1 The American University in Cairo Political Science 554-01 Comparative Foreign Policy: Theories and Applications Wednesday 5:00-7:25 Dr. Gamal A. Gawad Soltan Office Hours: Sunday, Wednesday 10:00-11:00 Tuesday 2:30-4:00 And By Appointment Office: HUSS 2036 Email: gsoltan@aucegypt.edu Course Description: This course focuses on the study of the Foreign Policy in both theoretical and applied terms. Foreign policy is treated in this course as the point of intersection between large number of domestic and external factors. However, the study of foreign policy continues to be strongly linked to it mother discipline: International Relations. This course is divided into three parts: 1. The theoretical approaches to the study of foreign policy. 2. The foreign policy of selected states. 3. Comparing the foreign policy of groups of nations. Grading and Requirements: Final grades will be assigned according to your performance on the following items: 1) Three Analytical Papers 70% 2) Presentations and Participation 20% 3) Attendance 10% The requirements for this course include: 1) Three analytical papers as follows. a. A Country's Foreign Policy Review Article: In this assignment the student should provide a review of a number of major contributions to the study of the foreign policy of a selected country. The reviewed works should apply as many as possible of the different approaches to the study of foreign policy. A country's foreign policy review article should demonstrate the student’s ability to identify, compare and evaluate the applicability of different theoretical approaches vis à vis the selected country. The country's foreign policy review article should cover a minimum of one books and seven scholarly articles. The length of a country review article should be about 3000 words. The country's foreign policy review article is worth 20% of the total grade. The due date for the country's foreign policy review article is March 5th. b. A Thematic Review Article: In this assignment the student should provide a review of a number of major contributions to the study of foreign policy. Reviewed Works should be addressing or applying the same theoretical approach. Approaches such as national attributes, cognition, bureaucratic politics, rational 2 decision making, constructivism are among the approaches that could be selected in this exercise. The thematic review article should cover a minimum of two books and seven scholarly articles published in academic journals. Students are advised to begin this exercise by the careful reading of few of the review articles frequently published in academic journals. This should help students decide on their approach and style in writing a review article. The length of a thematic review article should be about 3000 words. The thematic review article is worth %20 of the total grade. The due date for the thematic review article is April 9rd. c. A Comparative Research Paper: In this assignment the student should provide a quality research paper disrobing and analyzing the patterns of foreign policy of a particular set of nations. The selected set of nations could be defined in many ways based on geography, level of development, ideology, or capabilities. The selection of nations should be deliberate so that it would allow the student to apply and test a theoretical approach of his choice. The length of a research paper should be about 4000 words. The research paper is worth %30 of the total grade. The due date for the comparative research paper is May 14th. Soft copies should be sent to the professor's e-mail. 2) Presentations: In addition to the weekly presentations, in which selected students are required to present the assigned weekly readings, each student will be required to present his thematic and country review articles in class. For each presentation, there will be a student discussant to provide constructive comments on the presentation. Students should choose the discussant and make sure he receives the paper in proper time. Twenty percent (20%) of the total grade of this class is assigned to presentations. 3) Attendance: Students are expected to attend regularly and participate in class discussions. Attendance will be taken in each session. More than one unexcused absences will result in a deduction from your final grade. Three times of unjustified absence will automatically result in a grade of (F). Attendance is allocated 10% of the total grade. Topics and Readings Week 1 Feb 5 Introduction Week 2 Feb 12 Foreign Policy, the domain and the state of the discipline Readings: 1. Christopher Hill, The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy, Ch. 1 (RESERVE) 2. Valerie Hudson, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ch. 1 (RESERVE) 3. Laura Neack, Jeanne Hey and Patrick Haney, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ch. 1 (RESERVE) 4. Laura Neack, Jeanne Hey and Patrick Haney, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ch. 2 (RESERVE) 3 5. Laura Neack, Jeanne Hey and Patrick Haney, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ch. 3 (RESERVE) Week 3 Feb 19 The Broader Context: Realism and Liberalism Readings: 1. Richard Ned Lebow, Classical Realism , in iTim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith (eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, 2010, Ch.3 (RESERVE) 2. John Mearshheimer, Structural Realsim, in Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith (eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, 2010, Ch.4 (RESERVE) 3. Bruce Russett, Liberalism, Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith (eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, 2010, Ch.5 (RESERVE) 4. Jennifer Sterling-Folker, Neoliberalilsm, Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith (eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, 2010, Ch.6 (RESERVE) 5. Miroslav Nincic, The National Interest and Its Interpretation, The Review of Politics, Vol. 61, No. 1 (Winter, 1999), pp. 29-55 (BLACKBOARD) Week 4 Feb 26 The Broader Context: The English School, Marxism, Critical Theory and Constructivism Readings: 1. Tim Dunne, The English School, in Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith (eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, 2010, Ch.7 (RESERVE) 2. Mark Rupert, Marxism and Critical Theory, in Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith (eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, 2010, Ch.8 (RESERVE) 3. K. M. Fierke, Constructivism, in Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki and Steve Smith (eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, 2010, Ch.9 (RESERVE) 4. Kaufman, Stuart (1999), Approaches to Global Politics in the Twenty-First Century, International Studies Review, 1:2, pp. 193-221. (BLACKBOARD) 5. A.J.R. Groom, Foreign Policy Analysis: From Little Acorn to Giant Oak? International Studies 2007 44: 195 (BLACKBOARD) Week 5 March 5 country's foreign policy review article dues Rational Decision Making Readings 1. Christopher Hill, Ch. 5 (RESERVE) 2. Daniel S. Geller and J. David Singer, Nations at War, Ch. 2 (RESERVE) 3. Kahler, Miles (1998), ‘Rationality in international Relations’, International Organization, 52:4, pp. 919-941. (BLACKBOARD) 4 4. Jervis, Robert (1989), ‘Rational Deterrence: Theory and Evidence’, World Politics, 41:2, pp. 183-207. (BLACKBOARD) 5. Andrew Farkas, Evolutionary Models in Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Quarterly (1996) 40, 343-361 (BLACKBOARD) Week 6 March 12 Cognition and Foreign Policy Readings: 1. Valerie Hudson, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ch. 2 (RESERVE) 2. Kristen Renwick Monroe and Kristen Hill Maher, Psychology and Rational Actor Theory, Political Psychology, Vol. 16, No. 1, (Mar., 1995), pp. 1-21. (BLACKBOARD) 3. Brian Ripley, Psychology, Foreign Policy, and International Relations Theory, Political Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Sep., 1993), pp. 403-416. (BLACKBOARD) 4. Valerie M. Hudson, Foreign Policy Analysis: Actor-Specific Theory and the Ground of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis (2005) 1, 1–30 (BLACKBOARD) 5. Kai Oppermann and Alexander Spencer, Thinking Alike? Salience and Metaphor Analysis as Cognitive Approaches to Foreign Policy Analysis, Foreign Policy Analysis (2013) 9, 39–56 (BLACKBOARD) Week 7 March 19 Bureaucratic Politics Readings: 1. Graham T. Allison and Morton H. Halperin, Bureaucratic Politics: A Paradigm and Some Policy Implications, World Politics, Vol. 24, (Spring, 1972), pp. 40-79 (BLACKBOARD) 2. Christopher Hill, Ch. 3 (RESERVE) 3. Laura Neack, Jeanne Hey and Patrick Haney, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ch. 6. (RESERVE) 4. Martin A. Smith, US bureaucratic politics and the decision to invade Iraq, Contemporary Politics, Vol. 14, No. 1, March 2008, 91–105 (BLACKBOARD) 5. Jutta Weldes, Bureaucratic Politics: A Critical Constructivist Assessment, Mershon International Studies Review, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Nov., 1998), pp. 216225 (BLACKBOARD) Week 8 March 26 Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy Readings: 1. Laura Neack, Jeanne Hey and Patrick Haney, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ch. 8. (RESERVE) 2. Christopher Hill, Ch. 9 (RESERVE) 3. Christopher Hill, Ch 10 (RESERVE) 5 4. Fiona B. Adamson, Democratization and the Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy: Turkey in the 1974 Cyprus Crisis, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 116, No. 2, pp. 277-303 (BLACKBOARD) 5. Saori N. Katada1 and Mireya Solı´s, Domestic sources of Japanese foreign policy activism: loss avoidance and demand coherence, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Volume 10 (2010) 129–157 (BLACKBOARD) Week 9 April 2 National Attributes Developing Nations and Capabilities Readings: 1. Laura Neack, Jeanne Hey and Patrick Haney, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ch. 11. (RESERVE) 2. Laura Neack, Jeanne Hey and Patrick Haney, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ch. 12. (RESERVE) 3. Valerie Hudson, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ch. 6 (RESERVE) 4. Christopher Hill, Ch. 6 (RESERVE) 5. James N. Rosenau, Capabilities and Control in an Interdependent World, International Security, Volume 1, Number 2, Fall 1976, pp. 32-49, (BLACKBOARD) Week 10 April 9 Thematic Review Paper dues Issue Areas, Agency and Role Readings: 1. Walter Carlsnaes¸ The Agency-Structure Problem in Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Sep., 1992), pp. 245270 (BLACKBOARD) 2. Stephan Haggard and Beth A. Simmons, Theories of International Regimes, International Organization, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Summer, 1987), pp. 491-517 3. William C. Potter, Issue Area and Foreign Policy Analysis, International Organization, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Summer, 1980), pp. 405-427 (BLACKBOARD) 4. K. J. Holsti, National role conception in the study of foreign policy, International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Sep., 1970), pp. 233-309 (Blackboard) 5. Cristian Cantir, and Juliet Kaarbo, Contested Roles and Domestic Politics: Reflections on Role Theory in Foreign Policy Analysis and IR Theory, Foreign Policy Analysis (2012) 8, 5–24 (BLACKBOARD) Week 11 April 16 Culture, Values, and Identity Readings 6 1. Valerie Hudson, Foreign Policy Analysis, Ch. 4 (RESERVE) 2. Brenda Shaffer, Introduction: The Limits of Culture, in Brenda Shaffer (ed.), The Limits of Culture: Islam and Foreign Policy, 2006, pp. 1-26. (E-Book) 3. Markus Fischer, Culture and Foreign Politics, in Brenda Shaffer (ed.), The Limits of Culture: Islam and Foreign Policy, 2006, pp. 27-64. (E-Book) 4. Douglas W. Blum, Beyond Blood and Belief, in Brenda Shaffer (ed.), The Limits of Culture: Islam and Foreign Policy, 2006, pp. 65-83. (E-Book) 5. Carolyn M. Warner, and Stephen G. Walker, Thinking about the Role of Religion in Foreign Policy: A Framework for Analysis, Foreign Policy Analysis (2011) 7, 113–135 (BLACKBOARD) 6. DAVID PATRICK HOUGHTON (2007) Reinvigorating the Study of Foreign Policy Decision Making: Toward a Constructivist Approach, Foreign Policy Analysis (2007) 3, 24–45 7. Week 12 SPRING BREAK Week 13 April 23 Global Politics in a New Era Readings 1. Buzan, Barry (2004), The United States and the Great Powers, pp. 16-45. (Reserve) 2. James N. Rosenau, Illusions Of Power And Empire, History and Theory, Issue4 (December2005), 73-87 (BLACKBOARD) 3. Florini, Ann (2011), Rising Asian Powers and Changing Global Governance, International Studies Review 13, 24–33 (BLACKBOARD) 4. Andrew F. Hart & Bruce D. Jones (2011): How Do Rising Powers Rise?, Survival, 52:6, 63-88. (BLACKBOARD) 5. Jordaan, Edward (2003), The concept of Middle Powers in International relations, Politikon, 30:2, pp. 165-181. (BLACKBOARD) Week 14 April 30 Regional Powers, Middle Powers, Pivotal States, and Emerging powers I Readings 1. Robert North, War Peace Survival, Ch. 8 (RESERVE) 2. James N. Rosenau, Understanding World Affairs: The Potential of Collaboration, Globalizations, December 2004, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 328–341 (BLACKBOARD) 3. Schrim, Stefan (2010), Leader in need of followers: Emerging powers in global governance, European Journal of International Relations, 16:2, pp. 197221. (BLACKBOARD) 4. Barnett, Michael and Duvall, Raymond (2005), Power in International Relations, International Organization, 59:1, pp. 39-75. (BLACKBOARD) 7 5. Midlarsky, Manus (1993), Polarity and International Stability, American Political Science Review, 87:1, pp. 171-180 (BLACKBOARD) Week 15 May 7 Regional Powers, Middle Powers, Pivotal States, and Emerging powers II Readings 1. Buzan, Barry and Weaver, Ole (2003), Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security, pp. 3-89. (Reserve) 2. Buzan, Barry (2004), The United States and the Great Powers, pp. 46-76. (Reserve) 3. Armijo, Leslie Elliott (2007), The BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) Countries as Analytical Category: Mirage or Insight, (BLACKBOARD) 4. Ross, Robert (2006), Balance of Power politics and the rise of China, Security Studies 15: 3, pp. 355–395 (BLACKBOARD) 5. Tow, William (2011), China’s pragmatic security policy, THE CHINA JOURNAL, NO. 65, pp. 157-178 (BLACKBOARD) Week 16 May 14 Comparative Paper Due Wrap up and presentation of the comparative research paper