Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Center for International Security and Cooperation Stanford University


CISAC Courses


American Foreign Policy and the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century (Sophomore College Only, 8/31-9/18, 2009)

Course number(s): POLISCI 23SC
Offered Fall quarter in the 2009-2010 academic year

Instructors
Stephen J. Stedman - Professor of Political Science (by courtesy) and Senior Fellow at CISAC and FSI

Investigation of foreign policy challenges and choices facing the Obama administration. Topics include examination of domestic constraints such as public opinion, Congress, and bureaucracy on foreign policy, and international challenges of climate change and energy, nuclear policy, biological security, failing states and regional conflict, terrorism, global economic crisis, and the ongoing crises in the broader Middle East. A 48-hour simulation occurs at the end of the course.

Level
Undergraduate

Units
2

Department
Department of Political Science
School of Humanities and Sciences