International politics in a global age II

Lecture are planned to include:

Nationalism
A21 Nationalism
B21 Has the rise of nationalism undermined international society or established it on more secure foundations?
C21 Does globalisation strengthen or weaken the state?

History and international relations
A21 The influence of history
B21 Undoing history
C21 Teaching history

Current tensions
A21 The two Koreas
B21 China, Russia and the US
C21 Recent military interventions

China’s foreign relations - past and present
A21 The traditional Chinese world order and the arrival of the west
B21 ‘Revolutionary’ foreign policy during the Mao era and the Sino-Soviet split
C21 (Re-)entering the international community under Deng Xiaoping

A21 The impact of nationalism on Chinese foreign relations
B21 Human rights and national sovereignty in China
C21 The China threat thesis

Intervention
A21 Peace-keeping, peace support operations, and humanitarian war
B21 Is militarised humanitarian intervention effective?
C21 Discuss the politics of militarised humanitarian intervention

International Relations of the Modern Middle East
A21/B21/C21 The Arab uprisings: underlying economic and demographic factors, political factors including the nature of the regimes, the spark in Tunisia

A21/B21/C21 The infection spreads: Egypt and Libya - why things developed as they did including external involvement in Libya and social media’s role

A21/B21/C21 The impact on Iraq and Syria: nature of the states, how the states responded, consequences of instability including rise of IS

A21/B21/C21 The Middle East today: including Israel, Palestine, and Turkey