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| INTR4001 | Foreign Policy Analysis | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Erol KALKAN | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. İsmail Köse | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims at helping students develop their knowledge and skills in foreign policy analysis in order to: 1) explain the behavior of states and critically evaluate complex foreign policy decisions; 2) identify multiple factors that influence the making of foreign policy and diplomacy; and 3) discuss contemporary foreign policy issues from both mainstream and critical perspectives. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | explain the behavior of states and critically evaluate complex foreign policy decisions | 6,11 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | identify multiple factors that influence the making of foreign policy and diplomacy | 6,11 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | discuss contemporary foreign policy issues from both mainstream and critical perspectives. | 6,11 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| The first part of the course will introduce the key actors, structures and processes of foreign policy. It will also discuss the main theories of decision-making and international politics. The second part of the course will deal with diplomacy, including public diplomacy, in terms of how it emerged and evolved. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Course outline | | | Week 2 | Introducing foreign policy analysis: Differences between domestic and foreign policy, Why and how do we do foreign policy analysis?
| | | Week 3 | External and Internal Sources of Foreign Policy: Structure and Agency debate, Levels of Analysis problem | | | Week 4 | Realism and foreign policy | | | Week 5 | Liberalism and foreign policy | | | Week 6 | Constructivism and foreign policy | | | Week 7 | Game Theories and Foreign Policy | | | Week 8 | Rational decision-making models | | | Week 9 | Mid-term Exam | | | Week 10 | Decision-Making in International Political Crises Cuban Missile Crisis
| | | Week 11 | Biases in Decision Making (Part I): Groupthink
| | | Week 12 | Biases in Decision Making (PART II): Polythink
| | | Week 13 | Alternative models of FP decision-making: Cognitive, Psychological and Behavioral approaches | | | Week 14 | Diplomacy, Diplomats and foreign policy And Foreign Policy Making in Europe
| | | Week 15 | General overview | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield, Timothy Dunne (2012) (eds.) Foreign policy: theories, actors, cases. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press | | | |
| 1 | Alex Mintz and Karl DeRouen Jr (2010) Understanding foreign policy decision making, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2025 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 1/2026 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 7 | 2 | 14 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 11 | 2 | 22 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 150 |
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