Certificate in Democracy Building

My IWP

This certificate is designed to provide an understanding of the principles required for establishing successful democracies, how these have been promoted worldwide, and the policy issues associated with America’s role in the process of building democracy.

Introductory Courses

American Founding Principles and Foreign Policy (Required)

Democratization, Nation Building, and U.S. Foreign Policy (Required)

Foundations of Political and Economic Freedom (Required)

Choose One of the Following Courses

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

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FEATURED FACULTY

Thomas P. Melady

Senior Diplomat in Residence; Former Ambassador to Burundi, Uganda, and the Vatican

American Founding Principles and Foreign Policy

This course examines the founding principles of American political philosophy and how they define the national purposes that form the basis of U.S. foreign policy. The course covers the underlying structure and principles of the American political order as the basis of national security policy so that policy can be seen as the reflection of the fundamental ends of the order.

Principal Professor

Charles R. Smith