Chinazambia and Boliviafranca: A Simulation of Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy |
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Authors: | Andrew J.,Enterline Eric M.,Jepsen&dagger |
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Affiliation: | University of North Texas; University of South Dakota |
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Abstract: | Despite a longstanding focus on the systemic distribution of power in the study of international relations, scholarship during the past 20 years increasingly emphasizes the role of domestic politics in foreign-policy-decision making. This simulation enables participants to experience negotiating an international issue—a territorial dispute between two fictitious states, Chinazambia and Boliviafranca—in the context of this "two-level game" between domestic and international environments. The simulation furnishes a vantage point from which students can assess realist, liberal, and alternative theoretical perspectives on international relations as they affect policy making. The simulation is flexible and can be executed under a variety course contexts, as well as time and participation constraints. Additionally, the simulation provides ample opportunity for a number of enriching postsimulation activities. |
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Keywords: | active learning domestic politics and foreign policy international relations simulation territorial disputes |
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