I chose “Peace, Conflict, and Security” as the concentration for my Global Studies certificate, because I wanted to go beyond my Political Science major and develop a working understanding of international conflict resolution in regions around the world. Throughout these courses, I was excited to explore regions that had never previously explored, such as Europe, the Middle East, and countries in South and Central Asia. My primary geographical interest as a Political Science major has been Latin America, and I sought to align my certificate with my major and the Spanish courses that I took during my undergraduate career. In all of the courses that I took, my main concern was identifying the reasons behind independence movements, outrage, and war in countries. I learned that the motivating factors behind all of these events stemmed from a variation of the same three issues: economic inequality, systemic and/or racial inequality, and political instability.