Course: Foreign Policies of Great, Middle, and Small Powers
Modules:
Course Introduction, What Is Power and Why Does the Size Matter in World Politics?, Hard Power, Soft Power, and Smart Power, Measuring a Nation-State's Overall Power or Comprehensive National Power, What Is the Present International Power Configuration?, What Exactly Is Foreign Policy?, National Interests and the Determinants of Foreign Policy, Do Only State Elites Conduct Foreign Policy?, Typical Attitudes and Outlooks of Great Powers, Typical Attitudes and Outlooks of Middle Powers, Typical Attitudes and Outlooks of Small Powers
Sustaining Primacy and the Global Balance of Power, Preserving the Capitalist World Order, Making the World Safe for Democracy, The Seismic Shift after the Collapse of the Soviet Union, The Liberal Takeover and the Trend of Humanitarian Interventions, The Global War on Terrorism: A Fatal Diversion from Great Power Competition, Are we Entering Bipolarity or Multipolarity?, Exiting the Forever Wars, Reorienting US Foreign Policy to Face China, Shifts in Domestic American Politics and an Inward Turn
Tianxia and a Return to Great Power Status, The Maoist Legacy and the Great Ambitions of Catch-Up, A Different Type of Great Power, Commercial Diplomacy and Connectivity Strategies in China’s Rise, Huawei, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and a Sino-Centric Reordering of the World, Big Country vs. Small Countries and a New Asian Regional Security Order, Power Transition Without Great Power War, Intensifying China–USA Rivalry and the US Alliance System in Asia, The Trade and Technology Wars, Hard Communist Authoritarianism and the New Cold War with Democracies
From the Hindu Rate of Growth to the Express Train, From Estranged Democracies to Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, Strategic Diffidence to Strategic Assertion, A Net Provider of Security in the Indian Ocean Region, To Intervene or Not in Smaller Neighboring Countries, Rescue Diplomacy and Vaccine Diplomacy, Regional Integration and Connectivity Strategies, Narendra Modi’s Three Ds, Idealism vs. Realism in Indian Foreign Policy, A Multilateral Alliance of Democracies to Counterbalance China
Decolonization and Nigeria’s Contribution to the Long Struggle Against Apartheid, Manifest Destiny and Afrocentrism in Foreign Policy, Oil and Nigeria’s Importance in the Global Economy, Nollywood, Afrobeats, and Nigeria’s Soft Power, Military and Diplomatic Interventions in Africa’s Hotspots, ECOWAS, the AU, and Nigeria’s Role as a Stabilizer, Nigeria’s Commitments to Peacekeeping and Peacemaking in Africa, Military Rule, Corruption, and Discontent About Elitist Foreign Policy, Domestic Insurgencies, Ethnic Strife, and Their Long Shadow, Hurdles to African Economic Integration and Nigeria
Survival Story of a Child of the Cold War, Extreme Authoritarianism and Its Overwhelming Effect on Foreign Policy, “As Close as Lips to Teeth”: The North Korea-China Alliance, Strategic Deterrent Weapons and the Diplomacy of Blackmail, Efforts at Inter-Korean Reconciliation, The Trump-Kim Jong Un ‘Love’ Affair, Domestic Politics in South Korea and the Pendulum Swing, Lynchpin in the China-US Strategic Rivalry, Hostility with Japan and the Burden of History, Illicit Trade, Cybercrime, Sanctions-Busting, and the Rights' Abuses
The Watershed Moment of the Gulf War of 1990-91, Military and Economic Interdependence with the West, The Trump Disruption and the Qatar-Saudi Cold War, The Role of Values in the US-Qatar Alliance, Iran and Qatar’s Zero Enemy Policy, Picking up the Radical Palestinian Cause, Teaming up with Erdogan’s Turkey, Al Jazeera and the Forging of a Critical Arab Voice, Energy Diplomacy as a Vehicle for Influence, Mediating the War in Afghanistan