The purpose of this course is to compare and analyze the Foreign Policies of China, the United States and the former Soviet Union. The first section of the course will be geared to analyzing the foreign policies of the three major powers since World War II until today. The second section will be devoted to analyzing major foreign policy problems and the position that China, the US, and the former Soviet Union had, or have, in relation to those problems. Among the issues discussed will be the Arms Race, Nuclear Proliferation, the conflicts in the Middle East, the end of communism, and the war in Afghanistan.