Foreign policy analysis as a subfield is the study of the process, effects, causes and outputs of foreign policy decisionmaking in either a comparative or case-specific manner. FPA's focus is actor-specific, that is, we assume source of international politics is humans, acting individually or in groups. In this class it will be focused on modern foreign policy theory, data and analysis. Process of decision making, political, rational and psychological factors are taken into account.

The aims of this course are to: • introduce you to the central concepts in foreign policy analysis • develop your comparative skills of analysis of differing foreign policies in practice • promote critical engagement with the foreign policy analysis literature and enable you to display this engagement by developing an ability to present, substantiate and defend complex arguments.