Course Description
This course provides an in-depth study of the main theories and approaches used to explain international relations, their development, and their practical applications. Students examine classical and contemporary frameworks, including realism, liberalism, constructivism, Marxism, feminism, and postcolonial approaches, and explore how these perspectives can be applied to historical and current events, conflicts, patterns of cooperation, and global processes through comparative analysis. The course develops a theoretical understanding of key concepts, structures, and processes of international relations and evaluates the role of power, interest, security, identity, hegemony, and cooperation in real-world politics. Students gain the ability to understand global politics on a scholarly basis, analyze cause and effect relationships among events, and assess changes in the international system through an analytical lens.
