| 1. Week |
What is IR and why does it matter? |
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| 2. Week |
State, Sovereignty & The International System. Discussing the Westphalian System . statehood and recognition |
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| 3. Week |
Power, Security dilemmas, conflict and war. Contemporary security issues. Hard power Vs. Soft power |
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| 4. Week |
Realism, Power politics & National interest. Realism and foreign policy decision-making |
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| 5. Week |
Cooperation, International Institutions , democracy and peace. Liberal explanations of cooperation. |
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| 6. Week |
Ideas, norms and identity. Social construction of world politics. Identity and foreign policy. Norms and international behaviour. |
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| 7. Week |
Trade , Globalisation and development. Global inequality and economic interdependence . |
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| 8. Week |
Compliance and enforcement of International law. Legal limits on state behaviour. |
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| 9. Week |
Global governance. Role of international organisations. The UN system. |
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| 10. Week |
Human Rights in IR State Sovereignity Vs. Rights |
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| 11. Week |
Environement, Migration, Global health & terrorism. Policy responses to global problems. |
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| 12. Week |
Decision making, domestiv influences on foreign policy. |
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| 13. Week |
Current debates and future direction of international relations |
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| 14. Week |
international relations and how it fits in the contemporary world |
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