Course Description
Examines the role of decision making in the formation of foreign policy and international relations.
Athena Title
Foreign Policy Dec Making
Prerequisite
INTL 6200 or permission of department
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
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
Syllabus