EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course aims at providing historical, analytical and methodological knowledge tools to enable students to critically examine the main processes and fundamental dynamics that have characterised the evolution of international relations in the contemporary age, in the period between the Congress of Vienna and the current phase of the international system. The acquisition of this knowledge will also enable students to critically grapple with the main political and security issues open today in the global scenario and in the main regional contexts.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Students will have to demonstrate that they have understood, assimilated and critically re-elaborated the main historical processes and problematic junctures that have marked the evolution of the international system in the contemporary age, as well as the fundamental factors of continuity and historical discontinuity in the foreign policy of the most relevant state actors and in the assets of the main regional systems
URTHER EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Autonomy of judgement:
At the end of the course, the student should demonstrate that he/she has acquired autonomy of critical judgement in the analysis of issues related to the history of the international system, the foreign policies of the main state actors and the geopolitical arrangements of the most relevant regional contexts.
Communication skills:
At the end of the course, the student should demonstrate that he/she has acquired communication skills in the presentation and critical exposition of problems and issues related to the history of the international system, the foreign policies of the main state actors and the geopolitical arrangements of the most relevant regional contexts.
Learning ability:
At the end of the course the student shall demonstrate that he/she has acquired adequate study method and capacity for learning and autonomous critical re-elaboration, with reference to the topics covered by the course. The knowledge and methodology acquired should enable the student to consolidate his/her general learning capacity in order to undertake subsequent advanced studies with a high degree of autonomy.
A basic knowledge of contemporary history is appropriate
Teaching will consist of traditional lectures, supplemented by seminars that will be communicated to students well in advance
The final exam consists of an oral interview. It will assess the learning of fundamental concepts, the ability to analyze, think critically, and summarize content, as well as the correct use of terminology and discursive skills.
One text to be chosen from the following:
- L. Monzali, F. Imperato, R. Milano, G. Spagnulo, Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali (1919-2021), Milano, Mondadori Education, 2022 (Parte I e Parte II, Capitoli 1-10)
- A. Varsori, Storia Internazionale. Dal 1919 ad oggi, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2020.
History of International Relations from 19th Century to Present
MAIN TOPICS
1. The Peace of Westphalia and the Origins of the Modern International System
2. The Congress of Vienna and the System of the Concert of Europe
3. The WWI and the Establishment of the League of Nations.
4. The WWII and the Establishment of the United Nations.
5. The Origins of the Cold War and the Bipolar System
6. The Post-Bipolar System
7. Continuity and Change in the History of U.S. Foreign Policy
8. Continuity and Change in the History of Russian Foreign Policy
9. Continuity and Change in the History of China’s Foreign Policy
10. Continuity and Change in the Foreign Policy of the European Countries and in the Evolution of the European Integration Process.
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For any information, students can write to graziano.palamara@unior.it
