ATS3183 · Foreign policy analysis

Overview

In this unit, you will learn the fundamentals of foreign policy analysis. You will analyse the foundational theoretical approaches to the development and implementation of foreign policy. You will also explore historical and contemporary case studies of the foreign policies of major global and regional powers and the concepts integral to them such as balance of power; threat perceptions and foreign policy; grand strategies; and status-quo and revisionist powers.

Areas of study: International relations, Politics and governance specialisation

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 assess how states make and implement foreign policy;
2. identify and evaluate the factors which influence the decision-making processes of states, and how states interact with other actors on the international stage;
3. analyse and explain the consequences - both deliberate and unintended - of foreign policy decisions on the national interests of states and the stability of the international system;
4. generate and convey well structured and evidence-based reasoning about foreign policy impacts in written and oral formats.

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.