NEW for Summer ’08!

India as an Emerging Great Power
Delhi, India
Program Dates: May 18 - June 4, 2008
Program Director: Sharon K. Weiner
Core Seminar: 3 credits
Independent Study (optional): 3 credits

Get a rare glimpse into the politics, policies, and people of India. Through this new program, you will develop an understanding of the Indian domestic political institutions that are important in national security affairs.

This three-week program will focus on national security topics of vital importance to the evolving U.S.-India relationship and provide students an opportunity to explore India’s relations and strategic planning with respect to Pakistan, China, the United States, and the sub-continent. Organized in cooperation with the International Honors Program, this course will be conducted as a seminar at the India Social Institute in Delhi, India and will welcome guest speakers from India’s top universities, political institutions, media organizations, and other important bodies.

Students will visit sites such as Amritsar, the India-Pakistan border at Wagha, and Dharmshala, a Tibetan exile community, and will take field trips to famous spots around Delhi including the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, and Jamia Masjid.

Prof. Sharon K. Weiner's research interests focus on security and the interface between institutional design, bureaucratic politics, and U.S. defense and foreign policy. For 2001-2003, she received a “Scholar of Vision” award from the Carnegie Corporation of New York for research and writing that analyzes joint U.S.-Russian efforts to control the proliferation of weapons experts and materials from the former Soviet nuclear and biological weapons complexes. Prof. Weiner is the author of book chapters and journal articles in leading foreign policy publications. From 1988 to 1990, she worked as a staff assistant for the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. She holds a PhD in Political Science from MIT and comes to the School of International Service from her position as a Research Associate with the Woodrow Wilson School’s Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University.

Find out more about India and apply to the program by downloading the program guide [322kb PDF].