Module Catalogues, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University      Module Code: INR306 Module Title: US Intelligence and Foreign Policy Module Level: Level 3 Module Credits: 5.00 Academic Year: 2020/21 Semester: SEM2 Originating Department: International Relations Pre-requisites: N/A     Aims This module explores the unique place and role of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the making and implementation of US foreign policy ever since the Agency was established in 1947. It identifies the core roles of a modern intelligence agency and examines the key activities of the CIA in executing US foreign policy since the late 1940s. It scrutinises key themes and issues that have dominated the CIA’s history, such as institutional marginalisation, abuses of power, the politicisation of intelligence, exaggerated notions of CIA power and influence, plausible deniability, and the concept of speaking truth to power. The module also engages with key debates within the historiography of US intelligence history and US foreign policy. Finally, it places emphasis on the conduct of primary research in investigating the key events and issues within the CIA’s history since its creation. Learning outcomes  A Understand the various roles of a modern intelligence agency B Display sound and critical understanding of some of the key events and issues that have shaped the CIA during its history C Appreciate the shifting role and influence of the CIA within US foreign policy D Use appropriate research skills E Produce academic writing which is appropriate for the discipline Method of teaching and learning  Lectures, seminars and private study Syllabus  Intelligence collection and analysis Covert action Counterintelligence The origins and founding of peacetime US intelligence The CIA in the Soviet bloc in the early Cold War Anglo-American covert action in Albania The CIA and US foreign policy under Eisenhower and Dulles The CIA and the cultural Cold War The CIA and the Vietnam War US intelligence decline in the Watergate era US intelligence under Reagan and Casey Post-Cold War intelligence and foreign policy The CIA, 9/11 and the War on Terror Delivery Hours   Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab/Prcaticals Fieldwork / Placement Other(Private study) Total Hours/Semester 19.5  19.5        111  150

Assessment

Sequence	Method	% of Final Mark
1	Book Chapter/Journal Article Review	15.00
2	Document Analysis	35.00
3	Essay	50.00

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