Information Package / Course Catalogue
Foreign Policy Analysis
Course Code: INT206
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

Foreign policy analysis as a subfield is the study of the process, actors, effects, causes and outputs of foreign policy decisionmaking in either a comparative or case-specific manner.

Course Content

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.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Bülent Sarper AĞIR
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to learn the main concepts of foreign policy analysis
2.To be able to learn different decision making models of foreign policy analysis
3. Analyzes individual, national, regional and international factors affecting foreign policy
4. Theoretical analysis of foreign policy
5. Analyzes a country's foreign policy
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Breuning Marijke, Foreign Policy Analysis: A Comparative Introduntion, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2007.
2.Çağrı Erhan and Erhan Akdemir (Ed.), Foreign Policy Analysis, Anadolu University Publications, Eskişehir, 2018
3.Chris Alden, Ammon Aran and Ana Cristina Alves, Foreign Policy Analysis: New Approaches, Routledge, New York, 2017
4.Jean Frederic Morin and Jonathan Paquin, Foreign Policy Analysis: A Toolbox, Springer, New York, 2018
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introductionary course
Week 2 - Theoretical
The Concept of foreign policy and its definitions
Week 3 - Theoretical
Objectives of states in foreign policy
Week 4 - Theoretical
Foreign policy decision-making process
Week 5 - Theoretical
Levels of analysis in foreign policy
Week 6 - Theoretical
Foreign policy analysis and theoretical approaches
Week 7 - Theoretical
Factors determining foreign policy
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm
Week 9 - Theoretical
Key concepts and models in decision-making process
Week 10 - Theoretical
Sub-state actors and foreign policy
Week 11 - Theoretical
Diplomacy
Week 12 - Theoretical
Propaganda
Week 13 - Theoretical
Economic instruments in foreign policy
Week 14 - Theoretical
Transnational Actors and Foreign Policy
Week 15 - Theoretical
Alternative foreign policy preferences
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144284
Project83132
Individual Work3129
Midterm Examination1819
Final Examination112214
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)148
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
2
3
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
4
4
4
3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
4
3
4
5
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026