POSC 205 US Foreign Policy
A study of U.S. foreign policy, the politics of how that policy is formulated and implemented, and the consequences of that policy for other states. Themes and trajectories in U.S. policy history such as isolationism, international activism, intervention, hegemonic presumption, strategic alliances, arms control, and unilateralism, among others, are reviewed with focus upon the sources, goals, and assumptions of U.S. policy. Approaches to U.S. national security (broadly defined) are examined as students assess the values underpinning the projection, use, and preservation of U.S. power in the post-Cold War world.