International politics in a global age II

Lectures are planned to include:

Foreign policy and ideology
Democracy and foreign policy
Political Islam
Diplomacy under the shadow of the bomb

Challenges to the international order
Russia
Middle East
China

International peace conferences
Westphalia and Vienna
Versailles
Yalta

China’s foreign relations – past and present
The traditional Chinese world order and the arrival of the west
‘Revolutionary’ foreign policy during the Mao era and the Sino-Soviet split
(Re-)entering the international community under Deng Xiaoping
The impact of nationalism on Chinese foreign relations
Human rights and national sovereignty in China
The China threat thesis

International relations of the modern Middle East: the Arab uprisings
The Arab uprisings of 2011: the background
The Arab uprisings: events in Egypt, Libya and Syria

International relations of the modern Middle East: consequences of the uprisings
Consequences of the uprisings
Syria and Iraq
Egypt and Libya

International relations of the modern Middle East: the Rise of Daesh / Islamic State
Daesh / Islamic State: what it is and what it aims to achieve
The impact in the region and beyond

International terrorism: historic and current
Motivations and methods
Palestine and Israel
Daesh and The Middle East today

Countering terrorism: historic and current
The problems involved in the use of force
The role of intelligence
The possibility of negotiation with terrorists