Morality,Values,& US Foreign P

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This course takes a closer look at the debate surrounding these issues from an historical, intellectual, and practical viewpoint. When, how, and why did various U.S. administrations come to emphasize notion of morality as a central dimension of their foreign policy? Have the strategies they have carried out to that end reinforced or detracted from U.S. national interests? Have they been successful in advancing the values they claim to embody and, if not, why not? What has been the reaction of governments and citizens on the receiving end of American encouragement, pressure, sanctions, or military intervention? Can an administration justifiably claim to place values at the center of its foreign policy if it does so irregularly, a function of whether the target government is friend or foe? What broader lessons can one draw from decades of fitful attempts to promote human rights and democracy and to end mass atrocities?