507948 - ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

insegnamento
ID:
507948
Durata (ore):
40
CFU:
6
SSD:
SCIENZA POLITICA
Anno:
2025

Dati Generali

Periodo di attività

Primo Semestre (29/09/2025 - 12/12/2025)

Syllabus

Obiettivi Formativi

The course is designed to combine rigour academic analysis with a policy relevant study of current issues. On successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: (1) understand the basic factors of international conflict and cooperation; (2) select and analyze the main issues in contemporary patterns of conflict and conflict management; (3) retrieve data on international phenomena; and, (4) approach the position and interests of key international subjects.

Prerequisiti

Basic Knowledge of History of International Relations; and of Concepts and Theories of International Relations and Political Science

Metodi didattici

Lectures and seminars. Lectures aims at presenting key concepts and issues and offer basic knowledge to relate the theoretical controversies to real world phenomena. Seminars aims at debating key issues and puzzles in contemporary international relations and to emphasize their policy implications.

Verifica Apprendimento

Assignments and Written examination to assess: (1) the theoretical awareness about the main issues in contemporary international relations; (2) the ability to debate them critically; and, (3) the ability to develop policy prescriptions to conflict management. In particular, the assessment will base on the following criteria: Assignments (20%): form (effectiveness, length); structure (clarity, articulation); content (thoroughness and originality); Active Participation to Class (10%): active participation (no/some/frequent/very frequent active participation). “Active Participation” means regular attendance and constructive comments. Written examination with open questions (70%): precision on the concepts, appropriateness of the lexicon, capability to relate theories to facts.

Testi

The exam bibliography for attender and non attender students will be available on Kiro at the beginning of the semester. Background readings useful to attend the course: K.A. Mingst and I.M. Arreguin-Toft (2011), Essentials of International Relations, Norton and Company; B. Buzan (2004), The United States and the great powers: world politics in the twenty-first century, Cambridge, Polity Press.

Contenuti

The course aims at presenting the features and trends that have come to characterize the contemporary international system; and, to examine if and how these features have changed the patterns of conflict and conflict management in international relations. First, the course will present the factors that mainstream IR associates with the production of international order and stability, with the aim of discussing their specific features and current effectiveness. In this regard, particular attention will be devoted to the role of the distribution of power in the international system, domestic governance mechanisms, security international institutions and organizations, and, finally, economic interdependence. Moreover, the course will examine the international posture (revisionist or status quo–oriented) of some major regional and global powers. In this context, special attention will be given to the case of the United States, with an in-depth analysis of its populist foreign policy.

Lingua Insegnamento

INGLESE

Altre informazioni

The complete syllabus including the readings for seminar classes will be available on Kiro at the beginning of the semester.

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