U.S. Diplomacy in Action: The Embassy Country Team

Catalog description

Led by a former U.S. Ambassador, students constitute a U.S. Embassy Country Team for a specific country and manage a reality-based diplomatic agenda. Students are assigned the actual roles of Embassy team members, and together with their 'Ambassador,' Students practice how U.S. foreign policy is developed and executed in the field. Through readings, case studies and insights of outside foreign policy experts and U.S. Foreign Service Officers, students are challenged to understand current bilateral policies and relations between the United States and the country assigned for the course. Students also develop new, creative programs for the future that promote U.S. interests and also improve the understanding between the people of the country and the United States. Case studies and class simulation exercises of policy making and program management help students understand good and bad character-driven decisions and leadership.