Global Hot Spots

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Juris Doctor

How would you like to be a senior policy maker confronting some of the most vexing foreign policy issues of our time? Would you like to help solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Or negotiate a resolution of the Iran nuclear issue? Or meet in the Situation Room at the White House to respond to a North Korean missile test, while addressing the growing challenge of a Chinese digital yuan? You can tackle all these issues and more in this course, Global Hot Spots. Taught by a former White House official with the National Security Council, this course is intended to provide an introduction to some of the central foreign policy issues likely to dominate the 21st Century. Most top foreign policy officials have a basic grounding in all of these issues; this course is intended to give you that background. This course will use life-like simulations to give you hands-on experience with these challenges. You will play senior White House officials, UN representatives, top officials from other countries, and other roles to confront these challenges. In the process, you will learn a great deal about each foreign policy issue, while perfecting key policymaking skills, such as negotiation, mediation, framing policy options, and others. Whether you intend to become a foreign policy official or simply want to become an informed citizen possessing a foundation of foreign policy knowledge, this course will help you do so in an engaging and interactive manner.