The Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy strives to create an environment of opportunity, scholarship and partnership among our students and faculty. As Israel and the world are facing enormous challenges in the area of terrorism, the potential spread of non-conventional weapons, inter-state and intra-state conflicts, poverty and global environmental problems, there is a need to train students to become better policy analysts, scholars and educators. Therefore, our courses and seminars are taught by leading scholars of public policy, foreign policy, diplomacy, conflict resolution, decision making, terrorism, Israeli politics, Middle East politics, and political marketing and communication. In addition to familiarizing students with key paradigms, theories and concepts, the Lauder School of Government provides students with the set of analytical and practical tools needed to conduct policy-driven research and deal with policy dilemmas, challenges and problems. The program combines theory and practice in an interdisciplinary setting.
Students can choose from five different specializations: diplomacy and strategy; conflict resolution; Middle East studies; terrorism studies; and politics and public policy. Selected students also can participate in the prestigious Argov Fellows Program in Leadership and Diplomacy and an exchange program with Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.
Our students also participate in activities of the school’s five centers and institutes, including the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), which organizes and hosts the renowned Herzliya Conference annually; the Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT); the Center for European Studies; the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center; and the workshop series on “Improving Public Policy in Israel.”
The curriculum combines the traditional fields of government and international affairs with the opportunity of specializing in Middle East, counter-terrorism and conflict-resolution studies. The perspective is broad-based, including a focus on the impact of political forces, social issues, business interests and governments’ economic policies, along with factors such the media, culture and technology.
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