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Certificate in Public Diplomacy and Political Warfare

The purpose of this certificate is to provide specialized study of two unconventional and often misunderstood tools of statecraft – public diplomacy and political warfare – and to provide a starting point for the practitioner to integrate them with each other and with other instruments of policy. This program is the only one of its kind in the United States.

Introductory Courses (Required)


  Foreign Propaganda, Perceptions and Policy
  Public Diplomacy and Political Warfare

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

Electives (Choose at least two)


  Ideas and Values in International Politics
  Mass Media and World Politics
  Political Warfare: Past, Present and Future
  Directed Study

Military Intelligence and Modern Warfare

This course assesses the role and importance of military intelligence in modern warfare and is designed to familiarize the student with key sources, components, and methods of modern military intelligence, including U.S. and foreign approaches.

Principal Professor

  David L. Thomas

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