Program Overview
This certificate program will prepare students for further graduate study in the fields of international relations, national security and international security, as well as related careers in the public and private sector. Students will be introduced to scholarly work on the sources of conflict, violence and security issues in the international arena, as well as literature on the resolution and mitigation of such conflicts. Students will apply theories and concepts of both interstate and intrastate conflict to important contemporary cases, and analyze the effectiveness of potential policy responses. Where available, this certificate may be earned while completing the MA in international relations or as a stand-alone graduate certificate. Graduates of this program will understand how to apply major theories of international security to analyze real-world regional and international conflicts. They will also be capable of identifying, designing and applying potential policy solutions designed to resolve or mitigate real-world conflicts. In Geneva, there are many organizations working on issues of security, engaging with UN institutions or nonstate actors, whose primary purpose is the analysis and mitigation of conflict. Security issues span various domains, from political negotiations on disarmament to the humanitarian sector, creating challenges for many International Organizations like the IOM and WHO, as well as for the International NGO community based in Geneva and beyond