Political Studies Summer Courses 2017 Syllabus

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1 Political Studies Summer Courses 2017 Syllabus Each year, the Hertog Foundation brings together top college students to the nation s capital to explore the theory and practice of politics in an intensive seminar setting with outstanding faculty. This summer s offerings provide students the flexibility to create their ideal summer experience by applying for a seven-week summer fellowship or choosing among oneto two-week seminars to create their own individualized course of study. The Political Studies Program is designed to reflect the broad curriculum of the Hertog Foundation. Political Studies Fellows take courses in a wide variety of subjects, from political philosophy to contemporary public affairs, from economics to foreign policy. Fellows spend the opening week together, and then participate in their choice of Summer Courses for the remaining six weeks. Students seeking a more specialized experience can apply directly to the Summer Courses within the Political Studies Program that best fit their interests and knowledge level. This option is also ideal for students who have other internships, jobs, or commitments during the summer. All have the opportunity to hear from leaders in American government and politics. Past guest lecturers include Senator Tom Cotton, Leon Kass (AEI), Charles Krauthammer (Washington Post), Harvey Mansfield (Harvard University), Eva Moskowitz (Success Academy), and Admiral Gary Roughead (Hoover Institution), among others. See last year s schedule below to see what a typical day at a Hertog Summer Fellowship looks like. Apply now to become one of our future fellows.

2 SYLLABUS The 2017 Program Week 2 (June 26-June 30) Classical Political Philosophy Plato Garsten WEEK 1 (JUNE 19-23): What Is Political Philosophy? Berkowitz WEEKS 2 & 3 (JUNE 26-JULY 7) Week 2 (June 26-June 30) Modern Political Philosophy Machiavelli Sullivan Week 2 (June 26-June 30) Traditions of Freedom Burke e Week 3 (July 3-July 7) Classical Political Philosophy Aristotle Bartlett Week 3 (July 3-July 7) Modern Political Philosophy Locke Berkowitz Week 3 (July 3-July 7) Traditions of Freedom Smith Hanley WEEKS 4 & 5 (JULY 10-JULY 21) Week 4 (July 10-July 14) American Political Thought American Political Thought Staloff Week 4 (July 10-July 14) Literature & Political Thought Shakespeare s Rome Cantor Week 5 (July 17-July 21) American Political Thought Tocqueville Ceaser Week 5 (July 17-July 21) Literature & Political Thought Lincoln s Rhetoric Schaub WEEKS 6 & 7 (JULY 24-AUGUST 4) War Studies Program (2 wks) American Democratic Capitalism (2 wks) Varieties of American Conservatism, Part 1 Landmark Supreme Court Cases White Thucydides & Today s Challenges Grygiel Kagans, Dubik, & Allen American Conservatism, Part 2 Grand Strategy Friedberg Russia: What s Next? Chinese Grand Strategy

3 SYLLABUS Political Studies/Summer Courses 2017 Calendar June 18 24, 2017 WEEK 1 WHAT IS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY? Instructor: Peter Berkowitz (POLITICAL STUDIES FELLOWS ONLY) Sunday, June 18 Monday, June 19 Tuesday, June 20 Wednesday, June 21 Thursday, June 22 Friday, June 23 Saturday, June 24 Introduction Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Peter Berkowitz Peter Berkowitz Peter Berkowitz Peter Berkowitz Peter Berkowitz 3-5pm Student Arrival and Check-In 12:15 PM 1:15 PM 12:15 PM 1:45 PM National Gallery of Art Tours Eva Moskowitz, Success Academies Charles Krauthammer, Syndicated Columnist 1:30 PM 2:30 PM 2 PM 3:30 PM 6 PM Opening Dinner Hertog Foundation & Dinner Paul Wolfowitz, AEI Conversation & Reception Harvey Mansfield, Harvard University 5:45 PM 8 PM 4 PM 6 PM

4 SYLLABUS June 25 June 31, 2017 WEEK 2 POLIITICAL PHILOSOPHY Sunday, June 25 Monday, June 26 Tuesday, June 27 Wednesday, June 28 Thursday, June 29 Friday, June 30 Saturday, July 1 Plato / Machiavelli / Burke Plato / Machiavelli / Burke Plato / Machiavelli / Burke Plato / Machiavelli / Burke Plato / Machiavelli / Burke Garsten / Sullivan / e Garsten / Sullivan / e Garsten / Sullivan / e Garsten / Sullivan / e Garsten / Sullivan / e Grad School Talk & Lunch 1, 2, & 3 Afternoon Tutorial #1: Text Study with Peter Berkowitz Afternoon Tutorial #2: Public Policy Workshop with Steve Teles e 12:30 PM 2 PM Review Session 12:15 PM 1:30 PM Christopher DeMuth, Hudson Institute 2 PM 4 PM Faculty/Student Mixer 4:30 PM 7 PM 2 PM 4 PM 2 PM 4 PM Afternoon Tutorial #3: Operation Anaconda with Tom Donnelly 2 PM 3:30 PM

5 SYLLABUS July 3 7, 2017 WEEK 3 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Sunday, July 2 Monday, July 3 Tuesday, July 4 Wednesday, July 5 Thursday, July 6 Friday, July 7 Saturday, July 8 Aristotle / Locke / Smith Aristotle / Locke / Smith Aristotle / Locke / Smith Aristotle / Locke / Smith Aristotle / Locke / Smith Bartlett / Berkowitz / Hanley Bartlett / Berkowitz / Hanley Bartlett / Berkowitz / Hanley Bartlett / Berkowitz / Hanley Bartlett / Berkowitz / Hanley July 4th Picnic 12:15 PM 1:15 PM 12:15 PM 1:45 PM 12:30 PM 2 PM Travel to Heritage Foundation 1:30 PM 12:30 PM 1:15 PM 1, 2, & 3 Jim Hobart, Public Opinion Strategies Michael Needham, Heritage Foundation Review Session 2 PM 3:30 PM s Fred & Kim Kagan, AEI ISW 2 PM 3:30 PM Happy Fourth! 2 PM 3:30 PM 1:30 PM 3:00 PM Nationals Baseball Game 7:05 PM Faculty/Student Mixer 4 PM 6 PM

6 SYLLABUS July 9 15, 2017 WEEK 4 THE POLITICAL REGIME Sunday, July 9 Monday, July 10 Tuesday, July 11 Wednesday, July 12 Thursday, July 13 Friday, July 14 Saturday, July 15 Amer Pol Thought / Shakespeare s Rome Amer Pol Thought / Shakespeare s Rome Amer Pol Thought / Shakespeare s Rome Amer Pol Thought / Shakespeare s Rome Amer Pol Thought / Shakespeare s Rome Staloff / Cantor Staloff / Cantor Staloff / Cantor Staloff / Cantor Staloff / Cantor & Travel Meet at GWU DH 4 & 5 12:15 PM 1 PM Senator Tom Cotton (Capitol Hill) 12:15 PM 4 PM Afternoon Tutorial #4: Text Study with Leon Kass Adm. Gary Roughead, Hoover Institution Review Session 2 PM 3:30 PM 2 PM 4 PM 2 PM 3:30 PM 2 PM 4 PM Faculty/Student Mixer 4 PM 6 PM Dinner & Discussion on the FCG Andy Zwick

7 SYLLABUS July 16 22, 2017 WEEK 5 THE POLITICAL REGIME Sunday, July 16 Monday, July 17 Tuesday, July 18 Wednesday, July 19 Thursday, July 20 Friday, July 21 Saturday, July 22 Tocqueville / Lincoln Tocqueville / Lincoln Tocqueville / Lincoln Tocqueville / Lincoln Tocqueville / Lincoln Ceaser / Schaub Ceaser / Schaub Ceaser / Schaub Ceaser / Schaub Ceaser / Schaub Afternoon Tutorial #5: ISW Briefing & Lunch 12:30 PM 2:30 PM Nick Eberstadt, AEI 2:30 PM 4 PM Holocaust Museum Tour 2 PM 4 PM Dinner & Claremont Institute Fellowships Talk Ryan Williams 2 PM 3:30 PM Arthur Brooks, AEI 3 PM 4:30 PM 4 & 5 Walter Reich, GWU Elliott School Alumni Career Talk & Reception 5 PM 8 PM 6 PM 8 PM

8 SYLLABUS July 23 29, 2017 WEEK 6 AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM Sunday, July 23 Monday, July 24 Tuesday, July 25 Wednesday, July 26 Thursday, July 27 Friday, July 28 Saturday, July 29 Introduction Aristotle & Locke Adam Smith The Progressives & the Welfare State Responses to the Welfare State Working at a Think Tank Lunch AEI 6-9 on Public Policy Daniel DiSalvo on Public-Sector Unions Daniel DiSalvo on Measurement & Policy Scott Winship on Inequality & the Middle Class Scott Winship 12:30 PM 2:00 PM 7-9 Public Interest Fellowship Talk Aaron Menenberg Working in the Executive Branch Career Panel

9 SYLLABUS July 30 August 5, 2017 WEEK 7 AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM Sunday, July 30 Monday, July 31 Tuesday, August 1 Wednesday, August 2 Thursday, August 3 Friday, August 4 Saturday, August 5 How Government Works Health Care & Entitlements Tax Policy Education on Choice in Education Michael McShane on Journalism, Politics & Policy Ross Douthat & Reihan Salam & Simulation on Social Security Policy Free the Facts James Capretta on K-12 Education Michael McShane Concluding Discussion All Fellows Arguing the World Film Screening & Pizza 5 PM 8 PM Closing Dinner 6 PM 8 PM

10 SYLLABUS July 23 29, 2017 WEEK 6 CONSERVATISM Sunday, July 23 Monday, July 24 Tuesday, July 25 Wednesday, July 26 Thursday, July 27 Friday, July 28 Saturday, July 29 Libertarians Traditionalists Anti-Communists Majoritarians National Review 6-9 Libertarians Traditionalists Anti-Communists Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review Discussion Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review Working at a Think Tank Lunch AEI 12:30 PM 2:00 PM 7-9 Public Interest Fellowship Talk Aaron Menenberg Working in the Executive Branch Career Panel

11 SYLLABUS July 30 August 5, 2017 WEEK 7 CONSERVATISM Sunday, July 30 Monday, July 31 Tuesday, August 1 Wednesday, August 2 Thursday, August 3 Friday, August 4 Saturday, August 5 Neoconservatives Populists Religious Conservatives Neos vs. Paleos Reformicons & the Alt- Right on Journalism, Politics & Policy (Rm 117) Populists Religious Conservatives William Kristol Discussion Concluding Discussion All Fellows Ross Douthat & Reihan Salam William Kristol Arguing the World Film Screening & Pizza 5 PM 8 PM Closing Dinner (Darlington House) 6 PM 8 PM

12 SYLLABUS July 23 29, 2017 WEEK 6 SUPREME COURT Sunday, July 23 Monday, July 24 Tuesday, July 25 Wednesday, July 26 Thursday, July 27 Friday, July 28 Saturday, July 29 Griswold Heller Noel Canning Morrison Smith White White White White White Working at a Think Tank Lunch AEI 6-9 Edward Whelan, EPPC Ilya Shapiro, Cato Institute Christopher Scalia, Author Mock Oral Arguments White 12:30 PM 2:00 PM 7-9 Public Interest Fellowship Talk Aaron Menenberg Working in the Executive Branch Career Panel

13 SYLLABUS July 23 29, 2017 WEEK 6 THUCYDIDES Sunday, July 23 Monday, July 24 Tuesday, July 25 Wednesday, July 26 Thursday, July 27 Friday, July 28 Saturday, July 29 How to Assess the Enemy Alliances Land Power v. Sea Power Demagogues Distant Expeditions Grygiel Grygiel Grygiel Grygiel Grygiel Michael Auslin, Hoover Institution Chris Griffin, Asia Analyst Walter Russell Mead, Hudson Institute :15 PM 2:30 PM 7-9 Public Interest Fellowship Dinner & Talk Working in the Executive Branch Career Panel Aaron Menenberg

14 SYLLABUS July 30 August 5, 2017 WEEK 7 GRAND STRATEGY Sunday, July 30 Monday, July 31 Tuesday, August 1 Wednesday, August 2 Thursday, August 3 Friday, August 4 Saturday, August 5 The Early Republic Liberal Internationalism The Cold War Terrorism Revisionist Authoritarian Powers Friedberg Friedberg Friedberg Friedberg Friedberg Jamie Fly, German Marshall Fund 12:30 PM 2 PM Elliott Abrams, CFR All Fellows Working in Foreign Policy Panel Wargame Simulation Vance / Cherise Britt / Jennifer Bryson Ryan Boone, CSBA Closing Dinner 6 PM 8 PM 5 PM 8 PM

15 SYLLABUS July 30 August 5, 2017 WEEK 7 RUSSIA Sunday, July 30 Monday, July 31 Tuesday, August 1 Wednesday, August 2 Thursday, August 3 Friday, August 4 Saturday, August 5 The Clinton Administration Bush II Administration Obama, Part 1 Obama, Part 2 Trump & Discussion Amb. Dan Fried The Clinton Administration & Discussion Bush II Administration & Discussion Obama, Part 1 & Discussion Amb. Victoria Nuland Obama, Part 2 Closing Lunch & Discussion 12 PM 2 PM All Fellows Opening Dinner: The End of the Cold War Bush I Administration Working in Foreign Policy Panel Wargame Simulation 6 PM 9 PM Vance / Cherise Britt / Jennifer Bryson Ryan Boone, CSBA Closing Dinner 6 PM 8 PM 5 PM 8 PM

16 SYLLABUS July 30 August 5, 2017 WEEK 7 CHINA Sunday, July 30 Monday, July 31 Tuesday, August 1 Wednesday, August 2 Thursday, August 3 Friday, August 4 Saturday, August 5 Xi Jinping & the Chinese Dream Qing Dynasty Mao Deng: Reform & Opening End of Reform & Opening & Discussion Introduction of Research Memos Andrew May, DOD Unification Derek Scissors, AEI Ely Ratner, CFR 12 PM 2 PM All Fellows Opening Dinner Office Hours & Writing Office Hours & Writing Complete Research Memos by 5 PM 6 PM 8 PM Working in Foreign Policy Panel Office Hours & Writing Office Hours & Writing Vance / Cherise Britt / Jennifer Bryson Closing Dinner 6 PM 8 PM