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Foreign Policy of the US
The objectives of this course are to:
- The course aims to analyses the crucial determinants which formulate and influence the external relations of the US.
- It tries to acquaint and familiarize the nature and scope of US Foreign Policy, in its evolutionary trajectory.
- It intends to introduce students to the changing contours of a dynamic external-policy framework, vis-à-vis different regions of the globe, not to mention its policy-response to mutating thematic challenges manifesting themselves on the horizon and delineate the undercurrents, which underpin the American policy in the global realm, highlighting the forces, institutions and actors.
Course Objectives (CO)
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MIR 323-B |
Foreign Policy of the US |
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: CO57: demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of key elements of political analysis of US power and hegemony. CO58: demonstrate a critical understanding of historical development of the US within the state system and related questions of power and governance. CO59:get a clear and comprehensive understanding of the role played by the United States in world affairs |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks. |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
Determinants and Process: Constitutional and Institutional Actors; Geographical, Economical and Technological Factors; Domestic Context (Political Parties, Lobbies, Mass Media
Evolution of the US Foreign Policy: Pre War, Post War and Post Cold War
US and International Institutions
United Nations, NATO, OAS, G7, G20, IMF/World Bank
US Engagement with Major and Regional Powers
China, Russia, India, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea
US Responses to Global Challenges
International Terrorism, NPT and Environmental Issues
Essential Readings:
- Leffler, M. P. (2017) Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: US Foreign Policy and National Security (1990-2015). Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Cha, V.D. (2016) Power-Play: The Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Kalu, K and and Kieh, G. (2013) Eds. United States-Africa Security Relations: Terrorism, Regional Security and National Interests. London: Routledge.
- Brzezinski, Z. (2013) Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power. New York: Perseus Books Group
- Ikenberry, J. (2012) Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Reference Books:
Ø Bacevich, A. (2018) Ideas and American Foreign Policy: A Reader. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ø Haas, R. (2017) A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order. New York: Penguin Books.
Ø Tow,W. and Stuart,D. ( 2017) The New US Strategy Towards Asia : Adapting to the American Pivot. London: Routledge
Ø Jentleson, B. (2013) American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
Ø Mead, W. R. (2012) Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How it Changed the World. New York: Knopf
Ø Steil, B. and Litan, R. (2008) Financial Statecraft: The Role of Financial Markets in American Foreign Policy, New Haven: Yale University Press
Ø Cameron, F. (2007) US Foreign Policy after the Cold War: Global Hegemon or Reluctant Sherif ?. Washington DC: CQ Press
Ø Holsti, O. (2006) Making American Foreign Policy. London: Routledge.
Ø Chittick, W. (2006) American Foreign Policy: A Framework for Analysis: Washington D.C.: CQ Press
Ø Cameron, F. (2005) US Foreign Policy after the Cold War: Global Hegemon or Reluctant Sherif ?. New York: Routledge
Ø Bucklin, S. (2001) Realism and the American Foreign Policy: Wilsonians and the Kennan-Morgenthau Thesis. Westport: Praeger
Ø McEvoy-Levy, S. (2001) American Exceptionalism and US Foreign Policy: Public Diplomacy at the end of the Cold War. New York: Palgrave
Ø Pillar, P. (2001) Terrorism and US Foreign Policy. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press
E-Resources:
Ø Cameron, F. (2006). US Foreign Policy After the Cold War: Global Hegemon Or Reluctant Sheriff?. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. Can be retrieved https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/US_Foreign_Policy_After_the_Cold_War/sLt_AgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Ø The New US Strategy Towards Asia: Adapting to the American Pivot. (2017). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Group. Can be retrieved https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/_/6be8tAEACAAJ?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYwK7Vqof3AhWbTWwGHQJnCXUQre8FegQIGxAH
Ø Pillar, P. R. (2004). Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy. United Kingdom: Brookings Institution Press. Can be retrieved https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Terrorism_and_U_S_Foreign_Policy/6WfRDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Ø Holsti, O. (2013). Making American Foreign Policy. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. Can be retrieved https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Making_American_Foreign_Policy/ophvroElgK0C?hl=en&gbpv=0
Ø Leffler, M. P. (2019). Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security, 1920-2015. United Kingdom: Princeton University Press. Can be retrieved https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/_/DcmXDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj09uq4q4f3AhXVZ2wGHazuASUQre8FegQIHBAE
Journals
Ø Journal of International Relations & Foreign Policy
Ø American Journal of International Law
Ø American Journal of Political Science
