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)
One Area-Study Course (Required)
- Chinese Grand Strategy
- The Contemporary Balkans
- Islam and Geopolitics in Eurasia
- Russian Politics and Foreign Policy
- U.S.-African Relations
- U.S.-Latin American Relations
Electives (One Required)
- Economic Statecraft and Conflict
- U.S. Intelligence in the Cold War and Beyond
- Western Moral Tradition and American Foreign Policy
- Conflict Prevention and Stabilization: Democracy Building in U.S. Foreign Policy





