Independent research conducted under the guidance of a faculty member.

Undergraduate Internship for International Affairs for academic credit.

Independent research conducted under the guidance of a faculty member.

An introduction to the major issues and aspects of the politics, societies, and cultures of East Asia, and the changing role of the region in international affairs.

Examines traditional and nontraditional issues in international security, including the uses of military force, military strategy and policy, arms control, peacekeeping, the environment, and migration.

Introduces students to the construction and presentation of formalized scenarios for international planning, and into the formation, implementation, and assessment of path games. Credit not allowed for both INTA 4014 and INTA 6014.

Description

This course examines the structure, dynamics, issues, key players, main variables, and leading challenges of security in the Pacific region. After a brief survey of the history of international relations in the region and the various theoretical approaches to the study of world and regional politics, the course will focus on the intensifying competition between the PRC (People’s Republic of China) and the United States and its allies. The aim is to ascertain the nature, magnitude, character, strengths, and weaknesses of the rising PRC power and its implications. Topics to be discussed include Chinese worldview, the action and the record of Chinese foreign policy, the incompatibility and the overlapping interests between the PRC and the United States, and the ways and means for the US to cope with the Chinese challenge. Students will also attempt to speculate about the future of security, peace, and order in the Pacific and beyond.

Pre- &/or Co-Requisites

None

This course will introduce the application of scientific methods to the study of international affairs, broadly construed. In it, you will learn the purposes of social science, and what distinguishes a scientific approach to social phenomena from other approaches. We will cover the key elements of a good social science theory and understand how to formulate and measure important social science concepts. We will learn how to ensure that our samples are representative of the populations we wish to study and how to design high quality surveys. Finally, we will examine the approaches social scientists use address causal questions of interest in international affairs, covering both quantitative methods - with a specific focus on ordinary least squares – as well as qualitative methods. The primary aim of this course is to help you understand, interpret, and criticize a wide range of empirical social science research relating to international affairs. 

This course aims to introduce students to primary security issues in the Western Pacific region and provide some tools to consider the subject. Topics to be covered include the cross-Taiwan Strait dispute, territorial disputes in the South China Sea and East China Sea, international security structure in the Western Pacific, and emerging technology and societal resilience.

This course aims to provide students who have taken INTA 3131/6131 Pacific Security Issues with immersive experiences to verify and rethink the primary security issues in the Western Pacific region. Topics to be covered include the cross-Taiwan Strait dispute, territorial disputes in the South China Sea and East China Sea, and international security structure in the Western Pacific. The immersive environment also allows the course to introduce on-site learning about emerging technology and societal resilience that the Atlanta campus cannot offer.