Schools of Thought on U.S. Foreign Policy
The Role of Nongovernmental Players: Think Tanks,
Lobbyists, and Journalists
The Role of congress in the Shaping of U.S. Foreign
Policy
The Role of the Executive Branch in the Formulation
and Implementation of U.S. Foreign Policy
Redefining National Security--Global Challenges
for U.S. Foreign Policy: Terror, Environmental Degradation,
and Economic Development
U.S. Relations with Russia and the New Europe
Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy in the Pacific
Rim: Japan, the Korean Peninsula, the People’s Republic
of china, and Taiwan
Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy in South and
Central Asia: India, Pakistan, Kashmir, and Afghanistan
Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle
East: Rouge Regimes, WEapons of Mass Destruction,
and the Prospects for Lasting Regional Peace
Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin America:
Democratic Stability, Drug Traffic, and Hemispheric
Free Trade
Challenges for U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa: Political
Stability, Humanitarian Crises, and Sustainable
Development
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Each week
your schedule will be different. Following is an example
of what a week in the Foreign Policy Program might
look like:
Monday 9:00am
Class discussion
on arms control in preparation of speaker
Monday 1:00pm
Travel with
class to National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations to
hear speaker
Tuesday 10:30am
Class visit
to Saudi Arabian Embassy to discuss Middle East policy
Tuesday 3:00pm
Class discussion
and debate on U.S. involvement in the Middle East
Wednesday
8:30am
Class trip to Brookings Institution to meet
with Policy Consultant
Wednesday 5:30pm
Elective class,
"Third-World Politics"
Thursday
Internship at
Institute for Policy Studies
Friday
Internship at
Institute for Policy Studies
* You may choose
an elective class from any AU course offering that
fits into your schedule or you may elect to conduct
a research project.
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Embassy of the Russian Federation
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Capitol Hill
Cato Institute
American Foreign Service Association
Washington Headquarters of the International Campaign
for Tibet
Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
American Task Force on Palestine
Dr. William Inboden,
Senior Advisor to the President and Director for
Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform, National
Security Council, The White House
Richard Newfarmer,
Senior Economist, World Bank
His Excellency Dr.
Abdullah Abdullah, Former Foreign Minister of Afghanistan
Ms. Irene Klinger,
Director of External Relations, Organization of
American States
Dr. Ted G. Carpenter,
Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies,
Cato Institute
Mr. Colman McCarthy,
Founder and Director of the Center for Teaching
Peace and former Journalist with The Washington
Post
Mr. Matthew Taylor,
First Secretary in charge Trans-Atlantic, European
Union, NATO and ESDP, European Defense, and United
Nations Affairs Embassy of the United Kingdom of
the Once Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mr. Christopher Hellman,
Defense Budget and Policy Analyst, Center for Arms
Control and Non-Proliferation
John Cavanagh, Executive
Director, Institute for Policy Studies
Mr. John Ackerly, President,
International Campaign for Tibet
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Off-Campus
Seminar Locations