Prof. David B.H. Denoon Office Hours
Spring 2003 W 4:00 Ð 6:00, Rm: 833, 269 Mercer
St.
The purpose of this course is to provide an overview of the most significant issues in the U.S. foreign policy-making. The course is divided into three parts:
(a) a review of the principal historical and theoretical debates
about the U.S. role in world affairs;
(b) a series of discussions about the functional areas in which
the U.S. currently has a key impact; and
(c) and exploration of how the U.S. should respond to future
challenges.
There is a substantial amount of reading necessary, and since much of it is in recent articles, you will need to spend considerable time in the Bobst Reserve Room or online. The course will be taught, to the maximum extent possible, in seminar fashion, so you must do the reading BEFORE COMING TO CLASS.
We will be covering a broad range of controversial topics which involve a blend of technical and ideological questions. There are also obvious moral considerations in several of the topics. Given the breadth of legitimate approaches, this course will not focus on any Òagreed perspectiveÓ and students will be expected to present a broad range of positions in class discussions.
A) Reading: Assignments are on the attached list.
B) Papers: There will be a required short paper, 5-8 pages due February
12 and a Final Paper of 10-12 pages due April 30.
C) Exam: There will be a Mid-Term Exam on March 12.
D) Class Each student will be expected to participate fully in
Participation: class discussions.
I. The Shaping of American Foreign Policy
1. The Theoretical Debates:
January
22
K. Waltz Theory of International Politics, pp. 89-116
R. Keohane ÒInternational Institutions.Ó Foreign Policy, Spring 1998.
No. 110 pp. 82-96
K. Mingst Essentials of International Relations,
Chapt. 3, pp. 57-83
2. Establishment of the Nation to 1898:
January
29
T.G. Paterson Major
Problems in American Foreign Policy Vol. 1
ÒGreat Debate of the 1790sÓ pp. 65 - 98
ÒThe Monroe Doctrine,Ó pp. 174 - 202
ÒExpansion to the Pacific,Ó pp. 294 - 308
W.R. Mead Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How
It Changed the World, Chapts. 1,2.
3. Spanish-American
War to 1945
February
05
T.G.
Paterson Major
Problems in American Foreign Policy
Vol.1
ÒSpanish American Cuban Filipino WarÓ pp. 385-417
ÒOpen Door and ChinaÓ pp. 454-495
H. Morgenthau Politics Among Nations, Chapts. 1,3,5
L. Ribuffo ÒReligion and American Foreign PolicyÓ,
The National Interest, Summer 1998, pp. 36-50
H. Kissinger Diplomacy, Chapts. 2,6
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II The
Major Post-World War II Policy Debates
4. How to Formulate a Democratic Foreign Policy?
February
12
M. Cox et. al. American Democracy Promotion, pp. 1-17
R. Tucker & The Imperial Temptation, Intro. & Chapts.
D. Hendrickson 1-5, pp. 1-73
S. Walt ÒIR: One World, Many Theories,Ó Foreign Policy,
Spring 1998, No, 110, pp. 29-466
5. The U.S Ð Soviet Rivalry: 1945-1989:
February 19
J.L. Gaddis ÒInternational Relations Theory & The End of the
Cold War,Ó International Security, Winter 1992/93,
pp. 5-58
G. Kennan ÒThe Sources of Soviet Conduct,Ó Foreign Affairs,
(The ÒXÓ Article), July 1947, Vol. XXV, No. 4
F. Fukuyama, Rush ÒThe Strange Death of Soviet Communism,Ó
& Sestanovich The National Interest, Spring 1993, pp. 10-34
6. The Re-emergency of Mercantilism:
February
26
R. Gilpin The Political Economy of International Relations,
Chapts. 1-3
R. Rosecrance The Rise of the Trading State, Chapts. 2,3
E. Heginbotham ÒMercantile Realism and Japanese Foreign
& R. Samuels Policy,Ó International Security, Spring 1998,
Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 171-203
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7. The
U.S. and the World Economy
March
5
IMF World Economic Outlook Ð2002, pp. 1-31
J. Stiglitz Globalization and Its Discontents, Chapts. 1,2
8. Mid-Term Exam
March
12
III. Future U.S. Dilemmas
9. Foreign Policy After the 9/11 Attacks:
March
26
S. Walt ÒBeyond Bin Laden,Ó International Security, Winter 2001/02, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 56-78
S. Brooks & ÒAmerican Primacy in Perspective,Ó Foreign Affairs,
W. Wohlforth July/August 2002, pp. 20-33
R. English ÒPower, Ideas, and New Evidence on the Cold WarÕs End,Ó
International Security, Spring 2002, Vol. 26, No. 4,
pp. 70-92
J. Nye ÒSeven Tests Ð Between Concert and Unilateralism,Ó
The National Interest, Winter 2001/02, pp. 5-13
10. Defense Policy in a Changing Environment
April
2
D. Denoon Ballistic Missile Defense in the Post-Cold War Era
Chapts. 1,6
S. Weinberg ÒCan Missile Defense Work?Ó NY Review of Books,
Feb. 13, 2002, pp. 41-46
E. Cohen ÒA Tale of 2 Secretaries,Ó Foreign Affairs,
May/June 2002, pp. 33-45
R. Betts ÒThe New Threat of Mass Destruction,Ó Foreign Affairs,
Jan/Feb. 1998, pp. 26-41
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11. Afghanistan and the Middle East
April
9
C. Fairbanks & ÒBases of Debate Ð America in Central Asia,Ó
A. Bacevich The National Interest, Summer 2002, No. 68, pp. 39-53
M. OÕHanlon ÒA Flawed Masterpiece,Ó Foreign Affairs,
May/June 2002, pp. 47-63
E. Barak vs. ÒCamp
David and After Ð An Exchange,Ó NY Review of
R. Malley Books, June 13, 2002, pp. 42-49
S. Huntington ÒThe Clash of Civilizations,Ó Foreign Affairs,
Summer 1993, pp. 22-49
12. Volatile Regions: South Asia and the Korean Peninsula
April
16
S. Ganguly ÒBeyond the Nuclear Dimension: Forging Stability in
South Asia,Ó Arms Control Today, December 2001, pp. 3-7
D. Kux ÒIndiaÕs Fine Balance,Ó Foreign Affairs, May/June 2002,
pp. 93-106
V. Cha ÒKoreaÕs Place in the Axis,Ó Foreign Affairs, May/June
2002, pp. 79-92
S. Harrison Korean Endgame Ð A Strategy for Reunification and
U.S. Disengagement, Overview, Chapts. 1,2,26
N. Eberstadt The End of North Korea, pp. 115-146
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13. Policy in East Asia
April
23
D. Denoon Real Reciprocity Ð Balancing U.S. Economic and Security
Policies in East Asia, entire
J. Kurth ÒThe Pacific Basin vs. the Atlantic Alliance,Ó in P.
Gourevitch, Ed., The Pacific Region, Sept. 1989 Issue of The Annals, Vol. 505, pp. 34-45
P. Katzenstein & ÒJapan, Asian-Pacific Security, and the Case for Analytical
N. Okawara Eclecticism,Ó International Security, Winter 2001/02,
Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 153-185
D. Denoon & ÒFair Division: A New Approach to the Spratly Islands
S. Brams Controversy,Ó International Negotiation, 1997,
Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 303-329
14. Long-Term Issues
April
30
M.N. Baily ÒThe New Economy: Post Mortem or Second Wind?Ó
Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 2002,
Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 3-22
A. Goldstein ÒGreat Expectation Ð Interpreting ChinaÕs Arrival,Ó
International Security, Winter 1997/98, Vo. 22,
No.3, pp. 36-73
R. Haass The Reluctant Sheriff Ð The U.S. After the Cold War,
pp. 1-20, 103-140
N. Ferguson The Cash Nexus Ð Money and Power in the Modern World,
pp. 1-50, 390-425