INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: discuss the substantive themes and questions in International Relations; demonstrate a basic understanding of the significant developments in world politics as well as global challenges; analyze the major issues in international relations and interactions as well as interests of its main actors.

Topics:

1. Understanding International Relations;
2. Global System of States;
3. Theories of International Relations;
4. The Analysis of Foreign Policy;
5. Framing International Relations: The Role of Laws and Organizations;
6. War and Its Causes;
7. Pathways to Interstate Peace;
8. States and Markets in the World Economy;
9. Dilemmas of Development;
10. Non-State Actors and Challenges to Sovereignty;
11. The Environment and International Relations;
12. Media and International Relations;
13. Facing the Future: Six Visions of an Emerging International Order.