<p>I heard that JHU has a better International relation major than Georgetown. I was wondering why JHU has a better IR program than GU if GU is in DC and JHU is 1 hour away.</p>
<p>There is a whole argument(many pages) about this. Just find it, its not that far back.</p>
<p>I can't seem to find it.</p>
<p>theres a best IR program thread =]</p>
<p>Yea go to JHU in lovely Baltimore...:P</p>
<p>Why do you naively assume that distance from DC has ANY correlation with the quality of IR program? Sure, there are resources in D.C., but that has to do with job placement or internships, which really has nothing whatsoever to do with the quality of the IR dept. at a particular school.</p>
<p><em>sigh</em></p>
<p>I hate it when people try and compare the two schools.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins University has an excellent graduate program, the School of Advanced International Studies. I haven't heard a peep about its undergraduate program, although I assume it's a less-emphasized but still particularly strong undergraduate program at Johns Hopkins. SAIS, by the way, is in DC, so, um, make what you will of it.</p>
<p>I'd say the opposite is true for GU; the School of Foreign Service emphasizes heavily on the undergraduate program. The graduate program, while still distinguished in its own right, is less emphasized and is less popular with graduate students than the undergraduate program is with ... well, undergrads.</p>
<p>Besides, we have world renowned professors (Profs. Esposito, King, Lancaster, etc.) along with diplomatic practitioners who are distinguished in their own right:</p>
<p>USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios
CIA Director George Tenet
President Alexander Kwasniewski of Poland
Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar of Spain
Ambassador Robert Gallucci (at-large, North Korea NPT, current dean of SFS)
The Honorable Madeline Albright, Secretary of State
The Honorable Douglas Feith, Douglas Feith
The Honorable Anthony Lake, National Security Advisor</p>
<p>Besides, Bill Clinton graduated from the SFS. Isn't that alone good enough?</p>
<p>Oh, one other thing: we don't have an IR major. If you want to get technical, I'd say we have 7 IR-related majors in the SFS alone. There is no "International Relations" major. There's CULP, IECON, IHIST, IPOL, IPEC, R&CS, and STIA.</p>