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Seminar: Crisis Management in Foreign AffairsPA 5825 / Section 001 (Class Number 57612)1.5 CreditsSpring Semester 2020Thursday: 6:00 – 8:45 p.m.Blegen Hall, Room 105Draft: December 23, 2019Course SummaryThis course will analyze crisis decision making in foreign policy. Students will: Examine the organization and structure of crisis decision-making within the U.S. national security apparatus;Analyze in depth four foreign policy crises: the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962); Vietnam – Escalation (1963-65); Iran (1979-1981) and a Current Events Crisis (2020).Put themselves in the position of national security leaders as part of a crisis simulation; and Write an analysis of a historical foreign policy crisis. There are four books required for this course: Allison, Graham T., and Zelikow, Philip D., “Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis” (2nd edition), Pearson Longman (January 1999).Stern, Sheldon M., “The Week the World Stood Still: Inside the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)” (Paperback) Stanford University Press (January 18, 2005).McMaster, H.R., “Dereliction of Duty,” Harper Perennial; Reprint Edition (Paperback), (May 8, 1998).Harris, David, “The Crisis: The President, the Prophet, and the Shah – 1979 and the Coming of Militant Islam,” Little, Brown and Company (Paperback) (2004).Other readings to be assigned.Grades will be based on oral participation and a written foreign policy crisis analysis.The course will meet every other week during the spring semester, or as modified.Students may take this course on an A/F or S/N or Audit basis. For information relating to the Student Conduct Code; Use of Personal Electronic Devices in the Classroom; Scholastic Dishonesty; Makeup Work for Legitimate Absences; Appropriate Use of Class Notes and Course Materials; Grading and Transcripts; Sexual Harassment; Equity, Diversity, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action; Disability Accommodations; Mental Health and Stress Management; and Academic Freedom and Responsibility, see: Course InstructorSteve Andreasen is a national security consultant with the Nuclear Threat Initiative in Washington, D.C., and teaches courses on National Security Policy and Crisis Management in Foreign Affairs at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota.Andreasen served as Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council at the White House from February 1993 – January 2001. He was the principal advisor on strategic policy, nuclear arms control and missile defense to the National Security Advisor and the President. During the Bush Sr. and Reagan Administrations, Andreasen served in the State Department’s Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, dealing with a wide-range of defense policy, arms control, nuclear weapons and intelligence issues. As a Presidential Management Fellow, he served as a Special Assistant to Ambassador Paul H. Nitze in the State Department focusing on the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, and as a Foreign Policy and Defense Legislative Assistant in the office of Senator Albert Gore Jr.During his fourteen years in government, Andreasen participated in key meetings with the President and Vice President, senior cabinet and sub-cabinet officials and in high-level negotiations with Russia and other countries. His eight-year White House tenure and central position on the NSC staff provide a unique perspective on policy making at the highest levels of government.Andreasen received his B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College and graduated with an M.A. from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, Andreasen was the Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesota’s First Congressional District. His articles and opinion pieces have been published in The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, 38 North, Prospect Magazine, the Fabian Society, Foreign Affairs, Survival, the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Boston Globe, San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, Arms Control Today, Strategic Survey, In the National Interest, the Royal United Services Institute, the Guardian, Foreign Policy, SCIENCE, The Hill and Politico. In April of 2006, he was selected by student ballot as Humphrey Institute Teacher of the Year.Course Calendar and SyllabusI. Introduction to Crisis Management / Cuban Missile Crisis (Weeks 1 and 2) Week 1: January 23Course Structure and Content:Course segmentsCrisis simulationIndividual projectDiscussion: Crisis Decision MakingIn Class Movie: Cuban Missile Crisis TBDReadings: Allison, Graham T., and Zelikow, Philip D., “Essence of Decision.”Week 2: February 6Cuba: Discussion and AnalysisReadings: McNamara, Robert, “Forty Years After 13 Days,” Arms Control Today, November 2002.? Available at: , Sheldon M., “The Week the World Stood Still”II.Vietnam: Escalation (1963-65) (Weeks 3 and 4)Week 3: February 20In Class Movie: TBDWeek 4: March 5Vietnam – Escalation: Discussion and AnalysisReadings: McMaster, H.R., “Dereliction of Duty.”III. Iran (1979-1981) (Weeks 5 and 6)Week 5: March 19In Class Movie: TBDWeek 6: April 2Iran: 1979-1981: Discussion and AnalysisReadings:Harris, David, “The Crisis: The President, the Prophet, and the Shah – 1979 and the Coming of Militant Islam.” IV. Current Events Crisis (Week 7 and 8)Week 7: April 16In Class Movie: TBDWeek 8: April 30Current Events Crisis: Discussion and AnalysisReadings:To Be Determined. V. Crisis Simulation (Week 9)Week 9: May 7Final Exam: Crisis SimulationEnd ................
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