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Kvalifikationer
indgående kendskab til udvalgte historiske emner
en avanceret forståelse for historiske sammenhænge
færdigheder i selvstændigt at indsamle relevant materiale
færdigheder i at opstille og analysere historiske problemstillinger
færdigheder i at fremlægge analyser af historiske problemstillinger for andre
bevidsthed om valg af perspektiv, teori og metode i studiet af historiske emner
færdigheder i at kortlægge historiografiske felter og drøfte forskellige historiefaglige positioner mod hinanden
færdigheder i at anvende empiri i systematiske undersøgelser
Kompetencer
evnen til at sætte specifikke problemstillinger ind i større sammenhænge
evnen til selvstændigt at analysere komplekse problemstillinger
evnen til at fremlægge viden for andre
evnen til at arbejde systematisk ud fra flere perspektiver, teorier og metoder
evnen til at frembringe selvstændig, ny viden
This course provides an overview of U.S. foreign policy and the international
system from World War II to the present. The course reviews major issues in
American foreign policy since 1945 and draws on theoretical literature in the
field of International Relations to assess the role of the United States in the
international system. The course examines the dimensions of U.S. global power
(economic, military, diplomatic, cultural) and looks in some depth at cases of
U.S. military intervention (and non-intervention) abroad during the Cold War
and after. The course also assesses the role of NATO as both a military
alliance and a community of democratic states, and it provides a scholarly
perspective on other key issues in U.S. foreign policy such as international
terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and foreign economic policy. The course
consists of preliminary lectures followed by in-class discussion as well as
in-class presentations by students on topics assigned by the professor.
G. John Ikenberry, ed., "American Foreign Policy: Theoretical Essays," 5th
ed. (New York: Pearson Longman, 2005).
John Lewis Gaddis, "Strategies of Containment:
A Critical Appraisal of
American National Security Policy during the Cold War," rev. and expanded
ed. (New York:
Oxford University Press, 2005).
"America and the World:
Debating the New Shape of International Politics"
(New York:
Council on Foreign Relations Press, 2002).
