An Introduction to Foreign Policy

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Explore the key factors that drive policy decisions and international relations in this free online geopolitics course.

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Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

Define ‘foreign policy’
Define ‘sovereign states’ in the context of international relations
Describe the purposes of the United Nations in terms of international affairs
Explain what ‘anarchy’ means in the international system
Discuss the ‘groupthink’ model of foreign policy
Outline the assumptions and negative consequences of the ‘groupthink’ model of foreign policy
Evaluate how 'groupthink' led to the failure of the 1961 US invasion of Cuba during the Cold War
Discuss the key assumptions of the ‘cognitive psychology’ approach model of foreign policy
Explain how the media influences the relevance and public perception of international topics and events
Explain what Kenneth Waltz and John Mearsheimer mean by ‘neorealism’
Outline the purpose of foreign policy analysis

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