Morality, Values, and U.S. Foreign Policy

This course takes a closer look at the debate surrounding the issues of the role of morality and values in U.S. foreign policy from a 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?