This course analyzes the rise of America’s global leadership during
the post-1945 era, its role in changing the international political
and economic system and the subsequent challenges to that leadership
during the last four decades.  The course covers four major issue
areas: a) theories about the origins of the Cold War; b)
governmental institutions and the policy-making process; c) domestic
sources of foreign policy; and d) the future of American foreign
policy in a post-Cold War environment.

Both the midterm and final examinations will require students to
answer a range of essay questions (some will require short
responses, others more lengthy ones).  The final examination is
cumulative.  There will be no make-up exams without proof of
hospitalization.