Foreign Policy of Developed Countries

Learning outcomes

This course examines the foreign policy of the old powers, referring to the United States, European countries, and Japan, toward other states. In addition, it also covers the foreign policy of emerging powers which are commonly referred to as BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) that challenge the domination of those states and shake the world’s balance of power. By the end of this course, students shall understand the foreign policy of those states, including strategic competition between those two camps of countries and their influence to the world stability and peace.

Topics

Foreign policy of influential states notably the US, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, India and Russia. Relationship amongst those countries will be studied from both the international security and political economy perspectives.