IR 30000 Diplomatic Affairs: Peace and Conflict Resolution

This course examines how governments use diplomacy as a strategic tool, with an emphasis on the role that diplomacy plays in the shaping and resolution of interstate conflicts.  How diplomacy has been used throughout history by disparate political cultures to achieve specific policy goals and/or broadly refashion the international system is studied.  Recent and ongoing international diplomatic problems also are addressed.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

IR 10000, IR 20000, and ENGL 17000.

Offered

Fall semester.