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Home > Degree Programs > Teaching & Courses > Course Listing (2007-08 Academic Year) > Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy
ISP-221: Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy
Semester: Fall
Credit: 1.0
Faculty: Samantha Power
Schedule
| Day | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Day | 9/12 | ||
| Meet Day | M/W | 11:40 AM - 1:00 PM | Land |
| Review |
Description
This course explores the role of human rights in the formulation and conduct of U.S. foreign policy. Students will begin by exploring the concepts of human rights and the U.S. national interest. They will analyze some of the changes in the U.S. human rights rhetoric, policy, and organizational structure in recent decades, probing the links between American decision making and international and nongovernmental influences and institutions. By examining recent cases of U.S. foreign policy making, the class will explore the intersection between human rights, economic and security aims, and domestic politics. The cases, which include U.S. prosecution of the “war on terror” as well as U.S. policy toward Iraq, Rwanda, and the International Criminal Court, will highlight recurring tensions between individual rights and sovereignty, values and interests, exceptionalism and internationalism, and peace and justice.