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REQUIREMENTS: 15 credits: consisting of 5 three-credit courses.

ISP CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS - CORE course plus select 1 course from Group A and 1 from Group B.
1
2
3

CORE
Group A
Group B

Course Number
INAF U6871*

Course Title
War, Peace, and Strategy

Term
Fall

Year
1

Credits

Subtotal

*SIPA students must register for INAF U6871, however POLS W4895 is the same course and also fulfills this requirement

ISP CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE - Select two electives from below (Group A, B, and/or C), or others with Concentration Director approval.
Course Number

Course Title

Term

Year

Credits

4
5

Subtotal
GROUP A: General Problems in International Security and
Conflict Management (Choose at least ONE)
INAF U4545
Contemporary Diplomacy
INAF U6389
State Formation, Violence, and Intervention in the
Modern World
INAF U6416
Third World Security Issues
INAF U6440
Peace Operations in Fragile States
INAF U6485
Politics and the Law of Conflict Management
INAF U6680
U.S. Energy Security: Geopolitics of Oil and Gas
INAF U6470
The Logic of the Weak State
INAF U8132
Understanding Intelligence Operations
INAF U8142
Intelligence and Foreign Policy
INAF U8818
International Ethics
POLS G6801
Theories of International Relations
POLS G8844
Nationalism
POLS G8864
Cooperation and Security
LAW L9377
Enforcing International Law
GROUP B: Use of Force (Choose at least ONE)
INAF U6228
Cybersecurity
INAF U6285
Methods for Defense Analysis and Assessment
INAF U6345
Analytical Techniques for Military Policy
INAF U6378
Evolution of Terrorism
INAF U6387
Terrorism & Counterterrorism
INAF U6388
Modern Urban Terrorism
INAF U6393
Evolving Military Strategy Post 9/11
INAF U6399
Weapons of Mass Destruction
INAF U6799
Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict
INAF U6805
Limited War and Low Intensity Conflict
INAF U6880
Planning U.S. Military Forces
INAF U8879
Technology and National Security
INAF U6384
Cyberwar
Note: Concentration courses cannot be audited or taken pass/fail
GROUP C: ELECTIVES (CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO)
ANY OF THE COURSES LISTED ABOVE, BELOW, OR IN THE OFFICIAL ISP
INFORMATION BULLETIN
HIST G8235 Islam Across Eurasia
HIST G8712
The United States, the Middle East & the Cold War

INAF U6221
INAF U6346
INAF U6347
INAF U6388
INAF U6398
INAF U6445
INAF U6564
INAF U6798
INAF U6802
INAF U8136
INAF U8415
INAF U8507
INAF U8564
INAF U8565
INAF U8867
INAF U8885
INAF U6378
INAF U6396
INAF U6430
INAF U6556
INAF U8559
INAF U8909
JOUR J6014
LAW L6458
LAW L6410
LAW L6549
LAW L8079
LAW L9001
ORLJ 6040
POLS G8811
POLS G8843
POLS G8876
POLS G8205
POLS G8833
POLS G8844
POLS G8865
POLS G88xx
POLS W4808
POLS W4871

Navigating by Starlight: Challenges of Conflict Resolution

US Role in World Affairs, I
US Role in World Affairs, II
Modern Urban Terrorism
Unconventional Warriors
Talking with the Enemy
Applied Peacebuilding: Fieldwork
Central Issues in American Foreign Policy
International Law
US Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf
US-Latin American Relations: WWII-Present
Security Council/Peacekeeping Africa in the 21st Cent.
Culture in Foreign Policy
European Security
International Enforcement and the Security Council
Conflict Assessment
Evolution of Terrorism
Mediation of Armed Conflict
East Asian Security
UN: Challenges and Alternatives
Building Peace After Conflict (1.5-point course)
Environment, Conflict and Resolution Strategies
Covering Conflict
National Security Law
Constitution and Foreign Affairs
Terror and Consent
Jurisprudence of War
UN Peacekeeping
Fundamental of Cooperation, Conflict Resolution and
Mediation in Different Institutional Contexts
Civil Wars
International Law and International Institutions
US-Japan Relations from WWII to Present
History of East-West Relations in Post WWII Europe
Law of War
Nationalism
United States Foreign Policy
The Causes and Consequences of Terrorism
Weapons, Strategy, and War
Chinese Foreign Policy

COURSE LIST CONTINUES ON BACK PAGE.

Concentration Director Approval:

* ONLY when submitting for graduation

Date:
Professor Richard Betts (rkb4@columbia.edu)1328 IAB

Updated: 8/18/143

ISP: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY POLICY

PUAF U6801 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
REGN U6660 Security and International Politics of the Persian Gulf
REGN U6725 Modern Afghanistan: History, Culture, Politics
REGN U6719 Middle East Conflicts and Global Security
REGN U8750 Political Transition in the Former Soviet Union
REGN U8757 Ukrainian Foreign Policy
INAF U6794
Ideas & American Foreign Policy
INAF U8488 Contemporary Russian Security
INAF U8869 Civil Wars and Peace Settlements

Concentration Director Approval:

* ONLY when submitting for graduation

Date:
Professor Richard Betts (rkb4@columbia.edu)1328 IAB

Updated: 8/18/143