PO 518 Liberalism, Nation Building, and American Foreign Policy (Spring: 3)
Not open to students who have taken PO 517.
What are the historical roots and contemporary implications of liberalism
and nation-building in American foreign policy? In what ways have liberalism
and nation-building shaped presidential foreign policy doctrines and priorities?
How have U.S. foreign policy leaders attempted to spread core ideas and
institutions to other countries? In particular, how have key American officials
understood the relationship between markets and democracy? To what extent
might US policies and decisions be expected to spread liberalism to countries
in the Middle East? Finally, what can be learned from the continuing cases
of Afghanistan and Iraq?
David A. Deese
Last Updated: 29-JAN-09