International Relations

Achieve advanced proficiency in a second language relevant to your regional focus area.

Study realism, liberalism, constructivism, and other frameworks that explain international politics.

Study how nations cooperate and conflict through diplomacy, war, trade, and international law.

Compare how governments, parties, and political systems work across different countries.

Examine how global trade, finance, and development are shaped by political power.

Analyze military threats, nuclear deterrence, terrorism, and cybersecurity in global politics.

Study treaties, human rights law, law of war, and how international courts enforce legal norms.

Design studies, collect data, and analyze results using quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Practice diplomatic techniques and negotiation strategies through simulations and case studies.

Study how governments make foreign policy decisions — actors, processes, and cognitive biases.

Examine international organizations like the UN, WTO, and ICC and how they manage global issues.

Study the politics, economics, culture, and conflicts of a specific world region in depth.

Examine strategies to reduce global poverty — aid, trade, microfinance, and institutional reform.