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:

Points
IAIA U6350Refugees, Public Policy, & Development in Turkey3.00
INAF U6040International Energy Project Finance3.00
INAF U6041Corporations and Human Rights3.00
INAF U6061Global Energy Policy3.00
INAF U6173Migration and Human Development3.00
INAF U6178Politics of Sustainable Development3.00
INAF U6329Geopolitics of Energy Transition and Climate Change3.00
INAF U6343Global Governance: Climate Change & Human Mobility3.00
INAF U6346US Role in World Affairs I3.00
INAF U6347US Role In World Affairs II3.00
INAF U6352United Nations & Globalization3.00
INAF U6359Global Economic Governance3.00
INAF U6405Human Rights and the Politics of Inequality3.00
INAF U6426Energy Transition in Latin America3.00
INAF U6430East Asian Security3.00
INAF U6438Persistent Problems in the Global South: Policies and Politics for Sustainable Development3.00
INAF U6442Failures and Successes of Three Decades of Peacemaking3.00
INAF U6474Economic Espionage3.00
INAF U6658Politics and Policies in South Asia3.00
INAF U6671China’s Foreign Relations3.00
INAF U6675US-China Relations in Historical Perspective: First Contact to Present3.00
INAF U6680Geopolitics of Oil and Natural Gas3.00
INAF U6751International Human Rights Law3.00
INAF U6798Central Issues in American Foreign Policy3.00
INAF U6802International Law3.00
INAF U6822Seminar in International Political Economy3.00
INAF U6820Theory of International Political Economy3.00
INAF U8099Emerging Market Investment Climate3.00
INAF U8142Intelligence & US Foreign Policy3.00
INAF U8258States and Citizenship3.00
INAF U8260Authoritarianism3.00
INAF U8488Contemporary Russian Security Policy3.00
INAF U8537Climate Change Policy and Diplomacy3.00
INAF U8560Governance and Management in the UN System3.00
INAF U8565European Security3.00
INAF U8675Emerging Capital Markets: Theory & Practice3.00
INAF U8812Seminar on International Strategy3.00
INAF U8818Topics in International Ethics3.00
INAF U8842Economic Crisis Management in Developing Countries3.00
REGN U6300Economics of European Integration3.00
REGN U6430Beyond Crises in Latin America – Financial Market Perspective3.00
REGN U6438Current Environmental and Natural Resource Issues in Latin America3.00
REGN U6515Russia and the European Union3.00
REGN U6538Global Reliance on Russian Energy3.00
REGN U6654North Korea: State, Society, Diplomacy, and Security3.00
REGN U6719Middle East Conflicts & Global Security3.00
REGN U6855Chinese Foreign Policy3.00
REGN U6858Rise of China & the World3.00
REGN U8090The Transatlantic Economy: US-EU Relations3.00
REGN U8600China's Rise & the World Economy3.00
REGN U8757Ukrainian Foreign Policy: Russia, Europe and the US3.00
SIPA U6700Inside the Situation Room3.00

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