Political Science and International Relations (With Thesis)

PSIR 555 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

Foreign Policy Analysis

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
PSIR 555	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	7.5

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	Second Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	-
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Doç. Dr. Alexander BUERGIN
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives

The main objective of this advanced course is to critically analyze various theoretical perspectives which focus on foreign policy formulation and implementation processes, actors that play a role in these processes and foreign policy instruments. The course focuses on political, economic, institutional, social and psychological/ psychoanalytical dimensions of foreign policy by considering domestic and international factors.

Learning Outcomes

#	Content	PC Sub	* Contribution Level
#	Content	PC Sub	1	2	3	4	5
1	to identify the motivations of actors formulating foreign policy.
2	to identify the actors who play a role in foreign policy formulation process from a Liberal perspective.
3	to explain the steps of rational model.
4	to classify causal factors in rational model.
5	to distinguish the variables at different levels of analysis.
6	to discuss the explanatory power of societal factors in foreign policy formulation process.

Course Description

This advanced course examines the capacity of states to meet their economic and political foreign policy goals. Furthermore, it critically evaluates the relationship between human rights, foreign policy, and diplomacy.

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses	X
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation	Learning Outcome
1	Introducing foreign policy analysis: Differences between domestic and foreign policy, Why and how do we do foreign policy analysis?	Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 1
2	External and Internal Sources of Foreign Policy: Structure and Agency debate, Levels of Analysis problem	Walter Carlsnaes (1992) “The Agency-Structure Problem in Foreign Policy Analysis”, International Studies Quarterly 36(3): 245-270.
3	International System and National Power	Seckin Baris Gulmez (2016): Turkish foreign policy as an anomaly: revisionism and irredentism through diplomacy in the 1930s, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 44, no.1, p. 30-44
4	Rational decision-making models	Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 14
5	Cognitive, Psychological and Behavioral approaches	Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 7
6	Realism and foreign policy	Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 2
7	Liberalism and foreign policy	Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 3
8	Social theories I: Constructivism & Marxism	Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 4; Immanuel Wallerstein, World-Systems Analysis, Duke Uni. Press.
9	Midterm Exam
10	Social theories II: English School	Barry Buzan (2014) An introduction to the English school of international relations: the societal approach. Polity Press, Cambridge.
11	Ethical foreign policy	Smith, Hadfield & Dunne, Chapter 22
12	Diplomacy	Berridge, Chapters 7, 9 & 10 by Kissinger, H. (1994) Diplomacy: Theory and Practice, Second Edition by. New York: Simon & Schuster, Chapters 1,2,3
13	Public Diplomacy	Ho, E.L.E.; McConnell, F.. Progress in Human Geography, 1 April 2019, 43(2):235-255
14	Concluding Remarks
15	Review
16	Review

Course Notes/Textbooks

Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield, Timothy Dunne (eds.) Foreign policy: theories, actors, cases. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources.

Suggested Readings/Materials

Morton H. Halperin, Priscilla A. Clapp and Arnold Kanter. Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy, 2nd edition.

G. R. Berridge. Diplomacy: Theory and Practice, Second Edition

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weighting	LO 1	LO 2	LO 3	LO 4	LO 5	LO 6
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	40
Final Exam	1	60
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	40
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	60
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	13	7	91
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments			0
Presentation / Jury			0
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	36	36
Final Exam	1	50	50
		Total	225

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#	PC Sub	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	PC Sub	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and use them competently.		-	X	-	-	-
2	To be able to evaluate critically the relationships between various factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture.		-	-	-	X	-
3	To be able to determine and question the theoretical and empirical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature.		X	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to identify the political and cultural conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnicity, gender and religion at national and international levels.		-	-	-	-	-
5	To be able to gather and analyze data by using scientific research methods.		-	-	-	-	-
6	To be able to analyze and evaluate the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics.		X	-	-	-	-
7	To be able to present individual research and contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations in written, oral, and visual forms.		-	-	X	-	-
8	To be able to take responsibility in generating solutions to the problems that arise in relation to the politics in daily life.		X	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to determine the institutional and political instruments for conflict resolution in domestic and international politics.		-	X	-	-	-
10	To be able to prepare a thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations based on scientific criteria.		-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to follow new research and developments in Political Science and International Relations and participate the debates in academic meetings through a foreign language.		-	X	-	-	-
12	To be able to have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of gathering, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations.		-	X	-	-	-