Interstate Relations

Courses that fulfill the “Interstate Relations” requirement focus on relations between and among states (including diplomatic, military, and other interactions between and among governments), international politics and policy, and international institutions.  The conceptual and analytical framework for these courses is typically from the political science subfield of international relations. 

Students in the Master's of International Affairs program must complete 3-points to fulfill the Interstate Relations requirement. The following courses satisfy the Interstate Relations requirement:

Course List

Code	Title	Points
		Points
IAIA U6350	Refugees, Public Policy, ＆ Development in Turkey	3.00
INAF U6041	Corporations and Human Rights	3.00
INAF U6061	Global Energy Policy	3.00
INAF U6173	Migration and Human Development	3.00
INAF U6178	Politics of Sustainable Development	3.00
INAF U6343	Global Governance: Climate Change ＆ Human Mobility	3.00
INAF U6346	US Role in World Affairs I	3.00
INAF U6347	US Role In World Affairs II	3.00
INAF U6352	United Nations ＆ Globalization	3.00
INAF U6359	Global Economic Governance	3.00
INAF U6405	Human Rights and the Politics of Inequality	3.00
INAF U6426	Energy Transition in Latin America	3.00
INAF U6430	East Asian Security	3.00
INAF U6442	Failures and Successes of Three Decades of Peacemaking	3.00
INAF U6474	Economic Espionage	3.00
INAF U6658	Politics and Policies in South Asia	3.00
INAF U6671	China’s Foreign Relations	3.00
INAF U6680	Geopolitics of Oil and Natural Gas	3.00
INAF U6751	International Human Rights Law	3.00
INAF U6798	Central Issues in American Foreign Policy	3.00
INAF U6802	International Law	3.00
INAF U6820	Theory of International Political Economy	3.00
INAF U8099	Emerging Market Investment Climate	3.00
INAF U8142	Intelligence ＆ US Foreign Policy	3.00
INAF U8258	State Formation, Deformation, and Citizenship	3.00
INAF U8260	Authoritarianism	3.00
INAF U8488	Contemporary Russian Security Policy	3.00
INAF U8537	Climate Change Policy	3.00
INAF U8560	Governance and Management in the UN System	3.00
INAF U8565	European Security	3.00
INAF U8675	Emerging Capital Markets: Theory ＆ Practice	3.00
INAF U8812	Seminar on International Strategy	3.00
INAF U8818	Topics in International Ethics	3.00
INAF U8842	Economic Crisis Management in Developing Countries	3.00
REGN U6300	Economics of European Integration	3.00
REGN U6430	Beyond Crises in Latin America – Financial Market Perspective	3.00
REGN U6515	Russia and the European Union	3.00
REGN U6719	Middle East Conflicts ＆ Global Security	3.00
REGN U6855	Chinese Foreign Policy	3.00
REGN U6858	Rise of China ＆ the World	3.00
REGN U8090	The Transatlantic Economy: US-EU Relations	3.00
REGN U8600	China's Rise ＆ the World Economy	3.00
REGN U8757	Ukrainian Foreign Policy: Russia, Europe and the US	3.00
SIPA U6700	Inside the Situation Room	3.00

Non-SIPA courses that fulfill the Interstate Relations requirement 

Note: Please refer to SIPA's Cross Registration for SIPA Students page for information on registering for non-SIPA courses.

Course List

Code	Title	Points
HIST G8712	The U.S., the Middle East, and the Cold War
LAW L6040	International Environmental Law
LAW L6183	The United States and the International Legal System
LAW L6249	European Union Law and Institutions
LAW L6269	International Law
LAW L8031	Foreign Direct Investment and Public Policy
LAW L8221	Issues on Global Regulatory Reform
LAW L9377	Enforcing International Law
POLS S4811D	Global Energy and Climate Change: Security and Geopolitics
POLS GU4845	NAT SECURITY STRAT OF MID EAST
POLS G6801	Theories of International Relations
POLS GR8804	INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLS GR8880	DECISION MAKING AND DIPLOMACY
POLS GR8870	US Relations with East Asia
SOCI G8300	Global Governance

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