The course focuses on the challenges of peace and war, foreign policy decision-making, and other aspects of international relations theory as a part of social science and as an analytical framework. The course blends a historical perspective with an examination of contemporary political issues. The historical section depicts the history of international relations theory from a subset of political philosophy to its development as a distinct area of political science, which is critical to comprehending the main concepts of international relations. The lectures also provide a comprehensive overview of current ideas and debates in the field of current political issues such as terrorism, China’s and other rising powers’ growth, and the US-Russian rivalry.
The 12-week course takes about 24 hours to complete and is taught by professors Timofei Bordachev and Dmitrii Suslov. The course videos are translated in numerous languages.
HSE University | |
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