The process commonly known as globalization is setting the context and posing the principal problems expected to drive public policy for the foreseeable future. Interactions across political jurisdictions and the many divisions of human identity are becoming more consequential. The scale and character of threat is being altered as well as the scope of opportunity. The International Security and Economic Policy specialization is designed to prepare students for careers in this emerging environment. The curriculum examines the problems of managing an economic development process that is generating highly productive growth and technical innovation in its leading sectors but is not as yet producing equitable distribution. It also examines the security implications of endemic conflict and increased access to destructive technology in this situation against the background of legacy international security arrangements. The program requirements expose students to the main issues of economic and security policy with the expectation that globalization is forcing integration of these historically separated specializations. 

 

ISEP Alumnus Jobs 

·         Operations Research Analyst, U.S. Department of Army

·         Defense Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office

·         Planning and Integration Analyst, U.S. Department of Defense

·         Assistant Director for Resource Management, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

·         Squadron Section Commander, U.S. Air Force

·         Trade and Defense Analyst, U.S. Department of Commerce

·         Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.

·         Foreign Service Officer, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, South Korea

·         Legislative Direction and Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Congressman Gary L. Ackerman

·         Special Assistant to Under-Secretary of Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State

·         Children and Youth Ministries Director, Urban Promises Ministries, Inc.

·         Analyst, British-American Security Information Council

·         Delegate, U.S. Mission to the U.N.

  

ISEP Specialization Curriculum

In addition to meeting the overall requirements of their degree program, students electing to specialize in international security and economic policy take the following courses:

The American Foreign Policy-Making Process (PUAF 780) Surveys U.S. institutions and processes for making foreign policy, both security and economic. Explores decision-making theories and their relevance to Washington practice.

International Security Policy (PUAF 720)  Reviews the organizing concepts, substantive content and institutional arrangements of contemporary international security policy. Assesses the balance of interests from a variety of national perspectives and some of the major unresolved issues.

International Economic Policy (PUAF 781) Examines current issues and institutions affecting international economic relations. Topics include theories of the international economy, trade and GATT, international monetary policy and exchange rates, international development, investment and finance, selected regional issues, and broader macroeconomic interdependence and policy coordination.

At least one ISEP elective.  Popular ISEP electives include:

U.S. Trade Policy (PUAF 700)

Intelligence Policy & Organization (PUAF 698N)

Intelligence Policy & Politics (PUAF 698C)

Ethics, Development & Foreign Aid (PUAF 698O)

The State & Development (PUAF 699J)

Disease, Disasters & Development (PUAF 699D)

Global Inequality and its Implications (PUAF 699I)

Democracy & Democratization (PUAF 698Q)

Civil Conflict & Terrorism (PUAF 699K)

  

MPP Students Only: ISEP Project Course (PUAF 790)  Students analyze and recommend responses to a current policy issue of their choice. Emphasizes problem definition, organization of information, and presentation of results.

 
Typical MPP student ISEP academic plan 

Fall Semester I	Spring Semester I
Core: PUAF 610 "Quantitative Aspects of Public Policy OR 611 "Quantitative Analysis of Policy Issues "	Core: PUAF 641 “Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis ”
Core: PUAF 620 “Political Analysis ”	Core: PUAF 711 “Public Management & Leadership”
Core: PUAF 640 “Microeconomics and Policy Analysis ” OR (with permission of Professor Ruth) PUAF 698x “Microeconomic Applications of Public Policy”	ISEP: PUAF 720 “International Security Policy” or ISEP Elective
Core: PUAF 650 “Moral Dimensions of Public Policy ” OR PUAF 698x or 698x “Proseminar in Politics, Philosophy and Public Policy”	ISEP: PUAF 780 “American Foreign Policy-Making Process”
Fall Semester II	Spring Semester II
ISEP: PUAF 781 “International Economic Policy”	ISEP: PUAF 790 “Project Course”
ISEP:  PUAF 720 or ISEP Elective	Three electives
Two electives

  

Primary ISEP Faculty 

Name		Expertise
	Crocker, David Senior Research Scholar, IPPP	Ethics, development, foreign aid; democratization, and human rights
	Destler, I. M. (Mac) Professor & Director,  ISEP Program & Senior Fellow, CISSM	US foreign policymaking, trade and trade politics, US-Japan relations, public opinion, the presidency and the Congress
	Fetter, Steve Dean and Professor	Nuclear arms control and nonproliferation, nuclear energy and radiation, climate change and energy supply
	Gallagher, Nancy Senior Research Scholar & Research Director, CISSM	Global security, arms control and verification, nuclear policy, space activities, international relations theory
	Gansler, Jacques University V.P. for Research & Professor & Director and Roger C. Lipitz Chair, CPPPE	National security, globalization, supply-chain management, government acquisition, advanced technology, public-private partnerships, competition, defense industry, DOD management
	Graham, Carol Professor	Developing economies, poverty and inequality, market transitions, social welfare policies, novel measures of well being and happiness, economics
	Kelleher, Catherine Senior Lecturer (former Professor)	American foreign policy, national security, arms control
	Lahneman, William Senior Research Scholar & Associate Director for Programs, CISSM	American foreign policy, intelligence, and homeland security
	Levine, Daniel Assistant Professor, MSPP Assistant Research Scholar, IPPP	Political and moral philosophy, philosophy of law, international law, peacekeeping, civil conflict
	Nolte, William Senior Research Professor	Intelligence, homeland security
	Reinhart, Carmen Professor	Currency and banking crises, financial liberalization and capital flows, volatile international capital movements
	Schelling, Thomas Distinguished Professor (not currently teaching in ISEP)	Foreign affairs, national security, nuclear strategy and arms control
	Schick, Allen Professor	Government institutions in developing countries, federal budgeting, public finance
	Sprinkle, Robert H. Associate Professor	Health policy, diseases and disasters in developing countries, environmental policy
	Steinbruner, John Professor & Director, CISSM	International security policy and associated institutional arrangements; US defense policy and associated bilateral relationships
	Turner, Stansfield Visiting Professor (not currently teaching in ISEP)	Terrorism, democracy, intelligence analysis, international security, strategies of war

  

Centers conducting International Security & Economic Policy research

 Center for International & Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) 

Center for Public Policy & Private Enterprise (CPPPE) 

Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy (IPPP) 

Sloan Biotechnology Industries Center (SBIC)

 

ISEP Specialization Director

For more information on the ISEP specialization, contact:

Professor John Steinbruner
301-405-6357
jsteinbr@umd.edu