An introduction to the objectives and instruments of understanding foreign policy from a comparative perspective. Special attention will be devoted to the United States and its inter-connections with the North Pacific in the 20th century. Points of national comparison will include China, Japan and Russia/USSR. A principal theme will be the interaction of domestic and external sources of foreign policy decisions.
Themes: Global Politics; Canadian Democracy in a North American Context; Political Organization and Communication; Political Economy and Political Power.
Course Credit Exclusion: AP/POLS 3230 6.0, GL/POLS 4605 3.0. Prior to Fall 2009: AS/POLS 3220 3.0, AS/POLS 3230 6.0