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North American Colloquium Climate Series

The US-Canada (clean) electricity relationship: Challenges and opportunities in policy design and coordination

April 10, 2022

Joshua Basseches, Nwamaka Ikenze

Both the United States and Canada have made significant commitments to reduce their climate-changing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But importantly, both countries have also adopted the same grand strategy to do so: “electrify...

Joshua A. Basseches & Nwamaka Ikenze paper cover

North American Colloquium Climate Series

Canada-US relations, energy security, and the road to net zero by 2050

April 10, 2022

Monica Gattinger

The widespread power outage in Texas in early 2021 was a devastating reminder of the importance of energy security. So was the spring 2021 ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, a line that supplies half the gasoline to the US east coast. And...

North American Colloquium Climate Series

Canada-US green bilateralism: Targeting cooperation for climate mitigation

April 8, 2022

Debora VanNijnatten, Mark McWhinney

Under the Biden administration and the Trudeau government, the U.S. and Canadian commitment to bilateral cooperation on climate is both strong and comprehensive. This stands in stark contrast to the complete lack of engagement under the previous...

Debora VanNijnatten and Mark McWhinney research paper

North American Colloquium Climate Series

The politics of short-lived climate pollutants and North American methane policy

April 8, 2022

Barry Rabe

This paper examines the continued political challenge of developing a robust methane mitigation policy regime in most oil and gas producing jurisdictions in the United States and its North American neighbors. It invokes political scientist Matthew...

North American Colloquium Climate Series

The 'dark horse' of climate change: Agricultural methane governance in the United States and Canada

April 8, 2022

Trish Fisher

Methane emissions took the spotlight at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. In the run-up to COP26, the United States (US) and European Union (EU) announced the Global Methane Pledge, a...

International Policy Center (IPC)

The International Policy Center (IPC) supports the faculty and students of the University of Michigan and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy in creating new knowledge, fostering considered debate, and developing the policy leaders of...

The Weiser Diplomacy Fellowship

The Weiser Diplomacy Center offers several fellowships to admitted MPP or MPA students with demonstrated academic achievement who express deep interest in pursuing knowledge and practical policy skills related to diplomacy and foreign affairs in...

International Economic Development Program (IEDP)

The International Economic Development Program (IEDP) was established in 1999 by the International Policy Student Association (IPSA) with support and strategic guidance from the late Professor Katherine Terrell. It is a three-credit academic program...

Weiser Diplomacy Center

The Weiser Diplomacy Center serves as a hub for engagement with the foreign policy community, bringing a diverse cadre of seasoned diplomats and foreign policy experts to campus and creating new opportunities for students and faculty through public...

Graduate fairs

Meet Ford School representatives attending graduate school fairs and admissions events throughout the fall. We strongly encourage you to join us for more information about our programs, and are happy to answer any questions you may have. Check back...

PubPol 750

PubPol 750.013 Topics: Africa In Context: Diplomacy, Democracy, and Development

Susan Page

Topics: Africa In Context: Diplomacy, Democracy, and...

PubPol 717

PubPol 717 Social Activism, Democracy & Globalization: Perspective of the Global South

Yazier Henry

How are the inherent and intersecting relations of power including inherent structures of dominance related to the experience of violence, oppression and resistance textured into the context of politics and policy...

PubPol 750

PubPol 750.002 Topics: International Security

Megan Stewart

The course will focus on insecurity globally with special attention to the onset, processes, and outcomes related to interstate and civil...

PubPol 750

PubPol 750.006 Topics: US Foreign Policy in Africa

Kamissa Camara

This course offers a focused analysis of U.S. foreign policy in Africa, unpacking the continent's political, economic, and security complexities and their intersection with American strategic...

PubPol 495

PubPol 495.003: Policy Seminar: Counterterrorism Policy and Strategy

Javed Ali

PUBPOL 495 (Policy Seminar) is for students currently enrolled in the Public Policy Undergraduate Program only, no exceptions. Enrollment is by permission...

PubPol 475

PubPol 475.002: Topics: U.S. Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific

Daniel Shields

The course will examine the past, present, and future of diplomatic interactions between the United States and the other nations of the Indo-Pacific region, starting with the 1951 signing of the Treaty of San Francisco that ended the state of war...

PubPol 475

PubPol 475.013: Topics: Africa in Context: Diplomacy, Democracy and Development

Susan Page

The African continent is often presented by the media (and many others) as a land of war, famine, disease, corruption, and...

PubPol 750

PubPol 750.013: Topics: Africa in Context: Diplomacy, Democracy and Development

Susan Page

The African continent is often presented by the media (and many others) as a land of war, famine, disease, corruption, and...

PubPol 717

PubPol 717: Social Activism, Democracy & Globalization: Perspective of the Global South

Yazier Henry

PubPol 534

PubPol 534: Economics of Developing Countries

Dean Yang

This course surveys what we do and don't know about economic growth and poverty alleviation in developing countries. We begin by discussing alternative perspectives on the goals of...

PubPol 750.005

PubPol 750.005: Topics: U.S. Diplomacy in Europe

Instructor: Ambassador...

PubPol 750.004

PubPol 750.004: Topics: Diplomacy and Statecraft in an age of Globalization

Susan Page

Diplomacy (using non-lethal means to manage interstate relations and foreign threats) and statecraft (managing state power to promote national interests) are the key tools by which a nation?s foreign policy is...

PubPol 750.004