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American Foreign Policy Since World War II
Course Number: SA.100.720
Covers the history of American foreign policy since World War II. Gives special attention to analyses and interpretations of the determining factors of continuing significance, including issues and trends in the international and domestic environment of U.S. policy.
Course Evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10; Summer 09
Professor John Karaagac
T/TH 6 p.m. - 8 p.m
Behavioral Sociology of Conflict
Course Number: SA.860.784
Considers the importance of culture in the operationalization of modernity by assessing the role of religion, beliefs and identity in social behaviors. Challenges the rational assumption to emphasize the behavioral aspects of intercommunal and international relations. Draws from disciplines such as sociology, evolutionary psychology, and social and political psychology to examine identity-based conflict as well as the xenophobic responses to the emergence of a global, modern identity.
Course Evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10; Summer 09
Professor Camille Pecastaing
T/TH 6 p.m. - 8 p.m
China's Energy Challenges in the 21st Century
Course Number: SA.680.769
This course uses energy as a window to look at how the Chinese political system tackles complex policy problems in the era of reform and globalization. It anatomizes the multiple dimensions of the energy challenges facing China, examines how its energy sectors respond to these challenges over time and how these sectors have evolved since the country launched opening up and economic reforms in 1978. It also explains the governing structures, institutions, and processes through which China governs its energy economy and makes its energy policies and decisions. Finally, it evaluates the system performance, system capacity, and system direction of the Chinese state by investigating how China confronts climate change and energy security challenges domestically and internationally.
(Elective for the Certificate in International Development.)
Course Evaluations: Fall 11; Spring 11
Professor Bo Kong
M/W 6p.m. - 8p.m.
China's Reform and Changing Role in the Global Economy
Course Number: SA.750.904
Reviews economic reforms since 1978 and the dramatic changes in international trade and investment patterns that are unfolding as China’s economy grows and opens up. Analyzes the implications of China’s WTO accession terms both for China and for its trading partners and reviews China’s WTO compliance. Examines China’s unfinished domestic economic reform agenda and factors underlying China’s current international competitiveness.
Course Evaluations: Fall 10; Fall 11
Professor Peter Bottelier
T/TH 6 p.m. - 8 p.m
Comparative National Systems
Course Number: SA.100.750
Provides a graduate-level introduction to comparative politics, focusing on the major institutions of democratic political systems, such as electoral systems, presidentialism, federalism, and judicial and legal systems. Covers functional issues such as democratic transitions, governance and corruption, and the relationship between development and democracy.
(Required for the Certificate in International Development.)
Course Evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10
Kevin Croke, David Fowkes
M/W 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Current Asian Security Issues
Course Number: SA.755.704
Analyzes the post-Cold War security dynamics among the great powers of Asia, together with emerging cross-regional security issues such as energy, drugs, terrorism and the related problem of failed states. Also considers the domestic political context of security policy, including support for a U.S. military presence, for innovations in defense technology and for the “global war on terrorism.” Assesses the prospects for constraining nuclear and missile proliferation, with special reference to the Korean Peninsula and South Asia. Considers the implications of arms procurement and development plans for future security relations.
Course Evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10
William Wise; Catherine Dalpino, Marvin Ott
M/W 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Economic Negotiations
Course Number: SA.640.748
Analyzes negotiations on economic subjects as a category of problem-solving and conflict-management processes. Examines multilateral negotiations under the aegis of the WTO; regional trade negotiations, including NAFTA and FTAA; bilateral trade and investment negotiations conducted by the United States; and negotiations aimed at solving specific economic disputes. Also explores emerging issues and players in economic negotiations.
Course Evaluations:
Professor Eliza Patterson
M/W 6p.m. - 8p.m. Energy, Environment and Development in Developing Countries
Course Number: SA.680.714
Surveys the situation in developing countries, where energy demand is projected to outpace capital resources for expanding energy services. Examines traditional and modern energy-consuming sectors from both supply and demand perspectives and assesses the resulting economic, social and environmental implications. Evaluates policy options to minimize adverse impacts. Emphasizes the role of energy efficiency and alternative fuels.
(Elective for the Certificate in International Development.)
(Enrollment may be limited in this course. Seats are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis for those who have completed their applications and submitted a tuition deposit.)
Course Evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10; Summer 09
Professor Deborah Bleviss
T/TH 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
International Financial Markets
Course Number: SA.380.722
Provides an overview of the financial institutions, markets and instruments that comprise today’s global financial markets and the associated risks. Considers how funds are raised, financial instruments are priced and risks are managed as well as why financial institutions and markets are prone to failure. Looks at the critical components of market infrastructure and the role of public policy and prudential regulation in averting failure. Examines the foreign-exchange market and international parity conditions. Reviews the impediments to developing financial markets in emerging markets and their implications for long-term economic growth and financial stability.
Course Evaluations:
Professor Scott Featherston
M/W 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
International Monetary Theory
Course Number: SA.300.708
Covers the basic theory underlying the international monetary system. Topics include balance-of-payments analysis, foreign-exchange markets, interaction of economies at the macro level and exchange-rate regimes. Prerequisite: SAIS Macroeconomics, or intermediate macroeconomics and passing the SAIS Macroeconomics online waiver exam.
Course Evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10; Summer 09
Professor Jaime Marquez
M/W 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. International Relations of the Middle East
Course Number: SA.860.701
Examines the place of the Middle Eastern system of states in the world system. How does the Middle Eastern system fare? How did it get where it is today? What are the roles and limitations of outside powers? How do global trends intrude into the Middle East?
Course Evaluations:
Professor Marius Deeb
T/TH 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
International Trade Theory
Course Number: 300.707
Introduces the theory of international trade and major international commercial policy issues. Discusses the theories of why countries trade, what determines the commodity composition of a country’s exports and imports and the effects of international trade on a country’s welfare. Analyzes the impact of commercial policy instruments such as tariffs, quantitative trade restrictions, non-tariff trade barriers and export subsidies. Assesses arguments for protecting domestic industries against import competition. Prerequisite: SAIS Microeconomics, or intermediate microeconomics and passing the SAIS Microeconomics online waiver exam.
Course Evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10; Summer 09
Professor Wendy Takacs
T/TH 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Introduction to Economic Development
Course Number: SA.320.724
Covers the main patterns of economic growth and development since the mid-19th century and describes the salient characteristics of underdeveloped countries today. Focuses on the most significant ideas in the field of economic development, from the classical theories to the modern neoclassical, Keynesian and endogenous growth models. Examines the development experience of several groups of developed and developing countries with emphasis on the role of economic policies. Appropriate for students without prior course work in development. Prior course work in principles of economics and/or macroeconomics is desirable, or additional self-study may be needed.
(Required for the Certificate in International Development)
Course Evaluations: Summer 11
Instructor Neil Shenai
T/TH 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Introduction to International Law
Course Number: SA.650.700
***Start date for course is June 7, 2012***
Considers the role of treaty law, customary international law and peremptory norms, as well as problems of reconciling national sovereignty and international law. Also looks at dispute resolution and the rise of International Organizations. Examines the development of substantive areas of public international law such as the law of the sea, use of force and the law of armed conflict, and human rights law and considers their significance in terms of international relations. Asks whether international law is just a form of politics, or whether it has a logic and discipline of its own.
Course Evaluations: Summer 11
Professor Ruth Wedgwood
T/TH 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Macroeconomics
Course Number: SA.300.701
Offers an intermediate-level course that studies the theoretical and institutional framework of modern national economies. Develops analytic tools used to understand how the economy functions in the aggregate. Focuses on the primary purpose of those tools to explain national levels of income, employment, prices and interest rates, as well as changes in these variables over time. Devotes equal attention to short-run economic fluctuations and long-run economic phenomena, especially economic growth and development. Assesses the role of fiscal and monetary policy in determining economic outcomes in both closed and open economies as well as the important relationship between financial markets and macroeconomics. Prerequisite: Principles of macroeconomics or equivalent.
(Cannot be used to obtain a certificate.)
Course Evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10
Professor Matthias Matthijs
M/W 5:45 p.m. - 8 p.m. Microeconomics
Course Number: SA.300.700
Offers an intermediate-level course that focuses on the theory of decision-making under conditions of scarcity. Analyzes consumer theory, choice and demand, production, cost, the firm, market structures and market failure. Emphasizes economic efficiency and the application of economic theory to government and firm decisions and public policy problems. Introduces game theory and some differential calculus. Microeconomics totals 14 class sessions of three hours each. Prerequisites: Principles of microeconomics or equivalent, high school algebra and facility with graphs. Prior knowledge of differential calculus is helpful, or additional self-study may be needed.
(Cannot be used to obtain a certificate.)
NOTE: This course will have a review session on July 24th and the final exam on July 26th.
Course Evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10; Summer 09
Professor Matthias Matthijs
T/TH 5:45 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Political Development of North Africa
Course Number: 780.622
This course will study the development of Northern African polities, both as “living models” of different types of political evolution and as cases of particular political phenomena. It is designed to give the student not only a basic understanding of the historical and political evolution of the regimes, institutions and communities of Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia since independence, but also to explore in depth certain themes such as the relationship between state and society in the Maghreb; the evolution of modern and traditional authoritarian leadership; Nationalism and National Identity construction; Islamic radicalism and the articulation of opposition. The course will also address the cultural, social and economic problems each state faces in its attempt to modernize and the debate on modernization, regional integration and globalization.
(Elective for the Certificate in International Development)
Course Evaluation: Summer 11
Professor Karim Mezran
M/W 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Practical Research Methods in International Development
Course Number: SA.400.700
Examines methods for conducting social science research in developing countries for international development goals. Provides training on basic quantitative and qualitative research skills, and a comprehensive understanding of practical research applications in international development, including the politics and ethics of utilitarian social science practice in developing country contexts. Looks at the challenges and opportunities of applying social science methods in the developing world, and the conditions under which these methods are appropriate, useful, or even realistic for a variety of development-related activities such as policy making and advocacy, project management, and program design and planning.
(Elective for the Certificate in International Development.)
Course evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10
Professor Raul Roman
M/W 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Principles and Practices of Conflict Management
Course Number: SA.640.718
Examines basic understandings and observations about violent conflicts, including their origins, patterns and sequences, the processes by which they escalate and deescalate and their costs to the parties and bystanders. Surveys the diverse options open to diplomats and others in the international community as they attempt to prevent, limit, manage or resolve violent intergroup conflict internationally. Covers topics including negotiation, mediation, peacekeeping, post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation, and transitional justice.
Course Evaluations: Summer 11, Summer 10; Summer 09
Professor John Davies
M/W 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Rural Development and the World Food Crisis
Course Number: SA.400.900
This course will examine the causes and consequences of, and cures for, the current world food crisis, which has added approximately 100 million people to the ranks of the poor. Long-term global underinvestment in rural areas is a major factor underlying the crisis. A key premise of the course is that rural issues are central to economic growth, poverty reduction, environmental protection, good governance, and peace and security. Many developing-country economies are based on the use and exploitation of natural resources-- both renewable (land, water, forests and wildlife) and nonrenewable (oil, natural gas and minerals). The course will explore the technical (agricultural production technoligies, including biotechnology), economic (role of rural development in overall development, poverty traps, value chains, farm and nonfarm rural development, internalizing environmental costs and services), governance (conflict, human rights, democratic decision-making), and social (gender, indigenous people) dimensions of rural development. Particular attention will be paid to the ways in which globalization increasingly shapes rural development. Controversy surrounds many of the topics to be discussed, and students will have a chance to consider contending views.
(Elective for the Certificate in International Development.)
Course evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10; Summer 09
Professors: Marc Cohen, Peter Veit
T/TH 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Statistical Methods of Business and Economics
Course Number: SA.340.709
Covers basic statistical tools for data analysis. Emphasizes facility in problem-solving in statistical inference and two-variable regression and correlation analysis. Presents descriptive statistics, probability and probability distributions and their use in hypothesis testing. Uses computer to solve problems and to reinforce statistical concepts.
Course Evaluations: Summer 11
(Elective for the Certificate in International Development.)
Professor Mihreye Mete
T/TH 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
States, Revolutionaries and Terrorism
Course Number: 860.781
Reviews the historical background of modern terrorism since its origins in the 19th century to modern neo-Jihadists. Constructs a theoretical framework for understanding terrorism, terrorist organizations and counterterrorism. Looks at case studies investigating the goals, structures, resources and ideologies of a great variety of terrorist organizations, historical and contemporary.
Course Evaluations:
Professor Camille Pecastaing
M/W 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. The Changing Political Economy of Sub-Saharan Africa: Realizing Africa's Growth Potential
Course Number: SA.780.758
Sub-Saharan Africa is now in (only) the second sustained growth phase in its known history, making its image as 'The Hopeless Continent' look increasingly problematic. In its place is the possibility that a significant number of African countries, at least, are capable of the sort of extraordinary growth that has recently lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, particularly in China and India. In this course, we examine the changes in African political economy that might propel such development, including commodity booms, democratization, and new technologies, to evaluate the claim that Africa is taking off.
Course Evaluations:
Professor David Fowkes
T/TH 6p.m. - 8p.m. The Role of Religion in Contemporary Policymaking Issues
Course Number: SA.600.722
The accepted notion that religion is destined to fade as nations modernize has been thoroughly challenged by its renewed significance as a prominent influence in contemporary political life. This seminar begins by addressing the meaning of religion and its various manifestations in the context of politics and its component elements: war and peace, democratization, social movements, and foreign and economic policymaking. The second half of the course focuses on policy related case studies that will address such areas as conflict management; the development of civil society organizations; international and human rights law; energy, resources and the environment; and international development. In doing so, it seeks to examine the conditions under which religion - across regions and traditions - contributes to, redefines, or detracts from policy goals. By the end of the course, students will have a more comprehensive sense of the interplay between religion and politics as they pertain to international politics and policymaking.
Course Evaluations:
Professor Leila Austin
M/W 6p.m. - 8p.m. Theories of International Relations
Course Number: SA.100.761
Presents a set of tools for understanding, predicting and formulating policy on international conflict and cooperation. Examines leading schools of international relations theory, including Realism, Liberalism and Constructivism. Surveys topics such as alliance formation, nuclear deterrence, imperialism and international institutions. Explores the domestic sources of foreign policy, trade, global environmentalism, international law, the integration and disintegration of states, globalization and the future of international relations.
(Required for the Certificate in International Studies.)
Course Evaluations: Summer 11; Summer 10; Summer 09
Professor John Karaagac
M/W 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. |
