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This course examines a variety of issues regarding international peace and security from diverse theoretical and normative perspectives. Major concepts in security studies, such as security dilemma, polarity, war, coercion, are discussed before various security actors, institutions, and issues of historical and contemporary significance are addressed. The course also explores the possibilities and strategies of preventing conflict and building peace. Prerequisite: POL-230.

This course examines a variety of individual-, domestic-, and international-level factors that affect a country's foreign policy making process in a rapidly globalizing world. While critically surveying major theories of and issues in foreign policy analysis, students will also engage in a series of case studies that will help them better understand the complex dynamics surrounding a foreign policy decision making process in a particular context. Prerequisites: POL-230 and POL-232.