London Semester Course Description
International Diplomacy (Semester-Long) *NEW Spring 2010*
International Diplomacy: Issues, Conventions and Practices
This course runs throughout the semester.
This course will cover in some detail the work of diplomatic missions in the execution of foreign policy and their organization to accomplish that work. Course objectives include explaining the activities of the various sections and agencies that compose diplomatic missions in order to improve understanding of the role of diplomacy in advancing national and international interests, to highlight the different skills and professions engaged in “diplomatic” work, and to show the services and assistance that citizens, companies and other organizations can expect to obtain from diplomatic missions. The experience will be that of missions based in London and selected locations in mainland Europe.