Course Details Language of Instruction English Level of Course Unit Master's Degree Department / Program Political Science and International Relations (English) (With Thesis) Type of Program Formal Education Type of Course Unit Elective Course Delivery Method Face To Face Objectives of the Course This course aims to familiarize students with the process by which foreign policy is made. In exploring this question, the course takes students on a tour through the corpus of thought on foreign policy. The goals of the course are threefold. First, it aims to familiarize students with the principal alternative approaches to foreign policy as a field related to, but distinct from, international relations. Second, it enables students to participate in and contribute to contemporary debates on foreign policy-making using theoretically-informed empirical analysis. Finally, it uses in-class simulations to assist students in applying concepts and theories of foreign policy analysis to real world policy settings. The course’s main aim is to provide students with a sound understanding of: 1. The competing theories of foreign policy 2. The principal differences between foreign policy and international politics 3. How to analyze foreign policy using different levels of analysis 4. The uses and limits of comparative foreign policy analysis 5. How to ascertain the relative influence of psychological factors versus political institutions versus systematic constraints on foreign policy. 6. How international negotiations are conducted in forming foreign policy. Course Content Broadly speaking, the course follows a traditional "levels of analysis" structure, beginning with the systemic or structural level, where we examine constraints on foreign-policy making such as balance of power considerations and alliance structures. We also consider systemic sources of foreign policy, including transnational social networks, multi-national corporations, diasporas, epistemic communities, global norms, and the democratic peace. We then move to the state level to investigate the influence of domestic factors such as regime type, government veto players, bureaucratic and organizational politics, sub-state interest groups, public opinion and media, as well as cultural factors. Finally, we move to individual-level factors that influence foreign policy decision-making, including cognitive maps, leadership traits, psychological factors, perceptions, and beliefs. Rather than offering a definitive answer to the question of how foreign policy is made, students will be encouraged to consider a number of possible sources and interactions among these sources. Students will also be asked to evaluate alternative accounts for a given foreign policy in order to construct the most plausible explanation for it. Course Methods and Techniques Teaching Method: Lecture, in-class discussion and presentation of assigned readings, case-studies/simulations. Evaluation: Attendance and participation in-class discussions, presentation short papers, written exams. Prerequisites and co-requisities None Course Coordinator None Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. Cenker Korhan Demir Assistants None Work Placement(s) No Recommended or Required Reading Resources Cutler, Claire (1999). “Locating ‘Authority’ in the Global Political Economy,” International Studies Quarterly 43(1), pp. 59-81. Erhan, Çağrı and Erhan Akdemir (ed.) (2018). Foreign Policy Analysis (Eskişehir: Anadolu University Publications). Duffield, John (1992). “International Regimes and Alliance Behavior: Explaining NATO Force Levels,” International Organization, Vol. 46, pp. 819-855. Darwich, May (2021). “Foreign Policy Analysis and Armed Non-State Actors in World Politics: Lessons from the Middle East,” Foreign Policy Analysis, orab030, pp.1-9. Finnemore, Martha and Kathryn Sikkink (2001). “Taking Stock: The Constructivist Research Program in International Relations and Comparative Politics,” Annual Review Political Science, Vol. 4, pp. 391-416. Hudson, Valerie, V. (2014). Foreign Policy Analysis: Classic and Contemporary Theory. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Kaarbo, Juliet and Margaret G. Hermann (1998). “Leadership Styles of Prime Ministers: How Individual Differences Aff Documents Alden, Chris and Amnon Aran (2017). Foreign Policy Analysis: New Approaches (New York: Routledge) Baumann, Rainer and Frank A. Stengel (2014). “Foreign policy analysis, globalisation and non-state actors: state-centric after all?” Journal of International Relations and Development, 17(4), pp. 489-521. Smith, Steve, Hadfield, A., and Dunne, T. (Eds.). (2016). Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases. Oxford University Press. Course Category Social Sciences %50 Field %50