STS 3231 - Global Health Security and Diplomacy

(crosslisted) BSOC 3231
(SBA-AS)

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: 10 students. Offered in Washington, D.C.

J. Rao.

This course analyzes the development of foreign policy at the nexus of global health and national security in an attempt to better define and understand the evolving concept of “Global Health Security and Diplomacy”. Interdisciplinary in nature, the course covers a broad set of themes and their intersection, including science and technology policy, biodefense and counter terrorism, gender disparity and development, nonproliferation, food security, global health, and U.S. diplomacy. Emphasis is placed on the current U.S. administration’s efforts to advance a national security and foreign policy agenda inclusive of global grand challenges. We will also pay particular attention to understanding to the role of non-governmental organizations in global health security.

As part of the course, students will travel abroad for a week-long interactive symposia with foreign student counterparts. The colloquia will focus on the global grand challenges and will challenge the cohort to propose collaborative solutions.