PSCI 262

About this course

An examination of how, when, and why the United States makes deals, sends aid, supports allies, and goes to war. Analyzes the role of factors such as businesses and other economic interests, ideas, bureaucratic power struggles, domestic politics, and regional and global pressures and opportunities. The course also reveals how the president and other policymakers use military, economic, and intelligence tools to project U.S. power and influence abroad, what that means for America?s role on the global stage, and how that affects Americans back at home.