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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."

Semester Available


Spring Semester

Principal Professor


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

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This course analyzes the political economy of the Caspian Basin through the lens of strategic geography. It examines the area's oil and gas resources, the strategic dimensions of "pipeline politics," and regional security problems.

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