C1103
地域と社会（米州）
REGION AND SOCIETY (THE AMERICAS) 		先端導入科目-総合政策-国際戦略
Frontier Courses (Intermediate) - Policy Management - International Strategy
2 単位
実施形態 完全オンライン
開催日程 秋学期 火曜日３時限
担当教員 中山 俊宏（ナカヤマ トシヒロ）
関連科目 前提科目（関連）: C1006,32010,42040,32040
開講場所 SFC・Webex or Zoom
授業形態 講義、遠隔あり
履修者制限

履修人数を制限する

受入学生数（予定）：約 50 人
選抜方法：システムによる選抜（抽選）

◯エントリー〆切日時：2020年9月28日（月） 17:00
◯履修許可者発表日時：2020年9月30日（水） 17:00

Only the selected students can take this course.

Number of students in the class (scheduled) : About 50
Automatic Screening (Lottery)

* Schedule: TBD
履修条件

English use only.
Interest in American politics and foreign policy.
使用言語 英語
連絡先 tnak1188@sfc.keio.ac.jp
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科目概要

This is a course on U.S. foreign policy with a specific focus on domestic factors which shapes and influences U.S. foreign policy making process. Despite the popular argument of U.S. retreat and decline, U.S. still remains the world's preeminent power. However, it is difficult to deny that U.S. is increasingly becoming an "exhausted power." The American public has become inward-looking as a result of a decade of excess intervention in the 2000s. The polarization of politics is having a negative effect on U.S. presence on the world stage. Budgetary constraint is limiting the overseas deployment of U.S. forces. The course will try to factor in the domestic constraints in foreign policy making as well as highlight the dynamics of interest group politics that shape foreign policy environment in the U.S.

授業シラバス

主題と目標／授業の手法など

Lecture, textbook, and term paper are all in English. Students are required to acquire basic facts and historical knowledge about U.S. foreign policy by reading such text as, Joyce P. Kaufman, A Concise History of U.S. Foreign Policy 3rd ed. (Lanham: Roman & Littlefield, 2014). This is not a course on U.S. diplomatic history. Rather, it will focus on inner dynamics of contemporary U.S. foreign policy making.

教材・参考文献

Steven W. Hook, U.S. Foreign Policy: Paradox of World Power, 6th ed. (Washington DC: CQ Press, 2020).

提出課題・試験・成績評価の方法など

Attendance, class work, term paper

履修上の注意

Lecture, textbook, and exams are all in English.

授業計画

第1回 Introduction

Objective of the course.

第2回 U.S. in a Turbulent World

State of where we are.

第3回 Expansion of U.S. Power

How powerful is the US?
Is it in decline?

第4回 Dynamics of Decision Making

How do decisions get made?

第5回 Executive Branch

Is the US President “most powerful man” on the planet?

第6回 Congressional Role

Congress has a constitutionally defined foreign policy role.
100 members in the senate and 435 members in the House.
535 voices altogether.
Is it too Chaotic?

第7回 Foreign Policy Bureaucracy

What are the role of bureaucrats?
What do diplomats do?

第8回 Public Opinion

Does public opinion enlighten US foreign policy or is it a distraction?

第9回 Role of Mass Media

Do media enlighten or emflame?
The role of tribal media in politics.

第10回 Social Movements and Interest Groups

You’ve all heard about Indian lobby, Jewish lobby, Taiwan lobby, and others.
There are also issue-oriented interest groups.
How powerful are they?
Do they get to the shape the policy?

第11回 National Security and Defense Policy

America today is a “National Security State.”
Its reach encompass the globe.
How are those missions defined?

第12回 Economic Statecraft & Transnational Policy Issues

Sanctions and other economic state crafts have become an often used tool in foreign policy.
Is it effective?

Many of the issues US faces are transnational issues in nature which it cannot solve alone.
How is US doing on that front?

第13回 Discussion

第14回 Discussion

第15回 Discussion

15回目に相当するその他の授業計画

Supplementary class if needed