Course description

This course examines US national security issues through the prism of human rights, exploring how humanitarian concerns became woven into the fabric of traditional security studies and how this does or does not affect current policy. We survey the most important literature and debates concerning the concepts of human rights and the US national interest. We also use case studies to explore the intersection of human rights, economic aims, strategic concerns, and peace building. In addition, we test the consistency of US guiding principles, the influence of non-state actors on policy formation, and the strength of the international human rights regime. Ultimately, the course challenges assumptions about how human rights first arose as a global phenomenon and assesses the conflicted legacy of human rights in US foreign policy over the last several decades and in current policy.

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