Israel's Foreign Policy

3 units

What drives Israel's foreign policy? How do Zionism, Judaism, trauma, and war influence Israel's engagement with the rest of the world? This course provides a historical and current overview of the political, social, and ethical dilemmas faced by Israeli leadership when devising the country's foreign policy since its establishment in 1948. It first reviews the evolution of Israel's foreign policy toward several actors in the international arena, including the United States, the European Union, Russia, Germany, and the United Nations. It then focuses on the Arab-Israeli conflict, stages of its development, approaches to its settlement, and its effect on Israel's foreign relations with Arab and Muslim-majority countries.