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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course examines the emerging role of a more united Europe as a political actor in world affairs. Topics include the evolution of the "European idea," the theory and practice of European integration, and the development of European foreign and security policies. The course also explores EU policies toward key regions like the post-communist east and the EU's role in the UN and other multilateral organizations.
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Covers types of analytical frameworks for evaluating military issues. Methodologies range from simple quantitative methods for understanding combat to structured use of military history to defense budget calculations to simple assessments of military tech. Address 7 topics: terrorism, modern air-ground warfare; infantry combat including guerrilla war, peace enforcement, urban warfare, mountain & jungle warfare; missile battle/missile defense; military transport, supply, logistics; effects & implications of weapons of mass destruction; budgetary & econ. issues in defense planning; military tech., future of warfare.
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Course focuses on the historical and theological uniqueness of the movement of the Global Jihad in Islam, especially in comparison to other Islamic fundamentalist conceptions. Emphasis is on explaining the recent emergence of such a restorative and purist outlook only at the end of the 20th century; how it uses modernity and globalization in order to spread its radical notions, and why young Muslims are attracted to this conception. Reading for the course is based on original sources translated into English.
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Focuses on the role played by intelligence communities in the formation of national security policy. Explores the functions and goals; practices, problems & challenges of national intelligence, using case studies to evaluate the use of intelligence in critical episodes in history.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
The enduring presence of religion is one of the most intriguing characteristics of modern politics. A range of factors including the pluralization of societies, questioning of Enlightenment assumptions about religion and secularism, and a sense of urgency among policymakers in a post-9/11 world have set in motion a re-evaluation of long-standing research programs based on the assumption that religion is easily defined and will decline or disappear. This seminar on secularism, religion, and the politics of modernity is part of this re-evaluation.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the only significant security threats to the U.S. and its allies have been from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Historically, the US focus has oscillated between protection via nonproliferation and disarmament agreements, and via civil and missile defense. The course assesses the threats, both approaches to protection, and linkages made between policies on WMD and perceptions of "conventional" military threats.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Examines human rights in modern international history and current debates in policy and practice. Explores the emergence and spread of human rights ideas, institutions, debates and activism from historical, philosophical, legal, and cultural perspectives. The goal is to set contemporary debates about human rights policy in a longer historical trajectory, to better inform considerations of policy options by state officials, NGOs and other actors. Class participants write a series of brief arguments and responses to weekly readings and a final paper exploring the historical roots and contemporary debates surrounding an important human rights pr
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Seminar examines the political, social, economic and strategic dynamics within "The Other Middle East": the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council and their primary neighbors, Iraq, Iran, Yemen and India. Course explores the context and complexities of the regional actors, how recent US policies have affected these states and the impact of the Iraq War on the region and on US influence and options. Topics include the role of religion, the growth of knowledge-based globalized economies, public diplomacy; the history of Saudi-Iranian relations, and the rise of regional actors, particularly Iran and India.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This seminar is devoted to understanding (1) forms of political violence other than interstate war and (2) how policy makers can (and sometimes cannot) take action to ameliorate the threat from non-state violence. Course requires careful reading of 1-2 policy statements and 2-3 moderately technical articles each week on topics including: terrorism, the causes of civil war, the duration and cessation of civil war, the transition from violence to democracy, violence and social order, economic development and violence, the institutional structure of insurgent organizations, government violence and expropriation, revolution, and ethnic violence.
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
Analysis of political change and the operation of political institutions in the development process, with emphasis on the interaction of political and economic factors. Various definitions and theories of political development are examined and tested against different economic, ethnic, geographic, and social contexts.
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