POLITICAL SCIENCE 150: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Fall 2014 Mondays and Wednesdays 10am Stiteler Hall B6 Office Hours: Mondays 1:30-3:30pm or by appointment Professor Jessica Stanton Office: Stiteler Hall 214 Phone: (215) 898-7646 Email: jstan@sas.upenn.edu HEAD TEACHING ASSISTANT Ruolin Su suruolin@sas.upenn.edu TEACHING ASSISTANTS Julia Cramer Patrick O’Halloran Javier Revelo-Rebolledo Jeremy Springman cramerju@sas.upenn.edu pohal@sas.upenn.edu jrev@sas
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Our world is large and complex. International relations is a fascinating topic because it concerns peoples and cultures throughout the world. The scope and complexity of the in teractions among these groups make international relations a challenging subject to master. There is always more to learn. This book is only the beginning of the story. Strictly defined‚ the field of international relations (IR) concerns the relationships among the world`s goverments. But these relationships cannot be
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Michael Wolf ENC1101 Dr. Brown July‚ 08‚ 2013 The Bay of Pigs On April‚ 17‚ 1961 the Bay of Pigs‚ the biggest foreign affairs disaster in U.S. history‚ occurred. At first the operation was supported but as the years went by the feelings of it changed‚ showing mostly in the policy changes of the some of the presidents over the next 49 years. June 24 1961 reporter Stewart Alsop published an article in the Saturday Evening Post titled “The Lessons of the Cuban Disaster.” In this article Alsop
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S. government released the fight against terrorism policy at the first time‚ and convened a meeting with the person in charge of the U.S. mainstream media‚ with the requirements of the media to not publish any reports that is not conducive to the national security of the United States‚ and require all media absolute "obey orders”. This is the United States Government use the power of the media‚to seek legitimacy evidence for its own foreign policy and behavior(Xingping.Kang‚ 2001) .
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The Farewell Address expressed three main points in an attempt to give advice to future leaders to follow in his footstep. First‚ he wanted to express his desire to NOT seek re-election for a third term. Second‚ was addressing his opinions on foreign policy. Third was advising the nation to avoid creating parties within the country. Throughout the speech‚ Washington offers his reasons behind these notions that will ultimately lead to a successful political landscape for our nation. Near the close
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improved the English economy and made a somewhat successful invasion of France. Although some would argue that Edward failed at restoring Royal authority because his heirs were only young at his time of death‚ Nobel rivalry thought England and his foreign policy had begun to go wrong. Firstly Edward forced his enemies to flee to countries in exile or killed them. This was important in restoring royal authority because otherwise these people could revolt or usurp him. One example of this was when Edward
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immigrants. The life of immigrants has been drastically changed throughout the years of 1880-1925 through aspects such as immigrants taking non-immigrants wages and jobs‚ the filtration process of immigrants into the United States‚ and lastly‚ the foreign policies of the immigrants and their allowance into the nation. Much of the controversy that was brought up during this time period was based on the fact that immigrants were coming over and taking over many jobs of the non-immigrants. Many Americans
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The Monroe Doctrine is the most important policy during this time. It stated the further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South American would be viewed as acts of aggression requiring U.S. intervention. This policies primary objective was to free the newly independent colonies of Latin America from European intervention and to control what would make this New World a battle ground. The doctrine put forward that the New World and the Old World were
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government to decide to adopt one foreign policy or another. This is more so given the fact that policy making must occur within the context of a political structure and states are the most important part of that structure. Since the variety involved in the process of Foreign Policy making defies a single-study approach when viewed comparatively‚ it is apt to look at variables that define that process such as Type of Government‚ Situation and Policy. Making Foreign Policy - Type of Government The type
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What problems did Elizabeth face in 1558? At the start of her reign in 1558‚ Elizabeth faced many problems it was a very tumultuous time for her. These problems included Gender‚ Religion‚ Finance and Foreign policy. One factor Elizabeth had to face‚ which was seen as a huge disadvantage‚ was her gender. This was because the society was very patriarchal‚ male dominated‚ meaning that she was seen as week and less capable of being a good leader. This was a problem for Elizabeth as she had to do more
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