skills in research, writing, and presentation. For first-year International Relations M.A. candidates only. T 3:30–5:20
INRL 713b, Shifting the Development Policy Paradigm Pia Rebello Britto
Increasingly, international organizations and governments around the world are becoming interested in developing global and national policies to serve one of the most vulnerable segments of the population—children. This course focuses on how to develop policies that have a positive social, political, and economic impact on children’s lives. The course begins with a theoretical overview of current policy trends, at both the global and national levels. Students then work in groups on a selected country to develop national-level policies, applying the conceptual knowledge gained in the first part of the course to the country’s specific political context, economic needs, and social situation. T 3:30–5:20
INRL 720a, Central Issues in American Foreign Policy Stuart Gottlieb
Examination of the sources, substance, and enduring themes of American foreign policy. Overview of America’s rise to global power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and American foreign policy decision making during the Cold War and the post-Cold War era. Special focus on the most current challenges in American foreign policy, including the war on terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the conflict in Iraq, and America’s role in global institutions and the world economy. Attendance in INTS 376a lectures required. W 3:30–5:20
INRL 725b, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Stuart Gottlieb
Examination of the origins and evolution of modern terrorism, and strategies employed to confront and combat terrorism. Assessment of a wide variety of terrorist organizations, and the multidimensional causes of terrorist violence past and present. Analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of various counterterrorism strategies, from the point of view of efficacy as well as ethics, with a particular focus on ways in which the threat of global terrorism might impact the healthy functioning of democratic states. Attendance in INTS 373b lectures required. W 3:30–5:20
INRL 730au, The United Nations and Collective Security Jean Krasno
Consideration of the role of the U.N. in preventive diplomacy, using force for peacekeeping, peace enforcement, and peace building, with consideration of the evolution of the U.N. and its role in a post-Cold War international system. For IR students and IS/PLSC undergraduates only. W 3:30–5:20
INRL 743a, The Political Economy of Foreign Investment Allison Kingsley
The emergence of functioning capital markets in developing countries is a threshhold issue for economic growth and political development. Integrating political science theories with readings from the law, economics, and finance literatures, this course critically assesses public and private foreign investment. Focus is on whether investment is primarily a function of the investor’s endowments or those of the investment. In particular, investment decisions are analyzed through two competing models—the investment model and the liquidity model—with the use of large-N evidence and relevant case studies from emerging markets, such as Egypt, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Russia. T 1:30–3:20
INRL 760a, Policy Workshop Stuart Gottlieb
One-term workshop in which small teams choose (with instructor approval) a specific global policy issue/challenge to be analyzed from a variety of perspectives (government, NGO, private sector) and levels (national, regional, international) showing all sides of the policy-making and implementation process. What are the best policy options? How were they determined? What are the obstacles to their implementation? What more can be done to help develop realistic solutions? Teams ultimately address these and other questions in a policy white paper, and a “brown bag” oral presentation offered through the International Affairs Council. Designed for second-year International Relations M.A. students. Other students may be admitted with instructor approval. M 1:30–3:20
INRL 900a or b, Directed Reading
By arrangement with faculty.
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