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generally prepared to represent the assigned country or countries.
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
305 Comparative Foreign Policy (3 credits) An examination of foreign
policies and policy decision making of major world or regional actors, including
an examination of the historical dynamics influencing policy making, the systemlevel
(global) sources facilitating states’ strategic opportunities and constraints,
and the domestic factors shaping foreign policies in these countries. From a
comparative standpoint, the course evaluates foreign policy decision making with
regard to each country’s regional imperatives and standing in the world, their
foreign policy formulation vis-a-vis each other, and their relations with the
world’s most dominant power, the United States. Examples of states likely to be
included: China, Russia, India, Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Israel, South Africa.
PR: Posc 205, or permission of instructor. Typically offered alternate years.
(SBA) or (NTW)
335 International Law (3 credits) An introduction to the role of public
international law, including an evaluation of both historical and
contemporary perspectives on the operation of international law, the
nature and sources if international law, the rights and obligations of states
(including why states and non-state actors comply with and violate
international law), and issues dealing with sovereignty, international
treaties, territoriality, and international adjudications. It also will
examine how international law applies to the use of force and human
rights and also seek to understand the role international law plays in U.S.
foreign policy. Prerequisite: Posc 105 or permission of instructor. (SBA)
345 Seminar: Global Issues, Global Crises (3 credits) This course
examines crisis-level issues in global affairs and analyzes private (nongovernmental)
and public responses to them at both the national and
international levels. Study of crisis-precipitating factors will be followed
by more intense focus on state and non-state actors involved in
addressing crises and shaping policy responses. How actors and groups
interact, cooperate, or compete, and pursue their own interests as they
respond to crises will be explored. Actors studied will include: IGOs (such
as the UN, or regional trade organizations), NGOs (such as the Red Cross,
Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, or local micro-credit
organizations), and international financial institutions (such as the IMF
or the World Bank). A consideration of lingering dilemmas and challenges
will accompany discussions of lessons learned from the politics of crisis
response. Example issues include: refugees and refugee warehousing,
massive-impact natural disasters, global terrorism, failed states and postconflict
nation-building, trafficking in children, child workers and child
soldiers, and comparative immigration policies. Prerequisite: Posc 105
and a 200-level Comparative Politics or International Politics course, or,
permission of instructor. Typically offered alternate years. (SBA) or
(NTW)
365 International Political Economy (3 credits) This course
examines the struggle and cooperation that is the realm of international
political economy, using history and theory to illuminate policy and
organization. Study begins with consideration of the U.S. in the global
economy. Topics include: determinants of states’ foreign economic policy,
the politics of bilateral trade, multilateral trade regimes, food politics,
labor dynamics and global finance. The tensions between global
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