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Disarmament courses at the University of Maryland

New for Spring 2003: HONR 229D

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GVPT 409E

The Program on Global Security and Disarmament offers a course on disarmament, GVPT409E, "Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: Issues in General Disarmament." First offered in Spring 2000, the course focuses on assessing the prospects for and obstacles to general disarmament after the Cold War. We are continuing to offer the course in Spring 2002, and hope to offer an additional course in future fall semesters alongside the spring course.

Students in this course study historical efforts at general and complete disarmament. Students analyze historical general disarmament proposals along with recent nuclear and conventional disarmament proposals in five main dimensions: political, military, economic, social, and environmental. Students also work in teams to develop case studies of countries such as Israel, South Africa, China, Peru, and India. These case studies help highlight successes and failures in arms control and disarmament efforts.

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