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Language of Instruction
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English
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Level of Course Unit
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Bachelor's Degree
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Department / Program
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Political Science and International Relations
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Type of Program
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Formal Education
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Type of Course Unit
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Compulsory
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Course Delivery Method
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Face To Face
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Objectives of the Course
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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.
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Course Content
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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. 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.
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Course Methods and Techniques
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Lecture
Discussion based lecture
Case study
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Prerequisites and co-requisities
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None
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Course Coordinator
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None
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Name of Lecturers
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Prof.Dr. Cenker Korhan DEMİR
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Assistants
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None
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Work Placement(s)
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No
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Recommended or Required Reading
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Resources
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Steve Smith, A. Hadfield and T Dunne, (Eds.). (2016). Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases. Oxford: Oxford University Press).
Rainer Baumann 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.
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Course Notes
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A minimum attendance of 70% is required for this course. Students are expected to focus solely on course-related activities during class sessions. Active participation will positively contribute to the final grade.
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