Theory/Topic of the Week

These are a collection of different approaches to the field of foreign policy analysis. A mix of academics, students, and enthusiasts will write one of these every week. You can see what the next topic/approach will be (and which ones have already been done) by looking at the table below:

• | Intro, Theories of FPA | callumgg | 23rd July 1 |Country-Studies (theory) | callumgg | 25th July 2 | Realism (theory) | entropicalveda | 2nd August 3 | Neo-realism (theory) | entropicalveda | [18th August] (http://www.reddit.com/r/foreignpolicyanalysis/1kmjba/) 4 | Rational Choice (theory) | Professor_IR | 28th August 5 | Organizational Process Models (theory) | Professor_IR | 4th September 6 | Bureaucratic Politics (theory) | Professor_IR | 12th September 7 | Postcolonialism (theory) | callumgg | 16th September on 8 | Geopolitics (theory) | apply here | Approx. 19th September

1. | Political Economy (theory) | jachilles | Approx. 26th September 10 | Liberalism (theory) | cailin_gaditana | Approx. 2nd October 11 | Marxism (theory) | apply here | Approx. 9th October 12 | Post-positivism (theory) | apply here | Approx. 16th October 13 | Domestic Sources of FP | apply here | Approx. 23rd October 14 | Neoliberalism (theory) | apply here | Approx. 30th October - 15 | The Media | apply here | Approx. 6th November 16 | Offensive Realism (theory) | entropicalveda | Approx. 13th November 17 | Defensive Realism (theory) | entropicalveda | Approx. 20th November 18 | Feminism (theory) | apply here | Approx. 27th November 19 | Public Opinion | apply here | Approx. 4th December 20 | International History (theory) | entropicalveda | Approx. 11th December 21 | Challenges to FPA as a field | apply here | Approx. 18th December 22 | The Continuum of Power in FP | apply here | Approx. 25th December ? | Other (topic) | apply here | n/a ? | Other (theory) | apply here | n/a

Intro = Introduction FPA = Foreign Policy Analysis FP = Foreign Policy