MODERN WORLD HISTORY (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: explain the debates on the origins of the modern interstate system; explain the causes and consequences of the major events in modern world history; discuss the influence of major events in modern world history on the development of international relations as a discipline.

Topics:

1. Why History Matters?;
2. The Emergence of the Modern Interstate System;
3. Nation, State, and Empire in the Nineteenth Century;
4. The First World War and The Twenty Years’ Crisis;
5. The Second World War and The Postwar Settlement;
6. The Cold War and Post-Cold War;
7. Twenty-First-Century International Relations and After.