Institutionalization of analytical practices in the study of foreign policy in the training of international relations students
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Abstract. The purpose of the article is to examine the institutionalization of analytical practices in the study of foreign policy in the training of international relations students based on the systematic use of information-analytical activity tools in the educational process. It is shown that the courses «Information-Analytical Activity in International Affairs» and «Foreign Policy of Post-Soviet Countries» serve as platforms where students not only master theory but also consistently apply analytical methods to real political material. In particular, students’ work involves procedures such as: analysis of official foreign policy documents; comparison of decisions by different actors in conflict situations; preparation of analytical memos; verification of information from various sources; reconstruction of event sequences; identification of propagandistic narratives; compilation of structured situation reviews. The application of these tools within systematic tasks (case studies, debriefings after simulations, analytical memos, group research projects) elevates analytical activity from the status of an episodic exercise to a permanent component of the educational process. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that analytical practices are considered not as methodological elements but as an already institutionalized mechanism for training international relations specialists, embedded in the content and procedures of studying foreign policy. The institutionalization of such practices in education enhances students’ analytical readiness for work in conditions of information turbulence and transforms the process of mastering foreign policy from a descriptive to a practically oriented one. In the conclusions, it is substantiated that such institutionalization increases students’ analytical readiness for professional activity in conditions of information turbulence and shifts the study of foreign policy from a descriptive to a practically oriented format.
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