International Security Policy
Provides conceptual foundations and practical policy analysis of political violence, conflict management, defense policy, military strategy, negotiation, terrorism, peacekeeping, intelligence, arms control, and related issues.
The International Security Policy (ISP) concentration promotes an understanding of fundamental issues, debates, and sources of ideas about causes of political conflict and solutions to them, and provides students with a more specific grasp of particular policy problems and strategies in regional security and major power defense policies.
Concentration Requirements
The International Security Policy (ISP) concentration requires 15 points, consisting of 5 three-point courses: three points in a foundations course; three points in course related to General Problems in International Security and Conflict Management course; three points in a course related to Use of Force; and six points of elective credit (preferably including a course on security issues in a particular country or region).
Related Degree Programs
The Master of International Affairs (MIA), which includes selected STEM-designated pathways, is underpinned by SIPA’s unrivaled expertise on issues that transcend national boundaries and prepares students to address major international issues as experts and leaders in governments and organizations around the world.
The Master of Public Administration (MPA), which includes selected STEM-designated pathways, emphasizes a comparative approach to domestic policy and prepares students to address major national policy issues and manage organizations in the US and other countries around the world.
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Stephen Biddle
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Jessie Laufer
Concentration Coordinator
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