FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS

PSIR337

Course Code: PSIR337
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Hasan Ünal

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Has an idea about how actors' foreign policy decisions should be analyzed.
Comment on the factors affecting foreign policy decisions,
Have knowledge about decision-making models,
Explain the functioning of the decision-making mechanisms,
Explain the methods and instruments to be used in foreign policy
Explain the differences between rational actor model and other models.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

The scope of the course includes the analysis of the decision making and implementing in diplomacy and the internal and external actors, which affects this process.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introducton
2^nd Week	What is Foreign Policy?
3^rd Week	Levels of Analysis issue in foreign policy
4^th Week	Rational actor model in foreign policy
5^th Week	Governmental model in foreign policy
6^th Week	Orientations and national roles in foreign policy
7^th Week	Midterm Exam
8^th Week	Aims and national interests in foreign policy
9^th Week	Group dynamics in foreign policy
10^th Week	Psychological factors and perception in foreign policy
11^th Week	Leaders and foreign policy
12^th Week	Opinions, cultural values and foreign policy
13^th Week	Foreign policy making process in developing countries
14^th Week	Transnational actors in foreign policy. Ethical issues.

Recommended or Required Reading

Faruk Sönmezoğlu, Uluslararası Politika ve Dış Politika Analizi, İstanbul, Filiz, 2005.
Walter Carlsnaes, "Foreign Policy", Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse and Beth A. Simmons (der.), Handbook of International Relations, London, Sage, 2002, s. 331-349.
Barry Buzan, "The Level of Analysis Problem in International Relations Reconsidered", Ken Booth ve Steve Smith (der.),1995. International Relations Theory Today, Cambridge, Polity Press, 1995, s. 198-211.
A. Nuri Yurdusev, " 'Level of Analysis' and 'Unit of Analysis': A Case for Distinction", Millennium, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1993, s. 77-88.
Graham T. Allison, Essence of Decision, Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis, Glenview Illinois, Scott, Foresman and Company, 1971.
Morton A. Kaplan, "The National Interest and Other Interests", James N. Rosenau, Intarnational Politics and Foreign Policy, New York, The Free Pres of Glencoe Inc., 1961, s. 164-169.
Irving L. Janis, Groupthink, 2nd. Edition, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982, s. 2-13.
Janice Gross Stein, "Psychological Explanation of International Conflict", Carlsnaes, Risse and Simmons (der.), Handbook of International Relations, s. 293-308.
Robert Jervis, "Hypotheses on Misperception", G. John Ikenberry (der.), American Foreign Policy, Theoretical Essays, 2nd ed., Harper Collins College Publishers, 1995, s. 515-537.
Vamık D. Volkan and Norman Itzkowitz, Turks&Greeks, Neighbors in Conflict, 1994, s. 1-12.
Stephen Benedict Dyson, "Personality and Foreign Policy: Tony Blair's Iraq Decisions", Foreign Policy Analysis, Cilt 2, 2006, s. 289-306.
Martin W. Sampson, "Cultural Influences on Foreign Policy", Charles F. Hermann, Charles W. Kegley Jr., James N. Rosenau (der.), New Directions in the Study of Foreign Policy, Boston, Unwin Hyman 1987, s. 384-405.
Binnur Özkeçeci-Taner, "The Impact of Institutionalized Ideas in Coalition Foreign Policy Making: Turkey as an Example 1991-2002", Foreign Policy Analysis, Cilt 1, 2005, s. 249-278.
Robert G. Herman, "Identity, Norms, and National Security: The Soviet Foreign Policy Revolution and the End of the Cold War", Peter J. Katzenstein (der.), The Culture of National Security, New York, Columbia University Pres, 1996, s. 271-316..
Lucian W. Pye, "The Non-Western Political Process", James N. Rosenau (ed.), International Politics and Foreign Policy, New York, The Free Press of Glencoe Inc., 1961, 286-294.
Thomas Risse Kappen, "Ideas do not float freely: transnational coalitions, domestic structures, and the end of the cold war", International Organization, Vol. 48, No. 2, 1994, s. 185-214.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	25
Assignment	1	15
Project	1	20
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1.5	1.5
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	20	20
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1.5	1.5
Homework	1	12	12
Project	1	15	15
Total Work Load			150
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

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