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PubPol 624

PubPol 624: Media, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy

This course will investigate the various means, both direct and indirect, through which the mass media and public opinion can influence the foreign policy making...

PubPol 716-002

PubPol 716-002: Introduction to Chinese Policy Tour

In the second portion of the course, Ford School students will travel to Beijing, China for 12 days (depart May 1, 2011, return May 13, 2011) to learn more about China through meetings with business and government leaders, sessions with Renmin...

PUBPOL 541

PUBPOL 541: International Trade Policy

Alan Deardorff

This course examines the policy issues of international trade, including trade in both goods and services and also international flows of direct investment and...

PUBPOL 674

PUBPOL 674: Economic and Social Policies in a Selected Emerging Market Economy

This course developed from an initiative of the International Policy Students Association (IPSA) at the Ford School of Public Policy. It will be in two...

PUBPOL 580-002

PUBPOL 580-002: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

David Thacher

This course seeks to make students sensitive to and articulate about the ways in which moral and political values come into play in the American policy process, particularly as they affect non-elected public officials who work in a world shaped...

PubPol 716-001

PubPol 716-001: Introduction to Chinese Policy

This first portion of the course, held in Ann Arbor, will introduce students to China and its policy and economic environments. Drawing on the expertise of Ford School faculty and outside guests, each class will focus on a different policy...

PUBPOL 650

PUBPOL 650: Introduction to Science and Technology Policy Analysis

Shobita Parthasarathy

As it exposes students to the landscape of science and technology policymaking in the US and abroad, this course introduces theories and methodologies for science and technology policy analysis, with literature drawn from a range of disciplines,...

PUBPOL 580.002

PUBPOL 580.002: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

Megan Tompkins-Stange

PubPol 716.001

PubPol 716.001: Introduction to Chinese Policy

Ann Chih Lin

PubPol 716.002

PubPol 716.002: Introduction to Chinese Policy Tour

Ann Chih Lin

In the second portion of the course, Ford School students will travel to Beijing, China for 12 days to learn more about China through meetings with business and government leaders, sessions with Renmin faculty, and exploration of Chinese cultural...

PubPol 830

PubPol 830: Immersion in Research

Alan Deardorff

This course is designed to immerse students in a major research project of their own design. By the end of the two-semester course, students will be required to produce a polished paper, which can later be incorporated into their...

PUBPOL 542

PUBPOL 542: International Financial Policy

Kathryn Dominguez

This course provides an overview of international financial economics, developing analytic tools and concepts that can be used to analyze world economic policy...

PUBPOL 677

PUBPOL 677: Immigration Policy

Ann Chih Lin

Immigration is a phenomenon that touches upon every aspect of American society, from economic growth to neighborhood institutions to national...

PUBPOL 320

PUBPOL 320: Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Policy

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environmental within which public policy is formulated and...

PubPol 495.002

PubPol 495.002: Policy Seminar: Immigration Reform

Ann Chih Lin

Policy seminars are open only to undergraduates enrolled in the Ford School. These small, interdisciplinary courses will focus on particular public policy issues as reflected in the title of the...

PubPol 475.003

PubPol 475.003: Topics: Trade policy as an instrument for economic development

In this course, and largely borrowing on the experience of the professor as Trade Minister in a small, middle-income country, we will discuss the practical links between trade policy and the variety of issues that challenge poor societies in...

PubPol 495.001

PubPol 495.001: Policy Seminar: Dangerous Peacemaking: Managing Political Transitions, Social Justice and Democratic Systems

Yazier Henry

This course will focus on five transitional societies in Africa and the Middle East emerging (or in the midst of) from national nightmares: South Africa, Rwanda; the DRC; Egypt and...

PUBPOL 766

PUBPOL 766: Issues in U.S. National Security

Melvyn Levitsky

This course concentrates on the foreign policy aspects of U.S. National Security. We will study the Cold War preface to current policy as well as broad issues of substance and process affecting national security...

PUBPOL 580-001

PUBPOL 580-001: Values, Ethics, and Public Policy

Yazier Henry

John Hudson: National Security in the 2020s

Apr 2, 2025 0:55:04

This event explores national security and foreign policy in the 2020s, focusing on the key issues and challenges faced during both the Biden and Trump administrations. April, 2025.

Boubacar Bocoum: The Geopolitics of Critical Minerals

Mar 20, 2025 1:27:52

The Geopolitics of Critical Minerals: Balancing Security, Sustainability, and Shared Growth explores the complex dynamics of resource control, environmental and social responsibility, and geopolitical power struggles. March, 2025.

Etienne Charles: Climate change on vulnerable communities

Jan 17, 2025 1:04:49

Jazz musician Etienne Charles visits the Ford School as the annual Martin Luther King Day speaker and explores the effects of climate change on vulnerable communities. January, 2025.

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Ibish and Miller: Perspectives on the Middle East crisis

Oct 30, 2024 1:26:28

Hussein Ibish and Aaron David Miller have a substantive policy conversation about the violence across the Middle East, its broader implications, and the ways in which U.S. policy and policymakers are acting and reacting to the crisis.

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Essentialities of Peace in the Middle East Panel

Oct 21, 2024 1:31:06

This year’s Ambassadors’ Forum examines the turmoil in the Middle East, focusing on the destructive Palestinian-Israeli struggle. October, 2024.

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Paul Abbate: Election Security

Sep 24, 2024 0:52:31

This event explores the FBI's evolving role in safeguarding U.S. elections, focusing on the agency’s efforts to counter cyber threats, disinformation, and terrorism. September, 2024.

Bridget Brink: Vandenberg Lecture

Apr 23, 2024 1:24:57

In the 6th annual Arthur Vandenberg Lecture, Ambassador Brink gives brief remarks on the situation in Ukraine as it enters its third year of war with Russia, followed by a conversation with Weiser Diplomacy Center Director Susan D. Page.

The State of Democracy around the World (Dean's Symposium)

Apr 12, 2024 1:16:34

Stephen Biegun, David Carroll, Jenna Bednar, and Susan D. Page discuss the true state of democracy around the world in this crucial year. April, 2024.

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Ibish and Miller: The Middle East crisis

Apr 3, 2024 1:19:53

The Ford School hosts a substantive policy conversation about the violence in Palestine and Israel, its broader implications, and the ways in which U.S. policy and policymakers are acting and reacting to the crisis. April, 2024.

Tien: Getting things done in the Interagency

Mar 27, 2024 1:12:42

Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security John Tien discusses how homeland and national security policy gets done and implemented based on his experience across four Administrations: Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Biden. March, 2024.

Weiser Diplomacy Center leads ambassadors visit to Ann Arbor public schools

Oct 6, 2023 0:00:00

Susan Page and the Weiser Diplomacy Center led a visit to Ann Arbor's Huron High School where students got to talk with several former ambassadors. October, 2023.