American Public Policy

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American Public Policy

• Foreign Policy (Continued)
• Political Science 316
• Mark Stephan

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Last Class and Today

• Diplomacy, International Law, Foreign Relations
• Foreign Policy, Democracy, and Iraq

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Key Concepts

• Isolationism
• Internationalism
• Unilateralism versus multilateralism
• Realists versus Idealists

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Bushs Revolution

• Bushs revolution what has it been?
• What sort of perspective about foreign policy is
  Bush and his team tapping into? What politicians
  have come before that have had similar world
  views?
• A la carte multilateralism

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Discussion Questions

• Is democracy exportable?
• If so, should the US be in the business of
  exporting democracy?

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Discussion Questions

• Whats the best course of action now?
• Reactions to Bushs strategy for victory in Iraq?
• Whats the been the reaction of other Republicans
  and Democrats?
• My reaction?

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Discussion Questions

• How is (and should) the U.S. fight the war on
  terrorism more broadly?
• What are our policy choices in this regard?

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Next Class

• Conclusion of the course