FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to: identify basic concepts in foreign policy analysis; explain different approaches to foreign policy analysis; discuss actors and decision-making processes of foreign policy; analyze specific cases using foreign policy approaches.

Topics:

1. Introduction to Foreign Policy Analysis
2. Level of Analysis: Individual and Group;
3. Level of Analysis: State and System;
4. Recap;
5. Rational Choice Model and Rational Actor Model;
6. Assessing foreign policy;
7. Learning in foreign policy;
8. Poliheuristic Theory and Prospect Theory;
9. The Role of Media and Public Opinion;
10. The Role of Civil Society and Interest Group;
11. Strategic culture and National Identity;
12. Critical Approaches to Foreign Policy;
13. Final Recap and Reflection.