Faculty Profile
Andy Wolff
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies (2008)
Contact Information
Stern Center for Global Educ Room 003
717-245-1968
Bio
His areas of teaching and research include U.S. foreign policy, transatlantic relations, NATO and EU security policy, international relations theory, and diplomatic summitry. Dr. Wolff's primary research concerns the geopolitics of NATO enlargement and European security governance. He has been a legal staff assistant in the United States Senate and an English teacher in the Czech Republic. His publications have appeared in International Affairs, the Journal of Transatlantic Studies, Contemporary Security Policy, and the Journal of Contemporary European Studies.
Education
- B.A., Washington & Lee University, 1995
- M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2003
- Ph.D., 2010
2024-2025 Academic Year
Fall 2024
INST 280 American Foreign Policy
Cross-listed with POSC 280-01.
POSC 280 American Foreign Policy
Cross-listed with INST 280-01.
INST 401 Geopolitical Hotspots
This seminar investigates conflict and security problems in contemporary international relations. It uses comparative and multidisciplinary tools to examine the geopolitics of several security issues including: the war in Ukraine, cybersecurity and emerging technology, China's rising economic and military power, failing states, and conflict in Africa. With each security issue, the seminar asks what the historical roots are, what are the motivations and responses of major actors involved, and what is the overall impact of each geopolitical hotspot on the international system.