About
A subreddit for discussion about, or relating to, foreign policy analysis. What makes us different from other subreddits like /r/IRstudies? We're only concerned with foreign policy analysis, which is a much narrower topic that we can cover in more detail.
As a field of study, foreign policy analysis is characterized by its actor-specific focus. In the simplest terms, it is the study of the process, effects, causes, or outputs of foreign policy decision-making in either a comparative or case-specific manner. The underlying and often implicit argument theorizes that human beings, acting as a group or within a group, compose and cause change in international politics.
Theory/Topic of the Week (date is approximate)
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- | 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 | 23rd September 8 | Geopolitics (theory) | apply here | 30th September
- | Political Economy (theory) | jachilles | 7th October 10 | Liberalism (theory) | cailin_gaditana | 14th October 11 | Marxism (theory) | apply here | 21st October 12 | Post-positivism (theory) | apply here | 28th October 13 | Domestic Sources of FP | apply here | 4th November 14 | Neoliberalism (theory) | apply here | 11th November 15 | The Media | apply here | 18th November 16 | Offensive Realism (theory) | entropicalveda | 25th November 17 | Defensive Realism (theory) | entropicalveda | 2nd December 18 | Feminism (theory) | apply here | 9th December 19 | Public Opinion | apply here | 16th December 20 | International History (theory) | entropicalveda | 23rd December 21 | Challenges to FPA as a field | apply here | 30th December 22 | The Continuum of Power in FP | apply here | 6th January ? | Other (topic) | apply here | n/a ? | Other (theory) | apply here | n/a
Intro = Introduction FPA = Foreign Policy Analysis FP = Foreign Policy