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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}

Directed Study

Depending on the availability of the appropriate professor, courses in directed study may cover the subject matter of existing courses, more advanced study in those subjects, and also other selected topics.

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