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The Art of Diplomacy

IWP 636
Four credits

This course introduces students to the art of diplomacy in the Western tradition, with an emphasis on the modern American experience. It examines the development of the traditional art of diplomacy over time and how technology, communications, and ideology have affected both the authority of the diplomatic process and the evolution of what Harold Nicholson called the "diplomatic method."

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Spring Semester

Principal Professor


   Thomas P. Melady
Senior Diplomat in Residence; Former Ambassador to Burundi, Uganda, and the Vatican {read more}

FEATURED FACULTY

Ross H. Munro

Vice President and Director of Asian Studies, Center for Security Studies; and consultant to the National Intelligence Council and the Department of Defense

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This course examines both the constructive and destructive roles of the media in international affairs. It is designed to introduce the student to the frequently underappreciated power of the press in the conduct of statecraft.

Principal Professor

  Lee Edwards

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