Crisis timeline
Rebuild the timeline of a recent diplomatic crisis with sources.
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International Affairs Analyst
Learners drawn to diplomacy, journalism or international organisations.
US politics and foreign policy, India–US relations, then argumentation and research writing.
291hours of coursework
30weeks at 10 h
3steps
12courses
3universities
Target skills
Persuasive CommunicationInternational RelationsInternational FinanceSocial StudiesLobbyingPublic Safety and National SecurityPublic AffairsTechnology StrategiesEconomic DevelopmentGovernancePolitical SciencesFinancial Policy
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Geopolitical analyst
- Foreign affairs journalist
- International organisation officer
Progression
- 1O.P. Jindal Global UniversityBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) American Politics, Society, and History Beginner 59 h 4.0 (10) The Making of US Foreign Policy Beginner 41 h 4.5 (12) India-US Relations: Geopolitics, Culture, and Business Beginner 34 h 4.5 (11) - 2Duke UniversityBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments Beginner 26 h 4.6 (3,145) Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively Beginner 13 h 4.3 (428) Think Again III: How to Reason Inductively Beginner 24 h 4.6 (523) Think Again IV: How to Avoid Fallacies Beginner 18 h 4.7 (469) - 3University of California, IrvineBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Grammar and Punctuation — 16 h 4.7 (19,647) Getting Started with Essay Writing Intermediate 13 h 4.7 (3,295) Advanced Writing — 18 h 4.7 (1,969) Introduction to Research for Essay Writing — 19 h 4.7 (1,190) Project: Writing a Research Paper — 10 h 4.7 (514)
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