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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9

Focuses on comparative approaches to security and sustainability in national and international contexts, with special emphasis on constraints, options, strategies, and policy choice. Comparisons are undertaken in terms of levels and locations (countries and regions, localities); systems (social, economic, political, and technological); methods and models (analytical, empirical, historical); time frame (past, present, and future). Levels and locations include developing and industrial contexts encompassed in a global perspective. Emphasis on specific countries and coverage shaped by students' interest and participation. Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.

N. Choucri

Materials from this class are available on OpenCourseWare.