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Jason Scheideman
POL S 428
Seattle Campus
Historical and theoretical analysis of military intervention in the post-World War II era. Considers how and why interventions occur and evaluates intervention as a foreign-policy response.
Class description
Description: This course addresses military intervention in world politics. We will study the reasons states choose to intervene or not intervene in other states. What motivates intervention? What stops intervention? We will explore the requirements for different types of intervention and the conditions that promote and hinder successful interventions. Finally, we will study the reasons states withdraw and the consequences of withdrawal for both states. We will use both theoretical readings to sharpen the analysis and case studies of specific interventions to see how the theory works. Although the class will focus on U.S. intervention, such as in Iraq, Somalia, and Bosnia, it will also examine other states’ interventions since World War II.
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