Guide to Policy-Relevant Courses

CORE AND METHODS COURSES:

*INTLPOL 222:  Global Futures: History, Statecraft, Systems, Stephen Kotkin & Condoleezza Rice (Core Course)

*INTNLREL 25: War, Revolution, and Peace: The View from Hoover Tower Bert Patenaude (Methods Course)

POLICY-ORIENTED COURSES 

War & Diplomacy

*POLISCI 217: The World and America, Philip Zelikow

*INTLPOL 247: Verification for 21st Century Control Treaties, Rose Gottemoeller

*INTPOL 240: Contemporary Challenges to International Security, H.R. McMaster

INTNLREL 179: Major Themes in U.S.-Latin America Diplomatic History, Thomas O’Keefe

POLISCI 114S: International Security in a Changing World, Oriana Mastro

POLISCI 110D: War and Peace in American Foreign Policy, Kenneth Schultz

EASTASN 188: The Asian Triangle: Japan, Korea and China, Daniel Sneider

CLASSICS 334A: Power, Politics, and War, Josiah Ober

INTNLREL 140C: The U.S, U.N. Peacekeeping, and Humanitarian War, Bertrand Patenaude

HISTORY 9N: How to Start Your Own Country: Sovereignty and State-Formation in Modern History, Steven Press

HISTORY 16/116: Traders and Crusaders in the Medieval Mediterranean, Rowan Dorin

Science & Technology

*POLISCI 115: Spies, Lies and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence, Amy Zegart

*MS&E 296: Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition, Joe Felter, Eric Volmar, and Steve Blank

INTLPOL 265: AI, Autonomy and the Future of War, Bradley Boyd

MS&E 297: Hacking for Defense, Steve Blank, Joe Felter, and Steve Weinstein

Economics & Finance

*INTLPOL 223: Global Growth and Local Discontent, Peter Henry

*ECON 131: The Chinese Economy, Scott Rozelle

HISTORY 269/369: Thinking About Capitalism, Jennifer Burns

POLISCI 247: State, Capital, and Markets: Global History of Modern Finance from the Renaissance to Bretton Woods, Matthew Lowenstein

Politics & Institutions

* CLASSICS/DLCL 147C/POLISCI 247C: Classical Leadership, Dan Edelstein, Barry Strauss

*INTLPOL 231B/POLISCI 113: Understanding Russia: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order, Kathryn Stoner

POLISCI 245R: Politics in Modern Iran, Abbas Milani

POLISCI 149S: Islam, Iran and the West, Abbas Milani

POLISCI 131L: Machiavelli to Marx and Mill, Allison McQueen

HISTORY 154B: U.S. Intellectual History Since 1900, Jennifer Burns

CLASSICS 181: Origins of Political Thought, Josiah Ober

POLISCI 237: Varieties of Conservatism, Peter Berkowitz

COMPLIT 37Q: Zionism and the Novel, Russell Berman

ESF 17/17A: What Can You Do for Your Country?, Russell Berman/R. Starkman

POLISCI 130: Liberalism and Its Critics, Brian Coyne

POLISCI 233R: Modern Islamic Political Thought, Cole Bunzel

HISTORY 281C: Political History of Modern Iran: Revolutions, Repression, and Resilience, 
Morgan Tufan

*Primary/foundational course 

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