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Reflective Essays
Reflective Essays
Beyond the specific research into field-related topics, it is also valuable to examine the personal context which can be applied toward that effort. My particular professional and personal background lends itself to the field of International Security and offers a perspective which, if absent from the conversation, might render applicable stones unturned.
A Reflection on the Nature of International Security Studies
As a demonstration of the centralizing linkages afforded by the course selection within ISS, I will examine the fundamental themes extracted from a representative selection of courses which I have consumed over the course of my graduate-level enrollment at the University of Arizona.
Professional Reflection: Personal Opportunities Within ISS
Given a personal commitment to the understanding of institutions which govern both the private and public sectors of society, there is potential applicability within the operational scope of any field which transcends or hopes to transcend the various economic and political strata which govern the social space.