Foreign Policy of Small and Medium Powers, Including Belgium
[ LSPRI2310 ]
5.0 crédits ECTS
30.0 h
1q
| Teacher(s) |
Roosens Claude ;
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| Language |
French
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Main themes |
This course aims at defining foreign policy through the history of ideas (apprehension of the concept of political thinking), a political and administrative approach (progressive definition of the structure of the State depending on this activity and of the role of diplomacy), and a content-focussed approach (specific object of foreign policy, and its changes through time).
The course then analyses the mechanisms of elaboration and the application of a foreign policy (decision-taking). The study of particular foreign policies (UK, Belgium and a Southern State) will be used as a case study.
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| Aims |
At the end of this course, the student will
- Have increased his analysis and critical thinking skills in the field of foreign policy, in general ;
- Through the analysis of case studies (on of the Great-Power nations, Belgium and a Southern State)
o (a) He/she will master the elaboration and execution process of a foreign policy (taking into ac-count several factors of influence) ;
o (b) He/she will have a good knowledge of the content and institutional mechanisms of Belgian foreign policy as well as the foreign policies of two more States.
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| Content |
The course examines
(a) The history and evolution of foreign policy theories;
(b) Foreign policy decision-taking: politico-administrative processes, relations between foreign policy and internal affairs, influence of interest groups, different schools ;
(c) The dimensions of foreign policy : strategic-diplomatic dimension, external trade relations, external cul-tural relations, ethical aspects ;
(d) The different conceptions of power and the notion of Small, medium and Great ;
(e) The analysis model likely to apply to the foreign policies of those " power Nations ".
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| Other information |
Basic training in international relations
Exam at the end of the term
Cl. Roosens, V. Rosoux et T. de Wilde, La politique étrangère. Le modèle classique à l'épreuve, Peter Lang, 2004.
Written material (texts).
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Master [120] in Political Sciences: International Relations
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> PSAD
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