Fall 2024 International Affairs U6874 section 004

Foundations of International Security Po

Found. of Intl Security Policy

Call Number 16264
Day & Time
Location
T 6:10pm-8:00pm
501 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Day & Time
Location
W 6:10pm-8:00pm
1302 International Affairs Building
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructors Stephen Biddle
Lindsay Cohn
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Open to ISP Concentration Only. Graduate introduction to international security policy, with a focus on pre-professional preparation for students expecting to work in security policy after graduation. Covers the role, function, dynamics, and prevention of violence in the international system, via analysis of forceful diplomacy, escalation, crisis, war causation, war termination, the ethics of war and peace, threat assessment and intelligence, strategy, terrorism, insurgency, alliances, weapons of mass destruction, and cyber conflict. Introduces principles for sound defense organization and decision-making processes, civil-military relations, defense planning, and defense budgeting. Considers critical theory and its challenge to orthodox security studies and policy practice. 

Web Site Vergil
Department International and Public Affairs
Enrollment 27 students (35 max) as of 9:14PM Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Subject International Affairs
Number U6874
Section 004
Division School of International and Public Affairs
Open To SIPA
Section key 20243INAF6874U004