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Topics: Research Preparation: Russian Foreign Policy - 50100 - POLS 3520 - 001 | ||||||||||||||
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Using the US-Russia relationship as a starting point, this research preparation course will explore Russia’s foreign policy under President Vladimir Putin, and the debates about this policy among contemporary analysts. Over the course of the term, you will be introduced to some of the frameworks and theories used to explain Russia’s behavior. Throughout the course we will also read and discuss the kind of texts that analysts use to track and make sense of foreign policy – speeches, policy notes, editorials, and so on. This course culminates in a research proposal – a detailed plan to study a particular problem in Russian foreign policy.
![]() Visit the Bookstore site to view course materials Associated Term: 2024 Fall Registration Dates: Apr 01, 2024 to Sep 01, 2024 Registration Levels: Graduate, NonDegree Continuing Undergrad, Undergraduate Main Campus Base Lecture Schedule Type Classroom In-Person Instructional Method Credit Hours: 3.000 Seats Available: 0 View Catalog Entry and Course Description
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Korean Politics - 55967 - POLS 3520 - 801 | ||||||||||||||
CL: ASST 3000 (801). Topical Course Description: This course is about the government and politics in South Korea. We will first take a look at the historical processes from the liberation and division of the Korean peninsula to the democratization and economic development of the South Korea and nuclear and economic challenges of North Korea. We will then survey the political institutions and groups that shape politics and policy making in South Korea. We will analyze how mechanisms of delegation, representation, and accountability work, and what authorities and constraints decision makers possess and face. We will also analyze the politics and political economy of policy reforms by focusing on several areas of policy making. Lastly, we will look at the current state and prospects of Japan-Korea relations with a special attention to the ways in which history and present-day political institutions shape the incentives and thus, behaviors of the major decision makers in each of the respective countries.
![]() Visit the Bookstore site to view course materials Associated Term: 2024 Fall Registration Dates: Mar 31, 2024 to Sep 05, 2024 Registration Levels: Graduate, NonDegree Continuing Undergrad, Undergraduate Japan Campus Base Lecture Schedule Type Classroom In-Person Instructional Method Credit Hours: 3.000 Seats Available: 30 View Catalog Entry and Course Description
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