About the course
IREb2027 Foreign Policy Analysis
Lecturer: András Hettey, Ph.D.
Administrative support: Jana Urbanovska, Ph.D. (79161@mail.muni.cz)
This is a pass/fail course for 3 ECTS.
Schedule:
- Session 1: 28 March 2022, 14:00–15:40, U32
- Session 2: 28 March 2022, 16:00–17:40, U32
- Session 3: 29 March 2022, 8:00–9:40, U32
- Session 4: 29 March 2022, 12:00–13:40, U32
- Session 5: 30 March 2022, 18:00–19:40, P22
- Session 6: 31 March 2022, 16:00–17:40, U23
- Session 7: 31 March 2022, 18:00–19:40, U23
- Session 8: 1 April 2022, 8:00–9:40, P21a
Course objective:
The objective of the course is to give an overview on Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) as a subfield of International Relations. The course takes a look at the possible variables influencing the formulation and implementation of foreign policy, such as the decision-making process, the personalities of the leaders, the role of bureaucracy, national culture/identity and so forth. In keeping with the tradition of FPA, the course aims to be multidisciplinary in that insights from psychology, history, sociology and economics are included.
Learning outcomes:
Students will gain an overview on FPA as a subfield of International Relations. They will have knowledge on the insights and methods of FPA and will be able to apply these in their future university or work assignments, such as seminar papers, thesis or analyses. Students will be able to identify political and economic interests of a given player and use various methods of explaining its actual foreign policy behavior.
Requirements:
Students are required to:
- Read the reading (everyone reads the reading, only a pair / small group of students prepares the presentation based on that reading).
- Prepare a presentation on a pre-arranged topic in pairs (2) / small groups (3). The topics for presentations are provided by the lecturer (see the following chapters of the interactive syllabus). The duration of each presentation is 30 minutes. To sign up for a topic, please use the application "Topic lists" in the IS.
- Actively participate in seminar sessions. Students are expected not to miss more than one session.
- Pass an online final exam (i.e. to get more than 60% points) that will take place during April (dates will be specified).
Methods of assessment:
- Final exam
- Students' presentations
- Active participation in sessions
Recommended literature:
MORIN, Jean-Frédéric a Jonathan PAQUIN. Foreign policy analysis : a toolbox. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. xiii, 359. ISBN 9783319610023. info
ALDEN, Chris a Amnon ARAN. Foreign policy analysis : new approaches. London: Routledge, 2012. 163 s. ISBN 9780415427999. info
HUDSON, Valerie M. a HUDSON. Foreign policy analysis: classic and contemporary theory. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. 225 s. info
NEACK, Laura a Jeanne A. K. HEY. Foreign Policy Analysis. Continuity and Change in its Second Generation. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1995. ISBN 0-13-060575-1. info