STR - Strategy and Statecraft
Strategy and Statecraft: STR
Lower-Division Courses
STR X01. Perennial Challenges in Strategy and Statecraft.
Examine diplomatic, military, and intelligence related responsibilities and challenges inherent in strategy and state leadership.
STR X02. Foundations of American Strategy and Statecraft.
Explore the history of diplomacy and war in the American regime. Examine the practice of American statecraft in relation to foreign affairs and the permanent principles of grand strategy.
STR X03. Classic Texts of Strategy and Statecraft I.
Examine the texts and ideas that shape foreign affairs and war in the preclassical era and antiquity through the European Renaissance. Explore issues such as the justice of war and peace, the relationship between the regime and strategic imperatives, the philosophic arguments for just war, and the ontological nature of conflict. Study sources such as Herodotus, Sun Tzu, Augustine, and Machiavelli.
STR X12. Topics in Strategy and Statecraft.
Examine one or more topics in foreign affairs, diplomacy, intelligence, and war.
STR X14C. American Military and Diplomatic History I.
STR X14D. European Military and Diplomatic History I.
STR X19S. Topics in Strategy and Statecraft.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad advisor in the School of Civic Leadership. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
Upper-Division Courses
STR X23. Classic Texts of Strategy and Statecraft II.
Examine the texts and ideas that shape foreign affairs and war from the Reformation through the present. Explore questions such as the nature of victory, the relationship between politics, technology, and war in the modern state, the possibility of order during conflict, and the psychology of conflict. Study works such as Clausewitz, Tolstoy, Alfred Mahan, Reinhold Niebuhr, and contemporary reflections on grand strategy and war.
STR X24. Strategy, Statecraft, and Justice.
Examine problems of justice in the context of war, defense, and diplomacy. Explore the relationship between a society's moral foundations and foreign policy, questions of ethical conduct and warfare, and the challenges of citizenship with respect to foreign policy decisions. Discuss readings that may include Reinhold Niebuhr, Hans Morgenthau, Henry Kissinger, as well as memoirs and contemporary scholarship.
STR X25C. American Military and Diplomatic History II.
STR X25D. European Military and Diplomatic History II.
STR X29S. Topics in Strategy and Statecraft.
This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad advisor in the School of Civic Leadership. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.
STR X31. Topics in Classic Texts of Strategy and Statecraft.
STR X31C. Statecraft and War in Literature.
Discuss the challenges of strategy, statecraft, and war through literature. Explore issues such as the individual and society, narrative voice, historical memory, technology, and ethics. Discuss readings that may include works such as the Hebrew Bible, Homer, Shakespeare, Hugo, or Heinlein.
STR X31D. Grand Strategy in Theory and Practice.
Explore great power competitions of both the past and the present and the ways states seek to achieve their goals in the international system today. Evaluate how political regimes shape military and diplomatic policy. Analyze the role of economic power in the global system.
STR X32. Topics in Military and Diplomatic History.
STR X36. Topics in Practice of Statecraft.
Examine themes and case studies in war, defense, diplomacy, intelligence, or law.
STR X36.1. Practice of Statecraft.
Examine themes and case studies in war, defense, diplomacy, intelligence, or law.
STR X41. Advanced Topics in Military and Diplomatic History.
Analyze one or more eras in diplomatic and military history.
STR X41.1. Advanced Military and Diplomatic History.
Examine one or more eras in military and diplomatic history.
STR X43. Advanced Topics in Classic Texts in Strategy and Statecraft.
STR X43.1. Advanced Classic Texts in Strategy and Statecraft.
Discuss classic texts in war and foreign affairs at an advanced level.
STR X47. Advanced Topics in Practice of Statecraft.
Discuss themes and case studies related to war, defense, diplomacy, intelligence, and law at an advanced level.
STR X47.1. Advanced Practice of Statecraft.
STR X62. Strategic Analysis.
STR X63. Capstone in Strategic Analysis.
STR X64H. Honors Strategic Analysis.
STR X65H. Honors Capstone in Strategic Analysis.
STR X66. Advanced Topics in Strategic Analysis.
STR X66.1. Advanced Strategic Analysis.
STR X77I. Internship in Strategy and Statecraft.
Participate in a professional internship. Reflect on internship to improve ability to both articulate preferences and skills, and to match them with appropriate career-related choices.
STR X78H. Honors Thesis I in Strategy and Statecraft.
STR X78I. Internship in Strategy and Statecraft.
Participate in a professional internship. Reflect on internship to improve ability to both articulate preferences and skills, and to match them with appropriate career-related choices.