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Comparative Government Analysis

This course is a comparative examination of selected political systems which will benefit foreign policy and intelligence analysts. Both historical and contemporary systems are compared and categorized, including non-state global influences such as international organizations and religious and ideological movements. Modern foreign policy practitioners are frequently untutored concerning: the differences between parliamentary systems and presidential systems; the workings of communist systems; traditional authoritarian regimes; and the particular governmental arrangements of a variety of individual national cultures, both Western and non-Western.

Semester Available


To be Announced

Part of


  Specialization in Comparative Political Culture

Principal Professor


To be Announced

Russian Politics and Foreign Policy

The essential focus of this course is to fathom the causes and consequences of the disintegration of the communist system, and to examine the political, ideological and economic changes in post-Soviet Russia.

Principal Professor

  Marek Jan Chodakiewicz

  John Lenczowski

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