G53.1700: Core Graduate Course in International Relations (Graduate) The core graduate course in international relations is designed to explore the main issues and research strategies in the study of international security and international political economy. (Spring 2004)

G53.2701: Strategy and Defense Policy (graduate). This course explores theories about conditions that promote cooperation or conflict between states. The main objective is to identify strategies that promote cooperative solutions to international disputes and to evaluate those strategies in terms of their historical effectiveness. We examine both external and internal factors that influence relations between states. The primary emphasis is on the application of rigorous theoretic models and evidence as tools for assessing strategy between nations. (Spring 2003).

V53.0741: War, Peace, and World Order (undergraduate). This course explores the conditions that lead to the initiation, escalation, spread, termination, and consequences of international conflict as well as the circumstances that promote, preserve, or restore peace. The main objective is to identify strategies that promote cooperative solutions to international disputes and to evaluate those strategies in terms of their historical effectiveness. The course emphasizes the application of simple game theoretic models of rational action as tools for assessing relations between nations, coupled with statistical and historical analysis of classes of events. No mathematics beyond high school math is needed for this course. (Spring 2002).