APG5105 · Foreign policy of emerging powers

Overview

This unit is designed for students who have studied International Relations in a prior program. It examines the foreign policy of emerging powers in the global system. It is divided into three modules. The first module engages you with an understanding of advanced conceptual approaches to understanding foreign policy generally and the foreign policy of emerging powers (states with significant and increasing capacity and status-seeking intent). The second module presents a series of case studies of 4 emerging powers. These case studies may change each year (e.g. Indonesia, India, Brazil and Iran), and will focus on states central to current discussions of changing global dynamics. The third module examines how emerging powers interact with both ‘great powers’ (e.g. the US) and established middle powers (e.g. Australia) and how these states are seeking to navigate an international system with a changing centre of gravity.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. critically engage in key debates framing foreign policy;
2. explain the development and implementation of foreign policy, and how this is affected by real and perceived regional and global context;
3. identify and explain cross-cultural and ethical considerations associated with foreign policy issues;
4. produce innovative solutions to problems through critical reflection and policy modelling;
5. apply research skills to a range of challenges;
6. communicate ideas perceptively and effectively to a variety of audiences.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.