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LEARNING CONTRACT

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Catalog No.: LPL 315 Course Title: American Foreign Policy (Prereq. LPL 101)

Mentor: Jonathan M. Meyer, J.D. Level: Advanced Credits: 3 Email: jonathanesq@optonline.net Telephone No.: (646) 591-9312 enterprise2027@optonline.net ____________________________________

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will examine the development of US foreign policy from its historic and Constitutional basis through the

present era. Careful attention will be paid to the separation of powers and to delineating the power of the executive

in promulgating and executing foreign policy. Further, both mentor and student will analyze changing directions of

US foreign policy in response to arising existential threats, such as interdiction of WMD's, international security

cooperation in anti trafficking, and the countering of WMD proliferation within the context of increasing global and

regional instability. Signatures Student ________________________________________________ Date _____________________ Mentor _________________________________________________ Date _____________________ Dean/Representative _______________________________________ Date _____________________ Semester Ends ____________________

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Catalog No.: LPL 315 Course Title: American Foreign Policy

1. LEARNING OBJECTIVES 2. OUTCOMES At the conclusion of this course, The student will demonstrate the ability to:

1. Evaluate: Domestic and foreign influences on US foreign policy within the applicable historic and Geopolitical contexts.

2. Analyze: American foreign policy both verbally and in writing. Describe the tools used (and by whom) in realizing US foreign policy objectives.

3. Explain: Emerging American foreign policy objectives and trends dealing with such contemporary issues as Counter Trafficking in Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD's), Antiterrorist Initiatives and US and Allied efforts in curtailing trafficking of CBRN materials, (interdiction & pushing the security envelope outward through cooperation with US allies).

Final Grade

COMMENTS (Including commendations and recommendations for improvement):

Mentor’s Signature Date

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3. COURSE INSTITUTIONAL GOALS

1. To further professional and pre-professional career interests of students in the fields of law, government and US foreign policy.

2. To foster students’ ability to access and evaluate information objectively and

effectively.

3. To enhance a global perspective regarding both domestic and international security cooperation in confronting contemporary threats.

4. To promote development of students’ information literacy, analytical & qualitative competencies necessary to succeed in today's society.

4. LEARNING ACTIVITIES.

The student will:

Meet with the mentor a minimum of five times, as per schedule.

Select at least one other student from this course with whom to establish a learning partnership.

Complete all reading and written assignments as described by the mentor and submit them in a timely manner.

Written assignments(unless otherwise indicated):

Each Memo shall consist of:

1. Conclusion 2. Issue (the questions presented) 3. Discussion, and analysis which synthesizes the materials read,

which resolves the issue, and is basis for your conclusion. 4. Conclusion

Memos must both begin with your conclusion, as an opening statement, and conclude with the same.

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Log progress of assignments as directed by the mentor, bringing such logs/homework to every mentoring session.

Seek assistance from the mentor whenever necessary.

Take and pass the final examination.

5. COURSE CONTENT AND ASSIGNMENTS Required Text: Ambrose, Stepen & Brinkley, Douglas, Rise to Globalism, 9th

Edition, New York, 2010. ISBN #140268316 Module 1: Foundations of American Foreign Policy The Historic & Constitutional Basis, Separation of Powers, Federal Competencies verses State Rights and Jurisdiction.

1) The Federalist Papers. 2) Rise to Globalism, Chapters 1-3. 3) The Monroe Doctrine, See, Speech by President James

Monroe (http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3604); The Meaning of the Monroe Doctrine, Charles M. Pepper, 113-118, (http://www.jstor.org/stable/1012577 ).

4) Gun Boat Diplomacy & Foreign Debt, (See, Supersanctions and Sovereign Debt Repayment, 155-165) (http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=WpGmPuyTWiUC&oi=fnd&pg=PA155&dq=monroe+doctrine+gunboat+debt&ots=234wTUNlwV&sig=xpO7ZZfZR3wQE7Q9t15vZQFZM8c#v=onepage&q=monroe%20doctrine%20gunboat%20debt&f=false).

Issues: Whether there is relationship between the "Monroe Doctrine," as outlined in the speech by President James Monroe, and "gun boat" diplomacy? What is that relationship? How did the Monroe Doctrine affect the use of force in response to economic debt, globally and in the Western Hemisphere? Was economic default a legal justification for military intervention? Module 2: Woodrow Wilson, the League of Nations & the Coming War

1) Woodrow Wilson's 14 points 2) See, James T. Shotwell, On the Rim of the Abyss, The Macmillan Company,

NY 1936. (http://www.questia.com/library/714566/on-the-rim-of-the-abyss). 3) U.S. Isolationism. 4) The Charter of the League of Nations & the creation of the Permanent Court

of International Justice. 5) The outlawing of "Aggressive War." See, “The Kellogg Briand Pact,”

(http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Briand-Kellogg+Pact). 6) The failure of the League of Nations (the “League”) and World War II.

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Issues: Whether President Wilson's vision, as set forth in the 14 points, was expressed in US foreign policy during the period of the League? Whether principles were shared by both the the Kellogg-Briand Pact and the covenant underlying the League? What were those principles? Whether the league was successful in realizing its Mandate? If not, what were the reasons for its failure? Module 3, the End of World War II & the Cold War Era

1) The Rise to Globalism, Chapters 4 -15. 2) Reagan’s Evil Empire Speech, June 8, 1982. 3) The Allied Creation of the United Nations. 4) The Creation of the World Trade Organization. 5) US policy of Strategic Containment: US Foreign Policy within the context of

a Bipolar World. Issues: Whether the architects of United Nations addressed the perceived failures of the League? Whether other organization(s) were created to compliment the goals of the UN by providing a framework for the resolution of international trade disputes? Whether this organization’s objectives were embodied in the principles set forth in Wilson's 14 points? Whether the United Nations furthered the US policy of global containment as expressed in the Truman Doctrine?

Module 4, the Post-Cold War Era & the War against Terrorism

1) The Rise to Globalism, chapters 15 – 20. 2) Bush's speech at Ground Zero, September 14, 2001. 3) The Crisis of Confidence, restructuring US intelligence. 4) The rise of the multi-polar world. 5) Proactive intervention in geographic areas of terrorist activity: Iraq &

Afghanistan. 6) Preemptive Self-Defense. 7) Proxy Engagement: Africa & the Middle East.

Harvey Rishikof, Patrick Bratton, 11/9-9/11: THE BRAVE NEW WORLD ORDER: PEACE THROUGH LAW--BEYOND POWER POLITICS OR PEACE THROUGH EMPIRE--RATIONALE STRATEGY AND REASONABLE POLICY, Harvey Rishikof, Patrick Bratton Copyright, 50 VLLR 655 ( 2005).; http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/international_lawyer/til _45_1/national_security.authcheckdam.pdf; Ruth Wedgwood, The Fall of Saddam Hussein: Security Council Mandates and Preemptive Self-Defense, The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 97, No. 3, pp.576-585,(2003),American Society of International Law, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3109842 .

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Proxy Engagement in Africa & the Middle East, See,

(http://apps.americanbar.org/intlaw/TIL_46_1/NationalSecurityLaw.pdf ); (http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/uncategorized/international_law/091540legallimitations.authcheckdam.mp3);(http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/un-rules-and-syrian-intervention/2013/01/17/4e8661bc-6000-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_print.html); http://csis.org/publication/iranian-strategic-competition); (http://csis.org/files/publication/120312_Iran_VIII_Levant.pdf).

Issues: Whether proxies and proxy engagement are playing a role both against and in support of in US and Allied initiatives countering trafficking in Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD’S), anti-terrorism and Counter Proliferation? Whether this phenomenon plays a role in contexts of Libya, Iran, and Syria?

Module 5: The Powers of the Executive Branch in pursuing US foreign policy and national security - military intervention & economic sanctions.

Audio Recording of the Committee's Seminar - Economic Sanctions: Are They Effective Tools of U.S. Foreign Policy?

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/multimedia/international_law/20110228econsanctions.authcheckdam.mp3;

Seminar Materials: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B13KRJfr_V8udnhuS09SLWlEMkU http://apps.americanbar.org/intlaw/committees/HufbauerPP.pdf ;

Excerpts from: "Global Strategic Assessment 2009: America's Security Role in a Changing World" NDU Press, pp 42-44, 176-178 (2009);

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/international_lawyer/til_45_1/national_security.authcheckdam.pdf ;

Harvey Rishikof, Patrick Bratton , 11/9-9/11: THE BRAVE NEW WORLD ORDER: PEACE THROUGH LAW--BEYOND POWER POLITICS OR PEACE THROUGH EMPIRE--RATIONALE STRATEGY AND REASONABLE POLICY, Harvey Rishikof, Patrick Bratton Copyright, 50 VLLR 655 ( 2005). Issues: Whether Presidential powers of over export controls plays an important role in the conduct of US foreign policy? Whether the president has used his powers of over export controls to further US objectives in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan? (Specifically, address the questions of political instabilities and volatility in the region in relation to Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal).

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6. METHODS OF EVALUATION The student will be evaluated based on the completion of 5 modules (75%) and a final examination (25%).