Course Calendar

August 20 – December 14

American Foreign Policy: Processes and Outcomes
10:30 – 11:20 MWF in Old Gym 312
_{Calendar last updated on November 19}

August 17 (Friday)

Nothing for today.

August 20 (Monday)

Nothing for today.

August 22 (Wednesday)

Discussion Topic: Introduction to Class

Read for today: Focus on the news

Note: Classes begin

August 24 (Friday)

Discussion Topic: Theory in IR: Realisms

Read for today: Focus on the news

August 27 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: Theory in IR: Liberalisms

Read for today: Focus on the news

August 29 (Wednesday)

Discussion Topic: Theory in IR: Idea-isms

Read for today: Focus on the news

August 31 (Friday)

Discussion Topic: Chittick's Framework for Analysis

Read for today: Chapter 1 (Chittick)

September 3 (Monday)

Note: Labor Day

Holiday: Labor Day

Holiday: Labor Day: No Classes

September 5 (Wednesday)

Discussion Topic: America's Approach to Foreign Policy

Read for today: Chapter 1 (Hook)

September 7 (Friday)

Discussion Topic: Early History of American Foreign Policy

Read for today: Chapter 2 (Chittick)

September 10 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: Isolation to Hegemony

Read for today: Chapter 3 (Chittick)

Major assignment due today:
Foreign Policy Happenings brief I

September 12 (Wednesday)

Note: No Class: Mass

Note: Mass of the Holy Spirit

September 14 (Friday)

Discussion Topic: From Hot War to Cold War

Read for today: Chapter 2 (Hook)

Read for today: Pages 116 – 133 (Chittick)

September 17 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: The Hopes and Failures of Containment

Read for today: Chapter 3 (Hook)

Read for today: Pages 133 – 143 (Chittick)

September 19 (Wednesday)

Discussion Topic: The Era of Superpower Dètente

Read for today: Chapter 6 (Hook)

Read for today: Pages 143 – 153 (Chittick)

September 21 (Friday)

Discussion Topic: The Reagan Era

Read for today: Chapter 7 (Hook)

Discussion Topic: And They All Came Tumbling Down

Read for today: Chapter 8 (Hook)

Read for today: Pages 153 – 160 (Chittick)

September 24 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: After the Fall

Read for today: Chapter 9 (Hook)

September 26 (Wednesday)

Discussion Topic: All Alone

Read for today: Chapter 10 (Hook)

Major assignment due today:
Foreign Policy Happenings brief II

September 28 (Friday)

Discussion Topic: Internal and External Actors

Read for today: Chapter 8 (Chittick)

October 1 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: The Institutional Model

Read for today: Chapter 9 (Chittick)

October 3 (Wednesday)

Discussion Topic: The Organizational Behavior Model

Read for today: Chapter 10 (Chittick)

October 5 (Friday)

Discussion Topic: The Governmental Politics Model

Read for today: Chapter 11 (Chittick)

Major assignment due today:
Foreign Policy Happenings brief III

October 8 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: The Majoritarian Model

Read for today: Chapter 12 (Chittick)

Holiday: Columbus Day

Holiday: Lailat Ul Qadr

October 10 (Wednesday)

Discussion Topic: The Pluralist Model

Read for today: Chapter 13 (Chittick)

October 12 (Friday)

Discussion Topic: The Elitist Model

Read for today: Chapter 14 (Chittick)

Major assignment due today:
Policy Memorandum

October 15 (Monday)

Note: Fall Break

Holiday: Fall Break: No Classes

Note: Mid-Semester's grade reports due

October 17 (Wednesday)

Note: Fall Break

Holiday: Fall Break: No Classes

October 19 (Friday)

Note: Fall Break

Holiday: Fall Break: No Classes

October 22 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: Other Analyses

Read for today: Hermann, Margaret G., and Charles F. Hermann. 1989. "Who Makes Foreign Policy Decisions and How: An Empirical Inquiry." International Studies Quarterly, 33(December): 361–387.

Read for today: Allison, Graham T. 1969. "Conceptual Models of the Cuban Missile Crisis." American Political Science Review. 63(September): 689–718.

October 24 (Wednesday)

Nothing for today.

October 26 (Friday)

Examination: First Examination

Note: Last day to withdraw with a 'W'

October 29 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: The World Community

Read for today: Chapter 5 (Chittick)

Holiday: Cumhuriyet Bayramı

October 31 (Wednesday)

Discussion Topic: Security Policy

Read for today: Chapter 6 (Chittick)

Holiday: Samhain

November 2 (Friday)

Note: No Class: Conference

Holiday: All Souls Day

November 5 (Monday)

Note: No Class: Conference

Major assignment due today:
Foreign Policy Happenings brief IIII

November 7 (Wednesday)

Discussion Topic: Economic Policy

Read for today: Chapter 7 (Chittick)

November 9 (Friday)

Discussion Topic: Economic Policy

Read for today: Chapter 7 (Chittick)

November 12 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: Free Trade and Its Effects

Read for today: Nollen, Stanley D., and Dennis P. Quinn. 1994. "Free Trade, Fair Trade, Strategic Trade, and Protectionism in the U.S. Congress, 1987-88." International Organization. 48(Summer): 491 – 525.

Read for today: 2003. "U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement." American Journal of International Law. 97(July): 699 – 700.

Holiday: Veteran's Day (Observed)

November 14 (Wednesday)

Discussion Topic: International Law and Foreign Policy

Major assignment due today:
Foreign Policy Happenings brief V

November 16 (Friday)

Discussion Topic: Case Study: Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis

Read for today: Shupe, Michael C., William M. Wright, Keith W. Hipel, and Niall M. Fraser. 1980. "Nationalization of the Suez Canal: A Hypergame Analysis." Journal of Conflict Resolution. 24(September): 477 – 493.

November 19 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: Case Study: Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs

Read for today: Gleijeses, Piero. 1995. "Ships in the Night: The CIA, the White House and the Bay of Pigs." Journal of Latin American Studies. 27(February): 1 – 42.

Major assignment due today:
Policy Memorandum

November 21 (Wednesday)

Note: Thanksgiving

Holiday: Thanksgiving Recess: No Classes

November 23 (Friday)

Note: Thanksgiving

Holiday: Thanksgiving Recess: No Classes

November 26 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: Case Study: Vietnam and Kennedy

Read for today: Khong, Yuen Foong. 1987. "Seduction by Analogy in Vietnam: The Malaya and Korea Analogies." In Institutions and Leadership: Prospects for the Future, eds. Kenneth Thompson. (Catalogue number; E876 .I57 1987)

November 28 (Wednesday)

Discussion Topic: Case Study: Carter and the Olympics

Read for today: Bloomfield, Lincoln P. 1982. "From Ideology to Program to Policy: Tracking the Carter Human Rights Policy." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 2(Autumn): 1 – 12.

November 30 (Friday)

Discussion Topic: Case Study: Reagan and Libya

Read for today: Austin, Granville. 1986. "The Libya Raid and the Arab-Israel Dispute." Journal of Palestine Studies. 15(Summer): 99 – 111.

Read for today: Stork, Joe. 1986. "Mad Dogs and Presidents." MERIP Middle East Report. 140(May): 6 – 10.

December 3 (Monday)

Discussion Topic: Case Study: Clinton and Haiti

Read for today: Foreign Policy Editors. 1996. "Was Intervening in Haiti a Mistake?" Foreign Policy. 102(Spring): 134.

Read for today: Rotberg, Robert I. 1996. "Clinton Was Right." Foreign Policy. 102(Spring): 135 – 141.

Read for today: Sweeney, John. 1996. "Stuck in Haiti." Foreign Policy. 102(Spring): 142 – 151.

December 5 (Wednesday)

Major assignment due today:
FPH briefs Analysis

Holiday: First day of Chanukah