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Your search for courses · during 2023-24 · tagged with PPOL Forgn Policy & Security · returned 7 results
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POSC 235 The Endless War on Terror 6 credits
In the aftermath of 9/11, the U.S. launched the Global War on Terror to purportedly find, stop,and defeat every terrorist group with a global reach. Without question, the Global War on Terror has radically shaped everything from U.S. foreign policies and domestic institutions to civil liberties and pop culture. In this course, we will examine the events of 9/11 and then critically assess the immediate and long-term ramifications of the endless Global War on Terror on different states and communities around the world. While we will certainly spend time interrogating U.S. policies from the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, we will also examine reactions to those policies across both the global north and the global south.
- Winter 2021, Winter 2022
- International Studies Writing Requirement
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POSC 235.00 Winter 2021
- Faculty:Summer Forester 🏫 👤
- Size:24
- T, THAnderson Hall 121 10:20am-12:05pm
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POSC 235.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Summer Forester 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 204 3:10pm-4:55pm
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POSC 241 Ethnic Conflict 6 credits
Ethnic conflict is a persistent and troubling challenge for those interested in preserving international peace and stability. By one account, ethnic violence has claimed more than ten million lives since 1945, and in the 1990s, ethnic conflicts comprised nearly half of all ongoing conflicts around the world. In this course, we will attempt to understand the conditions that contribute to ethnic tensions, identify the triggers that lead to escalation, and evaluate alternative ideas for managing and solving such disputes. The course will draw on a number of cases, including Rwanda, Bosnia, and Northern Ireland.
- Winter 2018, Winter 2020, Winter 2024
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 241.00 Winter 2018
- Faculty:Dev Gupta 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 204 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 241.00 Winter 2020
- Faculty:Dev Gupta 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 211 1:15pm-3:00pm
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POSC 247 Comparative Nationalism 6 credits
Nationalism is an ideology that political actors have frequently harnessed to support a wide variety of policies ranging from intensive economic development to genocide. But what is nationalism? Where does it come from? And what gives it such emotional and political power? This course investigates competing ideas about the sources of nationalism, its evolution, and its political uses in state building, legitimation, development, and war. We will consider both historic examples of nationalism, as well as contemporary cases drawn from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the United States.
- Fall 2019, Winter 2022
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 247.00 Fall 2019
- Faculty:Dev Gupta 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 132 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 247.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Dev Gupta 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 305 1:15pm-3:00pm
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POSC 282 Terrorism and Counterterrorism 6 credits
This course focuses on the historic and modern use of violence or the threat of violence by non-state actors to secure political outcomes. We will review the strategy and tactics of various terror groups, use case studies to understand the logic of terrorism, assess why some groups succeed while others fail, and study terrorist organizations’ efforts at recruitment and indoctrination. These topics will be addressed from theoretical and practical perspectives, with input from expert guest speakers. Finally, we will assess counterterrorism measures, including the moral, ethical, legal, and practical approaches to creating security in the modern world.
- Winter 2019, Winter 2023
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 282.00 Winter 2019
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 204 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 282.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THHasenstab 105 8:15am-10:00am
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POSC 285 Intelligence, Policy and Conflict 6 credits
This course will study the U.S. Intelligence Community and how intelligence complements policy development and supports the creation and implementation of national security and foreign policy strategy. Using case studies, we will examine forms of conflict and assess how intelligence supported or failed policymakers in the areas of conventional warfare, counterinsurgency, and counterterrorism. We will conclude with the study of asymmetric warfare in our modern age.
- Winter 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2022
- International Studies Social Inquiry
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POSC 285.00 Winter 2017
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 211 1:15pm-3:00pm
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POSC 285.00 Spring 2019
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THCMC 210 10:10am-11:55am
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POSC 285.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty: Staff
- Size:25
- T, THWillis 204 8:15am-10:00am
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POSC 328 Foreign Policy Analysis* 6 credits
Foreign policy analysis is a distinct sub-field within international relations that focuses on explaining the actions and choices of actors in world politics. After a review of the historical development of the sub-field, we will explore approaches to foreign policy that emphasize the empirical testing of hypotheses that explain how policies and choices are formulated and implemented. The psychological sources of foreign policy decisions (including leaders’ beliefs and personalities and the effect of decision-making groups) are a central theme. Completion of a lower level IR course and the stats/methods sequence is recommended.
- Fall 2018, Winter 2021, Fall 2022
- Quantitative Reasoning Encounter Social Inquiry
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POSC 328.00 Fall 2018
- Faculty:Greg Marfleet 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WWillis 203 1:50pm-3:35pm
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POSC 328.00 Winter 2021
- Faculty:Greg Marfleet 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WLocation To Be Announced TBA 7:00pm-9:30pm
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POSC 328.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty:Greg Marfleet 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THHasenstab 105 1:15pm-3:00pm
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RELG 329 Modernity and Tradition 6 credits
How do we define traditions if they change over time and are marked by internal conflict? Is there anything stable about a religious tradition—an essence, or a set of practices or beliefs that abide amidst diversity and mark it off from a surrounding culture or religion? How do people live out or re-invent their traditions in the modern world? In this seminar we explore questions about pluralism, identity, authority, and truth, and we examine the creative ways beliefs and practices change in relation to culture. We consider how traditions grapple with difference, especially regarding theology, ethics, law, and gender.
- Winter 2018, Spring 2023
- Humanistic Inquiry Writing Requirement
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RELG 329.00 Winter 2018
- Faculty:Lori Pearson 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WLeighton 301 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 301 9:40am-10:40am
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RELG 329.00 Spring 2023
- Faculty:Lori Pearson 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WLeighton 303 9:50am-11:00am
- FLeighton 303 9:40am-10:40am