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Seminar in International Politics POLS W3962y
Credits:4 pts.
Pre-registration for seminars is not permitted. Instructor permission is required before registration. Please see here for detailed seminar registration guidelines.
Section 001: Foreign Policy & Decision Making
Professor Barbara Farnham
How can we account for the foreign policies of states in the international
system?Why do they behave the way they do?This seminar focuses on a critical
examination of the major explanations for foreign policy outcomes.Our main
emphasis is on decision-making.However, we will begin with explanations
operating at other levels of analysis, such as the international system and
domestic politics.We then explore decision-making explanations, including those
derived from cognitive and social psychology, theories of motivation and
personality, the impact of the political context, and the role of group
dynamics.Throughout, we will be looking at these different approaches in the
light of actual episodes taken largely, but not exclusively, from American
foreign policy.
Section 002: Comparative National Security Strategies of Countries of the Middle East
Professor Charles Freilich
At the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East is home to many diverse peoples, with ancient cultures, in varying stages of development, often in conflict. The primary source of the world's energy, it is also the locus of the terror-WMD-fundamentalist nexus, threatening regional and international security. In a state of historic flux, the region's internal sources of unrest and possible upheaval are of great consequence to the international economy and security. The seminar surveys the national security challenges facing the region's primary players (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria and Lebanon, Israel, the Palestinians, Turkey, Jordan), focusing on their perceptions of the threats and opportunities they face and on the strategies they have adopted to deal with them.
Section 003: Political Economy of Trade & Investment
Professor Pablo Pinto
Prerequisites: POLS V1601 or the equivalent, and instructor's permission. This seminar examines the politics of several major issues in international trade and direct investment. It analyzes the distributional impact of globalization, and explores why and how governments regulate the flow of goods and capital across national borders. The course is divided into four blocs that look at the patterns and distributive consequences of trade, the political economy of trade politics, the political economy of trade reform, and the political economy of investment, respectively. Students are required to actively participate in weekly discussions, to write two review papers during the course of the semester, and submit a final research paper on one of the topics of the seminar.
Section 004: Left-Right Divide in Globalizing Economy
Professor Yotam Margalit
Section 005: State Failure & International Politics
Professor Linda Kirschke
Seminar in International Relations.
Course Sections
Spring
- 2010
Section Number:
001
Call Number:
96697
Course Number:
3962
Section Title:
FOREIGN POLICY & DECISION
Day/Time:
Th 4:10p - 6:00p 501 International Affairs Bldg
Course Bulletin: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/subj/POLS/W3962-20101-001
Instructor: B. Farnham
Section Number:
002
Call Number:
87531
Course Number:
3962
Section Title:
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS SE
Day/Time:
Th 9:00a - 10:50a 501 International Affairs Bldg
Course Bulletin: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/subj/POLS/W3962-20101-002
Instructor: C. Freilich
Section Number:
003
Call Number:
10898
Course Number:
3962
Section Title:
POL ECON OF TRADE & INVES
Day/Time:
Tu 9:00a - 10:50a 501 International Affairs Bldg
Course Bulletin: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/subj/POLS/W3962-20101-003
Instructor: P. Pinto
Section Number:
004
Call Number:
13348
Course Number:
3962
Section Title:
LEFT-RIGHT DIVIDE-GLOBAL
Day/Time:
Tu 2:10p - 4:00p TBA
Course Bulletin: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/subj/POLS/W3962-20101-004
Instructor: Y. Margalit
Section Number:
005
Call Number:
17397
Course Number:
3962
Section Title:
STATE FAILURE & INT''L PO
Day/Time:
Course Bulletin: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/bulletin/uwb/subj/POLS/W3962-20101-005
Instructor: Instructor To Be Announced
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