DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS (2/2 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: LO1 – Identify actors, levels, and sectors in diplomacy; LO2 – Design position papers, perform public speaking, and simulate international negotiation; LO3 – Apply conceptual knowledge and skills to the practices of diplomacy at the bilateral, regional, and international levels.

Topics:

1. Tracing the historical development of diplomacy across regions; Contemporary Challenges and The Future of Diplomacy; Sectors in diplomacy;
2. Understanding different institutional designs of MoFA across countries; Exercise I;
3. Comparative Case Studies on Diplomacy with and without Diplomatic Relations; The practice of international negotiation; Actors in diplomacy;
4. Case Studies on Various Sectors in Diplomacy; Negotiation at the regional level;
5. Exercise I;
6. Drafting position paper; Exercise II;
7. Negotiation at the bilateral level;
8. Presenting Position Paper; Negotiation at the international level;
9. The Practice of Contemporary International Negotiation; Introduction to diplomacy; Workshop on public speaking;
10. Exercise II;
11. Negotiation Simulation at the bilateral level; Levels in diplomacy;
12. Negotiation Simulation at the regional level;
13. Experiencing Diplomacy: A Self Reflection; Workshop on writing position paper;
14. Negotiation Simulation at the International level.