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AMERICAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
POL329 AMERICAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY 5 3 3 5

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: James Lee Ray (2014) American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition,CQ Press.Chapter 1 Why should we study American Foreign Policy? The Impacts of American Foreign Policy Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
2 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: Kaufman, Joyce P., A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy, 5th Edition, Rowman & Littlefield,2021. ISBN: 9781538151365. Part-1 Actors and Institutions of American Foreign Policy-I Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
3 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: Kaufman, Joyce P., A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy, 5th Edition, Rowman & Littlefield,2021. ISBN: 9781538151365. Part-1 Actors and Institutions of American Foreign Policy-II Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
4 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: James Lee Ray (2014) American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition,CQ Press.Chapter 2 Analyzing Modern American Foreign Policy: Competing Approaches: Realism, Liberalism, Neoconservatism, Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
5 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: James Lee Ray (2014) American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition,CQ Press.Chapter 2 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: James Lee Ray (2014) American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition,CQ Press.Chapter 4 Analyzing Modern American Foreign Policy: Constructivism, Marxizm, Rational Political Ambition Theory Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
6 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: James Lee Ray (2014) American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition,CQ Press.Chapter 3 Short History of USA from foundation to the American Revolution through World War II: American Isolationism, The Proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine, U.S. Expansion in the Nineteenth Century. Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
7 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: James Lee Ray (2014) American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition,CQ Press.Chapter 4 The Cold War Strains in the World War II Coalition, Who would be accused for Cold War?, Cold War Milestones, The Korean War Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: James Lee Ray (2014) American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition,CQ Press.Chapter 4 Week-9: The Cold War Strains in the World War II Coalition, Who would be accused for Cold War?, Cold War Milestones, Vietnam War. Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
10 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: Hook, Steven W., Jones, Christopher M. (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of American Foreign Policy, 1st edition, Routledge, 2012. Part-1 : 4 American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era, (1990-2001) Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
11 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: James Lee Ray (2014) American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition,CQ Press.Chapter 13 American Foreign Policy after 9/11, (2001-2019) Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
12 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: James Lee Ray (2014) American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition,CQ Press.Chapter 8 The United States and Europe Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
13 Reading the related subject in the coursebook: James Lee Ray (2014) American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition,CQ Press.Chapter 11 The United States and Asia Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
14 Demir, Sertif (2024). “Analysis of Turkish-American Relations Post-1990s”. Karadeniz Araştırmaları, XXI/81: 69-96. The United States and Türkiye Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
15 Revision Preparation for the exam: General and comparative evaluation of former subjects. Revision of basic points Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -