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Comparative Foreign Policy

Spring 2014

Prof Sung-han Kim, KU GSIS*

(Cell: 010-5542-7644; Email: )

1. Purpose

To learn how to compare and analyze foreign policies

To understand the linkage between domestic factors and foreign policy

To discuss the domestic actors and processes that shape foreign policy

To identify international actors and forces that constrain or provide opportunities for the state

To learn how to compare foreign policies of different countries and/or different periods of a country

2. Evaluation

Attendance (10%); Presentation & Participation (20%); Mid-Term Exam (30%); and Final Paper (40%)

3. Readings

# Course Reader: Available at “Hu-moon-sa”

Ryan K. Beasley et als., Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective: Domestic and International Influences on State Behavior (Washington: CQ Press, 2002)

Laura Neack, The New Foreign Policy: U.S. and Comparative Foreign Policy in the 21st Century (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)

Graham Allison & Philip Zelikow, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (2nd edition) (New York: Longman, 1999)

John J. Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001)

Steven W. Hook, Comparative Foreign Policy: Adaptation Strategies of the Great and Emerging Powers (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002)

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower (New York: Basic Books, 2007)

Joe. D. Hagan, Political Opposition and Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective (London: Lynne Rienner, 1993)

Christopher Hill, The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003)

4. Course Outline

Week 1: Introduction

Course Introduction and Assignment

Week 2: Defining Comparative Foreign Policy

Juliet Kaarbo et als., “The Analysis of Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective,” in Beasley et als., Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective: Domestic and International Influences on State Behavior (Washington: CQ Press, 2002)

Laura Neack, “Introduction: A New Approach to Foreign Policy” in Laura Neack, The New Foreign Policy: U.S. and Comparative Foreign Policy in the 21st Century (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)

Joe D. Hagan, “Introduction: The Problem of Domestic Politics in Comparative Foreign Research” in Joe. D. Hagan, Political Opposition and Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective (London: Lynne Rienner, 1993)

Week 3: Politics of Foreign Policy

Christopher Hill, “Foreign Policy in International Relations” in Christopher Hill, The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003)

Christopher Hill, “Politics of Foreign Policy” in Christopher Hill, The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003)

Allison & Zelikow, “Introduction” in Graham Allison & Philip Zelikow, Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (2nd edition) (New York: Longman, 1999)

Week 4: Rational Foreign Policy-Making

Allison & Zelikow, “Model I: The Rational Actor” in ibid.

Allison & Zelikow, “The Cuban Missile Crisis: A First Cut” in ibid.

Laura Neack, “The Individual Level of Analysis: Leaders, Rational Choices, Cognition, and Morality” in ibid.

Week 5: Organizational and Governmental Politics

Allison & Zelikow, “Model II: Organizational Behavior”

Allison & Zelikow, “The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Second Cut”

Allison & Zelikow, “Model III: Governmental Politics”

Allison & Zelikow, “The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Third Cut”

Week 6: State, System, and Foreign Policy

Laura Neack, “The State Level of Analysis: National Culture, Institutions, Domestic Politics, and Society” in ibid.

Laura Neack, “The System Level of Analysis: Power, Position, and Foreign Policy Behavior”

Laura Neack, “Conclusion: A Nested Game with Many Players” in ibid.

Week 7: Behavior of Great Powers in Comparative Perspective

John Mearsheimer, “Introduction” in Mearsheimer,The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001)

John Mearsheimer, “Anarchy and Struggle for Power” in ibid.

John Mearsheimer, “Great Power Politics in the Twenty-first Century” in ibid.

Week 8: Mid-Term Exam

Week 9: Securitization

In-Taek Hyun, Sung-Han Kim, Geun Lee, “Bringing Politics Back In: Globalization, Pluralism, and Securitization in East Asia” in Ralf Emmers et als., eds., Studying Non-Traditional Security in Asia (Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2006)

Mathias Albert, “Security as Boundary Function: Changing Identities and Securitization in World Politics” The International Journal of Peace Studies, Vol.3 No.1

Richard W.X. Hu, “Globalization, Pluralism, and Securitizing Non-traditional Security Issues in China: The Case of SARS” NTS Project of Ford Foundation, 2004

Week 10: Intermestic Influences on Foreign Policy

Brian White, “British Foreign Policy: Continuity and Transformation” in Beasley.

Steven Philip Kramer, “French Foreign Policy: The Wager on Europe” in Beasley.

Paul D’Anieri, “Russian Foreign Policy: Continuity, Revolution, and the Search for Status” in Beasley.

Week 11: China’s Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective

Brian Ripley, “China: Defining Its Role in the Global Community” in Beasley.

Quansheng Zhao, “Modernization, Nationalism, and Regionalism in China” in Steven W. Hook, ed., Comparative Foreign Policy: Adaptation Strategies of the Great and Emerging Powers (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002)

David C. Kang, “Too Small to Balance? East Asian Responses to China” EAI Working Paper Series 5 (October 2006)

Week 12: U.S. Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower (New York: Basic Books, 2007)

Howard Wiarda & Lana Wylie, “New Challenges in U.S. Foreign Policy” in Hook.

Sung-Han Kim, “The End of Humanitarian Intervention?”Orbis, Fall 2003

Week 13: Japanese Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective

Akitoshi Miyashita, “Japanese Foreign Policy: The International-Domestic Nexus” in Beasley.

Robert Scalapino, “Japan’s Economic Route to Power” in Hook.

YoshihideSoeya, “The Rise of Human Security: Securitization of Human Well-Being in Japan” NTS Project of Ford Foundation, 2004.

Week 14: Israeli and Iranian Foreign Policies in Comparative Perspective

Laura Drake, “Continuity and Change in Israeli Foreign Policy” in Beasley.

Paul D. Hoyt, “The Changing Character of Iranian Foreign Policy” in Beasley.

Moshen M. Milani, “Iran’s Ambivalent World Role” in Hook.

Week 15: Conclusion

Term-paper proposal presentation

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