The Conduct of International Diplomacy

This course offers a comparative look at the making of policy and its implementation through diplomacy in the global arena. It explores concepts concerning national interest, ethics, negotiation, decision making, strategic design, & crisis management; and it applies those concepts via case studies in diplomacy, development assistance, peacekeeping, security policy, & transnational advocacy movements. Students learn not only to analyze but also to implement policy: it employs an action-oriented approach that obliges students to react as a policy-maker would and thus gain a better appreciation of how and why states & leaders act as they do.