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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)


  Counterintelligence in a Democratic Society (Required)
  Japan: Old and New (Required)

One Area-Study Course (Required)


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

Electives (Choose at least two)


  Political Warfare: Past, Present and Future
  Ideas and Values in International Politics
  Mass Media and World Politics
  Problems of Promoting Regime Change and Democracy

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