Course ID: | INTL 8205. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Foreign Policy Decision Making |
Course Description: | Examines the role of decision making in the formation of foreign
policy and international relations. |
Oasis Title: | Foreign Policy Dec Making |
Prerequisite: | INTL 6200 or permission of department |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students will be able to conduct research in foreign policy and
international affairs with a clear understanding of how varying
assumptions about decision making affect their models. Also,
students will understand how varying assumptions about decision
making affect actual international policy. |
Topical Outline: | 1. Rational International Relations Theory
2. The Early Challenge: Cognition and Foreign Policy
3. Rational International Relations Policy - the contemporary
debate
4. Contemporary behavioral decision theory
5. Prospect theory and conflict
6. Prospect theory and cooperation
7.Unraveled Territory: heuristics and biases
8. Other forms of cognitive research
9. Constructivist research
10.Post-modern critical theory |