Course Learning Outcomes
- to define the basic international relations concepts
- to distinguish between basic international relations approaches, i.e. realism, liberalism, and marxism
- to understand and distinguish between different levels of analysis in international relations
- to understand and distinguish between different actors of international relations
- to comprehend major threats to global peace (war, terrorism, civil conflicts, human rights abuses, etc.) and the concept of "human security"
- to describe the changes in the international economic order and their effects on advanced countries vs. developing countries
- to understand global inequalities and their impact
- to describe global social problems, like environmental and health problems, with their different effects on advanced and developing countries
- to describe what globalization is with its multiple aspects and multiple effects and the role of global actors in the globalization process
- to evaluate the global trends of the last few decades and to make wise guesses about what the future of the international system be like