This course deals with the changing nature
of international relations within the context of the
process(es) of globalization. It examines a number of
topics that have become crucial especially after the end
of the Cold War. In doing so, it also aims at advancing
our theoretical and empirical understanding
of international relations by discussing (a) the economic
and political dimensions of globalization, (b) the
relationship between global changes and state power,
(c) the crucial problems of international relations, such
as poverty, security, global governce and
terrorism, and also (d) the important case studies
such as the American hegemony, European
Integration, global economic crisis.
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