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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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