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Page updated: 5/10/05; please watch for updates Course Requirements: Spring 2005
GradingThis course is graded pass-fail. To pass, both your two book reviews must be satisfactory and you must answer at least 70% of the final exam questions correctly. Final Exam The final exam will held in Wheeler
Auditorium on Thursday, May 19, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. See the study exam guide at this url: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/911/courses/study_guideS05.html or download it in pdf from http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/911/courses/study_guideS05.pdf. SyllabusJanuary 24, 2005: International Politics, American Nationalism and the Presidency of George W. Bush
Assignment David Frum interview: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people4/Frum/frum-con0.html January 31, 2005: Empire, Nationalism, and Insurgency Excerpts from "The Battle of Algiers"
Assignment Read: Mead, Introduction and Chapter 1 Special Class Session: Foreign Policy in a New Global EraA panel discussion Leon Fuerth, Bruce Jentleson, Yuen Foong Khong, Jonathan Pollack, Joel Rosenthal, Jane Wales, and Steven Weber
February 7, 2005: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Political Consensus Leon FuerthResearch Professor, Elliot School of International
Affairs, George Washington University Assignment Read: Mead, Chapters 2 - 3 February 14, 2005: The Bush War Cabinet James MannAuthor of The Rise of the Vulcans Assignment Read: Mead, Chapters 4 - 5 February 21, 2005: No Class: President's Day holiday February 28, 2005: Occupation and Democratization: Lessons Learned James DobbinsDirector of Rand's International Security and Defense
Policy Center Assignment David Rieff interview: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Rieff/rieff-con0.html March 7, 2005: Dirty Bombs and Homeland Security Assignment Anatol Lieven interview: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people4/Lieven/lieven-con0.html March 14, 2005: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Lessons of Afghanistan Steve CollFormer Managing Editor, the Washington Post Due: Book Review of Mead (this
will serve as midterm) Assignment Ahmed Rashid interview: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people2/Rashid/rashid-con0.html March 21, 2005: No Class: Spring Break March 28, 2005: U.S. Foreign Policy Options Toward Iran James FallowsNational Correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly Assignment James Fallows interview (2000): http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Fallows/fallows-con0.html April 4, 2005: The Neoconservatives Jonathan ClarkeSenior Fellow, Cato Institute Assignment Read: Mearsheimer, Chapters 3 - 4 Special Class Session: State-BuildingLakhdar BrahimiSpecial Envoy of the United Nations to Iraq April 11, 2005: No class Assignment Read: Mearsheimer, Chapters 5 - 6 April 18, 2005: The New Face of Al Qaeda Lowell BergmanProfessor of Journalism, UC Berkeley Assignment Michael Nacht interview: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Nacht/nacht-con0.html Special Class Session: April
21, 2005 (Thursday) Intelligence and the Problem of Rogue StatesJennifer SimsProfessorial Lecturer, Georgetown School of Foreign Service Robert GallucciDean of the Georgetown School of Foreign Service
See more on this lecture, including bios of the speakers, at http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/SpecialEvents/FiftyYears/galluccisims_2005.html . April 25, 2005: No class Assignment Robert Gallucci interview: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people2/Gallucci/gallucci-con0.html May 2, 2005 Note location change: This class will be held in Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall.Human Rights, International Law, and the War on TerrorismTom FarerDean of the School of International Affairs, University of Denver John YooProfessor of Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, UCB Mark DannerProfessor of Journalism, UCB See more on this forum, including bios of the
speakers, at http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/SpecialEvents/FiftyYears/torture_lecture.html . Assignment Tom Farer interview: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Farer/farer-con00-0.html May 9, 2005: U.S. Foreign Policy and Militarism Andrew BacevichProfessor of International Studies, Boston University Due: Book Review of Mearsheimer Preparing for the Exam: A list of possible questions for study will be handed out during this final class. Answers will not be included on the list. Final Exam The final exam will held in Wheeler
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Thursday, May 19, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. See the study exam guide at this url: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/911/courses/study_guideS05.html or download it in pdf from http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/911/courses/study_guideS05.pdf. |
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