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Certificate in American Foreign Policy

This certificate is designed to provide an understanding both of the moral and philosophical principles underlying U.S. foreign policy as well as the history of its conduct since America became a world power. The program also covers selected policy issues.

Introductory Courses (Required)


  American Founding Principles and Foreign Policy (Required)
  History of American Foreign Policy (Required)
  U.S. Foreign Policy: Current and Future Challenges (Required)

One Area-Study Course (Required)


  Chinese Grand Strategy: Foreign and Military Policy
  The Contemporary Balkans
  Islam and Geopolitics in Eurasia
  Islam in Contemporary Global Politics
  Russian Politics and Foreign Policy
  U.S.-African Relations
  U.S.-Latin American Relations: Threats and Opportunities

Choose One of the Following Courses


  Economic Statecraft and Conflict
  Immigration and National Security
  U.S. Intelligence in the Cold War and Beyond
  Western Moral Tradition and American Foreign Policy

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Walter Jajko

Professor of Defense Studies; DARPA Fellow; Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force (retired)

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Honors Thesis

An Honors Thesis option is available to select students with sufficiently high grade point averages. It is normally pursued in a student's final semester.

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