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Foreign Policy Analysis

Course #: polsci 435

Description:
This course examines the way countries make their foreign policy. It considers the international, domestic, and even interpersonal settings in which policymakers pursue their goals in different countries. Understanding these goals and the constraints on their pursuit helps to explain why policymakers sometimes choose policies that, in retrospect, turn out to be unproductive or even damaging to their own or their country's interests. This course explores the ways that seemingly irrational policies can nevertheless be explained in rational terms, but it also encourages students to view the temptation to ''rationalize'' critically in their own analyses of foreign policy.
Pre Requisites:
Pre-requisite: POLSCI 102 or ECON 101 or POLSCI 203 or POLSCI 220 or permission of instructor

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 3939 TuTh
2:00 - 3:15 pm
Kowert,Paul Andrew Wheatley W02-0127
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 09/03/2024 - 12/13/2024
Capacity: 24
Enrolled: 15
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite: POLSCI 102 or ECON 101 or POLSCI 203 or POLSCI 220 or permission of instructor
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