IGA-203: Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy

Semester: Not Offered

Credit: 1.0

Faculty: Samantha Power

Schedule

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First Day
Meet Day
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 policymaking, 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 Int