Concentrations are intended to allow Bush students to fashion a specific program of study tailored to their needs and interests. A concentration in International Politics and Grand Strategy consists of three courses from the list below (selected courses may not count as contributing to more than two concentrations).
International Politics and Grand Strategy
Faculty coordinator: Professor John Schuessler
Core Courses – students must take at least one of the following (listed in BOLD)
- INTA 617 Deterrence and Coercion (Castillo)
- INTA 620 International Security (Park)
- INTA 623 Grand Strategy (Layne) – CORE COURSE
- INTA 631 US Military Power (Castillo)
- INTA 645 Women and Nations (Hudson)
- INTA 646 Foreign Policy Analysis (Hudson)
- INTA 648 Contemporary Civil Wars (Huang)
- INTA 661 NATO: From Military Alliance to Collective Security (Thornton)
- INTA 672 East Asian Security (Norris)
- INTA 674 US Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf (Tabaar)
- INTA 676 International Politics of the Middle East (Gause)
- INTA 704 American Grand Strategy (Schuessler)
- INTA 721 History, Strategy and American Statecraft (Bartel)