PRESENTAZIONE

Come spiegare le decisioni di politica estera? Il corso fornisce gli strumenti concettali per comprendere la politica estera. Il corso esamina teorie, attori e casi di studio di Foreign Policy Analysis

OBIETTIVI E CONTENUTI

OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI

How can we explain foreign policy decisions? The course, which aims to provide students tools to interpret foreign policy, examines concepts and theories of Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA). The course illustrates foreign policy by focusing on the decision-making process, investigating the interaction among actors and their environment, and devoting special attention to the influence of domestic factors. The course combines the analysis of theories with a comparative study of foreign policy through selected case studies (e.g., the US decisions to send troops in Vietnam in the 1960s and to invade Iraq in 2003; the Italian and German decision-making process related to the military mission in Libya in 2011, etc.).

OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI (DETTAGLIO) E RISULTATI DI APPRENDIMENTO

Il corso fornisce gli strumenti per comprendere la politica estera ed il ruolo dei suoi attori . Gli studenti utilizzerano teorie ed approcci esaminati durante le prime settimane per capire, nel resto del corso, evoluzione e driver di alcune importanti crisi di politica estera, dal Vietnam all’Iraq fino alle missioni militari italiane e tedesche. Specifica attenzione sarà rivolta alle recenti guerre in Ucraina e in Medio Oriente

MODALITA' DIDATTICHE

Le ore previste saranno caratterizzate da lezioni frontali, active–learning, role-playing e seminari di approfondimento con esperti del settore, al fine di alimentare un continuo confronto sui temi affrontati e incoraggiare la partecipazione in classe. Come strumenti a supporto della didattica saranno utilizzati documentari e blog relativi alle istituzioni europee. Il corso si tiene in inglese 

PROGRAMMA/CONTENUTO

Il corso illustra in dettaglio i seguenti temi:

• What is Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA)
• Theories and approaches in FPA
• Actors and contexts in FPA
• Leaders and Foreign Policy
• Institutions and Foreign Policy
• The role of media and public opinion
• Political parties and Foreign Policy
• Bureaucracy and Foreign Policy
• Foreign Policy decision making process: approaches and analyses
• National Security and Grand Strategy
• Public Diplomacy
• Historical Analogies and Metaphors in Foreign Policy Analysis
• Foreign policy case studies (Cuba, Vietnam, Iraq, German and Italian military operations, Italian foreign policy and the EU after the financial crisis, wars in Ukraine and Middle East, etc.)

TESTI/BIBLIOGRAFIA

Testi obbligaotori

Capitoli selezionati (1-5, 7-11, 13-14, 16, 21) da: Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield, and Tim Dunne (eds.) (2016)Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (Oxford University Press), 

Testi a scelta (2 per frequentanti, 4 per non frequentanti) 

Per esempio, a scelta tra:

Valerie M. Hudson (2005), “Foreign Policy Analysis: Actor-Specific Theory and the Ground of International Relations," Foreign Policy Analysis, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2005), pp. 1-30.

Hudson, V. M. and Vore. C. (1995) “Foreign Policy Analysis- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” International Studies Review, 39(2)- 209-238.

Bunde, T. (2022): Lessons (to be) learned? Germany’s Zeitenwende and European security after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Contemporary Security Policy.

Coticchia, F. and J.Davidson, (2018),  “The Limits of Radical Parties in Coalition Foreign Policy: Italy, Hijacking, and the Extremity Hypothesis”, Foreign Policy Analysis, Vol 14, Issue 2, 149–168.

Coticchia, F. and V. Vignoli, (2019), Italian political parties and military operations. An empirical analysis on voting patterns", Government and Opposition.

Coticchia, F. and V. Vignoli, (2022), “Italy’s military operation abroad (1945-2020): trends, data, and pattern”, International Peacekeeping, 29(3) 436-462.

Coticchia, F. (2024) “Muddling through? Defense policy paradigms after the war in Ukraine between transformation and readjustment: the case of Italy”. International Politics, forthcoming

Coticchia, F, M.Di Giulio, J.Masullo and A.Ruggeri (2024) "Does it Matter that an Ally is Democratic During Crises? Public Diplomacy and Attitudes Toward International Allies in Times of Crisis", European Political Science Review, forthcoming

Coticchia, F, M.Di Giulio, (2024) “What makes paradigms last? A Study of Defense Policy Change in Germany and Italy (1989-2022)”, Journal of European Public Policy, forthcoming

Coticchia, F. and V. Vignoli, (2024) "The politics of military assistance: Italian parties’ positions on the war in Ukraine”, European Politics and Society, forthcoming

Coticchia, F, Mazziotti di Celso, M. (2024) “Still on the same path? Italian foreign and defence policy in the Enlarged Mediterranean”, F. Coticchia and M.Mazziotti di Celso, Mediterranean Politics, 2024, forthcoming

Balfour & al., Rosa. 2016. Europe’s Troublemakers: The Populist Challenge to Foreign Policy. Brussels: European Policy Centre.

Chryssogelos, Angelos. 2017. ‘Populism in Foreign Policy’. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. http://politics.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-467 (October 20, 2018).

Carati, A., and Locatelli, A. (2017), 'Cui prodest? Italy’s Questionable Involvement in Multilateral Military Operations Amid Ethical Concerns and National interest', International Peacekeeping, 24(1): 1–22. 

Dyson,S. 2006. “Personality and Foreign Policy: Tony Blair’s Iraq Decision,” Foreign Policy Analysis, Vol. 2, pp. 289-306.

Haesebrouck, T. (2016), 'Democratic Participation in the Air Strikes Against Islamic State: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis', Foreign Policy Analysis. 

Haesebrouck, T. and Joly, J. (2020) Foreign Policy Change: From Policy Adjustments to Fundamental Reorientations, Political Studies Review, 19(3).

Heffington, C. (2018), 'Do Hawks and Doves Deliver? The Words and Deeds of Foreign Policy in Democracies'. Foreign Policy Analysis, 14(1): 64-85.

Hofmann, S. C., & Martill, B. (2021). The party scene: New directions for political party research in foreign policy analysis. International Affairs, 97(2), 305–322. 

Kaarbo, J. (2015), 'A Foreign Policy Analysis Perspective on the Domestic Politics Turn in IR Theory', International Studies Review, 17(2): 189–216.

 Coticchia, F. (2021) “A sovereignist revolution? Italy’s foreign policy under the “Yellow–Green” government.” Comparative European Politics, 19(6), 739–759.

Coticchia, F. and F.N.Moro (2020) “Peaceful Legislature? Parliaments and military interventions after the Cold War: insights from Germany and Italy”, International Relations, 34(4), 482-503.

Curini, L. and V.Vignoli (2021) “Committed Moderates and Uncommitted Extremists: Ideological Leaning and Parties’ Narratives on Military Interventions in Italy.” Foreign Policy Analysis, 17, no. 3 

F.Coticchia and M. Ceccorulli, (2017), “Stick to the plan? Culture, interests, multidimensional threats and Italian defence policy”, Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 47:2, 183–203 

F. Coticchia, C. De Simone (2016), “The war that wasn’t’ there. Framing Italy’s ‘Peace Mission’ in Afghanistan”, Foreign Policy Analysis,  12, 24–46. 

F.Coticchia and M.Ceccorulli,  (2015), “Multidimensional threats and military engagement. The case of the Italian intervention in Libya”, Mediterranean Politics, 2015, vol 20, issue 3, 303-321, 2015.

Bono, G. (2005), 'National Parliaments and EU External Military Operations: Is there any Parliamentary Control?', European Security, 14(2): 203–229. 

Carbone, M. (2007), 'The Domestic Foundations of Italy’s Foreign and Development Policies', West European Politics, 30(4): 903–923. 

Clare, J. (2010), 'Ideological Fractionalization and the International Conflict Behavior of Parliamentary Democracies', International Studies Quarterly, 54(4): 965–987. 

Destradi, S. Plagemann (2019), J, Populism and Foreign Policy: The Case of India, Foreign Policy Analysis, 15/2, 283–301.

K. J. Holsti. 1970. “National Role Conceptions in the Study of Foreign Policy,” International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 233-309.

Khong, Y. F. (2022), How not to learn from history. International Affairs, 98(5), 1737-1762

Steven Kull, Clay Ramsay and Evan Lewis. Winter 2003/2004. “Misperceptions, the Media, and the Iraq War,” Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 118, No. 4, pp. 569-598.

Chaim Kaufman. 2004. “Threat Inflation and the Failure of the Marketplace of Ideas: The Selling of the Iraq War,” International Security, Vol. 29, No., pp. 5-48.

Stephen Benedict Dyson. 2007. “Alliances, Domestic Politics, and Leader Psychology: Why Did Britain Stay Out of Vietnam andGo into Iraq?” Political Psychology, Vol. 28, No. 6, pp. 647-666.

Kaarbo, J., and Beasley, R. K. (2008), 'Taking It to the Extreme: The Effect of Coalition Cabinets on Foreign Policy', Foreign Policy Analysis, 4(1): 67–81.  

Massie J., & Munier, M. (2024). From Counterterrorism to Deterrence: The Evolution of Canada's and Italy's Defense Postures, Politics and Governance, Vol.12, 1-20.

Mello, P. A., and Peters, D. (2018). 'Parliaments in Security Policy: Involvement, Politicisation, and Influence', The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 20(1): 1–16.

Ostermann, F. and Wagner W. (2023) Introducing the parliamentary deployment votes database, Journal of Peace Research.

Oppermann, K., and Brummer, K. (2014), 'Patterns of Junior Partner Influence on the Foreign Policy of Coalition Governments', The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 16(4): 555–571.

Schuster, J., and Maier, H. (2006), 'The Rift: Explaining Europe’s Divergent Iraq Policies in the Run‐Up of the American‐Led War on Iraq', Foreign Policy Analysis, 2(3): 223–244. 

Verbeek, B., and Zaslove, A. (2015). The impact of populist radical right parties on foreign policy: The Northern League as a junior coalition partner in the Berlusconi Governments. European Political Science Review, 7(4): 525–546. 

Vignoli, V., & Baraldi, F. (2024). Peace at Home, Conflict Abroad: Government Ideology, Mission Type, and Parliamentary Support for Military Interventions. Foreign Policy Analysis, 20(1).

Wagner, W., Herranz-Surrallés, A., Kaarbo, J., and Ostermann, F. (2017), 'The Party Politics of Legislative-Executive Relations in Security and Defence Policy', West European Politics, 40(1): 20-41.  

Wajner, Daniel F., Sandra Destradi, and Michael Zürn. (2024). “The effects of global populism: assessing the populist impact on international affairs.” International 

Selected chapters from:

J-F. Morin and J. Paquin (2018) Foreign Policy Analysis. A Toolbox. (Palgrave)

F.Coticchia and J.Davidson, (2019) Italian Foreign Policy during Matteo Renzi's Government: A Domestically-Focused Outsider and the World (Lexington)

Horowitz et al (2015), Why leaders fight (Cambridge University Press)

Brighi, E. (2013), Foreign Policy, Domestic Politics and International Relations: The Case of Italy (London: Routledge).

Kaarbo (2013) Coalition Politics and Cabinet Decision Making (Michigan University Press)

Rathbun, B. C. (2004), Partisan Interventions: European Party Politics and Peace Enforcement in the Balkans (Cornell University Press).

G.Goldstein, (2008), Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam (Palgrave)

M. Breuning (2007) Foreign Policy Analysis. A Comparative Perspective (Palgrave).

R.C. Snyder et al (2002) Foreign Policy Decision-making (revisited) (Palgrave)

Yuen Foong Khong (1992) Analogies at War. Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965. (Princeton University Press)

Jervis, J. (1979) Perceptions and Misperceptions in International Politics (Princeton University Press).

Halberstam, D. (1972) The Best and the Brightest (Random House)

Allison, G. (1971) Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis. (Brown)

Altri paper integrativi da collegare ai capitoli

G. Rose, Neoclassical Realism and Theories of Foreign Policy, World Politics, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Oct., 1998), pp. 144-172

Christopher Layne, Kant or Cant: “The Myth of the Democratic Peace”, , International Security, Volume 19, Number 2, Fall 1994, pp. 5-49

W. Carlsnaes, The Agency-Structure Problem in Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Sep., 1992), pp. 245-270

Robert Jervis (2013) Do Leaders Matter and How Would We Know?, Security Studies, 22:2, 153-179,

E. Brighi (2006) ‘One Man Alone’? A Longue Durée Approach to Italy's Foreign Policy under Berlusconi, Government & Opposition, 41(2): 278-297

L. Klarevas 2003, The essential domino of public opinion”, International Studies Perspectove

B. Posen and A. Ross, 1997, Competing Visions for U.S. Grand Strategy, International Security, Vol. 21, No. 3 pp. 5-53

G.T. Allison, Conceptual Model and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Rand, 1968. 

Ahsan I. Butt (2019) Why did the United States Invade Iraq in 2003?, Security Studies, 28:2, 250-285

Selected chapers in ""Reluctant Remilitarisation: Transforming Defence and the Armed Forces in Germany, Italy and Japan After the Cold War", F.Coticchia, M.Dian, and F.N. Moro (Edinburgh University Press, 2023). The book is in the library

For the Strategos students the exam is written and it is based on the manual (ALL the chapters) Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield, and Tim Dunne (eds.) (2016)Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (Oxford University Press), No addional papers

DOCENTI E COMMISSIONI

Commissione d'esame

GIAMPIERO CAMA (Presidente)

MARCO DI GIULIO (Presidente Supplente)

FEDERICA PERSICO (Supplente)

LEZIONI

INIZIO LEZIONI

Secondo semestre, Febbraio 2026

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Orari delle lezioni

FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS

ESAMI

MODALITA' D'ESAME

Studenti di Scienze Politiche: esame orale

Studenti di Strategos: esame scritto

For the Strategos students the exam is written and it is based on the manual (ALL the chapters) Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield, and Tim Dunne (eds.) (2016) Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (Oxford University Press), No addional papers.

MODALITA' DI ACCERTAMENTO

L'esame accerterà conoscenze dei temi affrontati durante il corso

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

L'insegnamento concorre Obiettivi per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile (SDGs) dell’Agenda 2030:

GOAL 4 - ISTRUZIONE DI QUALITA'

GOAL 16 - PACE, GIUSTIZIA E ISTITUZIONI SOLIDE

 “Si consigliano gli studenti con certificazione di DSA, di disabilità o di altri bisogni educativi speciali di contattare sia il referente Prof. Aristide Canepa (aristide.canepa@unige.it), sia il docente, all’inizio del corso, per concordare modalità didattiche e d’esame che, nel rispetto degli obiettivi dell’insegnamento, tengano conto delle modalità di apprendimento individuali e forniscano idonei strumenti compensativi”.