IR439 FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS
| Course Code: | 3140439 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | International Relations |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
This course provides an examination of the discipline of Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) and to makestudents “how to think” about foreign policy pheomena and “how to analyse” foreign polices of
individual states, and actors in the field. Accordingly this course intends to provide a background about
the field and then develop the necessary skills to understand and critically analyse the complex interaction
between foreign policy and international relations, domestic/external environments, leaders, statesmen,
bureaucracy, history, decision and policy making, foreign policy implementation, culture, media, public
opinion, etc., and to assess the current issues and developments in foreign policy environment.