NS3520 Latin American International Relations

This course surveys the international relations of Latin American nations. It analyzes the relations of Latin America with the United States and other nations, both within and outside of the region. Attention is given to political, economic, and cultural issues. PREREQUISITE: None.

Lecture Hours

4

Lab Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

Learning objectives include:

• The integration of international relations theories with real political interactions in the Americas, both historical and contemporary. Readings are selected to provoke and enable debate on thematic policy issues through a focus on specific case studies.
• Students will gain experience articulating and assessing contending perspectives on the origins and outcomes of major events in Western Hemisphere affairs.
• Course units span the full arc of inter-American relations from independence to the present, in order to provide students with a historical foundation and a comparative perspective on enduring questions of regime change, presidential leadership, foreign aid and interventions, and regional conflicts and institutions.
• Class discussions and assignments are designed to build analytical skills for the proposal and execution of a master’s thesis or comprehensive examinations in the Latin America curriculum.