Everything You Always Wanted to Know About IR Grad School

Foreign Policy columnist Stephen Walt lays out guidance for prospective international relations graduate students, weighing master's degrees against PhDs. He notes master's programs take about two years and suit those without academic ambitions, while PhDs demand a minimum five-year commitment and offer no guaranteed job at the end.

Walt cautions against pursuing a doctorate simply because one has always been a good student, warning that the path requires genuine resolve to survive the inevitable self-doubt of the process.

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