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International Relations and World Politics

ОК6

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

First

2023/2024

4 Semester

3

Acquire comprehensive knowledge of major issues and developments at the global and regional levels, obtain profound knowledge of main international, understand the main mechanisms of global and regional governance and their interrelationship, acquire profound knowledge of the main dilemmas and policies of major actors in international relations against the background of global and regional developments, improve the analytical skills in the sphere of international relations for their further application during the practical professional work.

Know concepts, sources, principles and trends of contemporary international relations and world politics; know the major theoretical perspectives of international relations and world politics. The evolving global agenda: security, transnational terrorism and crime, sustainable development, migration, poverty, food, security etc; know the main theoretical approaches to international security. The key security issues for XXI century security.

Thematic plan of the discipline: Introduction. Theme 1. Concepts, sources, principles and trends of contemporary international relations and world politics; Theme 2. The main actors of international relations and world politics.

1. Heynes J. et al., World Politics: International Relations and Globalisation in the 21st Century, 2nd edition (London: Sage, 2017), Chapter 1, 17 p. Available at: https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upmbinaries/81418_Haynes_et_al___World_Politics___Chapter_1.pdf. 2. Shannon L. Blanton, Charles W. Kegley, World Politics: Trend And Transformation, 2016– 2017 edition, pp. 320–489. Global Governance 2025: At a Critical Juncture, (Washington: National Intelligence Council, 2010), 69 p. Available at: http://www.hourofthetime.com/1-LF/2025_Global_Governance.pdf. 3. Stephen McGlinchey (ed.), International Relations (Bristol: E-International Relations, 2017), pp. 32–56. Available at: http://www.e-ir.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/International-RelationsE-IR.pdf. 4. The UN’s Role in Global Governance, UN Intellectual History Project Briefing note No 15, 2009, 6 p. Available at: http://unhistory.org/briefing/15GlobalGov.pdf

Lectures, seminars, individual work

Evaluation is carried out according to the modular rating system. Current control: oral answers at the seminar (up to 42 points), execution of modular works (up to 30 points), execution of individual work (up to 18 points), presentations (up to 10 points). The form of final control is a credit.

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