CURRENT WORLD EVENTS
- Course
- INR418 - CURRENT WORLD EVENTS
- Department
- International Relations - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 0
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
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Course Description
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CURRENT WORLD EVENTS
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the Course |
| Week 2 | Post-Pandemic Geopolitics |
| Week 3 | The UN's Existential Crisis |
| Week 4 | Populism |
| Week 5 | National Holiday |
| Week 6 | Quiz 1 on Populism |
| Week 7 | American Presidential Election |
| Week 8 | The Liberal World Order |
| Week 9 | China's Belt and Road Initiative |
| Week 10 | Great Power Politics |
| Week 11 | Climate Change |
| Week 12 | Democratic Backsliding |
| Week 13 | The Global Economy |
| Week 14 | World in 2021 |
| Week 15 | - |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Please see the moodle page for the list of weekly readings/videos
Learning Outcomes
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Program Outcomes
- P01 1. Having the ability to understand and discuss international relations discipline by using an interdisciplinary methodology to merge the knowledge coming from sociology, economics, psychology, political sciences well as diplomatic history.
- P02 2. Having an adequate knowledge of the history and the epochs of international system and being able to identify historical evolution of the contemporary world politics.
- P03 3. Recognizing local, regional and international actors functioning within the international system.
- P04 4. Understanding the legal framework of the current international system
- P05 5. Ability to identify the relations between the key actors of the international system – the states – from a theoretical as well as multi-dimensional scientific and academic methods.
- P06 6. Ability to analyse the roles and positions of the non-state actors – international organizations in particular – within the current world system.
- P07 7. Ability to recognize political, socio-economic and cultural structures embedded in international relations.
- P08 8. Exploring the roots of conflicts among the actors and produce solutions at local, regional and international levels with an analytical focus.
- P09 9. Being able to understand the politics and the functioning of political institutions in theory and practice.
- P10 10. Understanding the historical emergence of various political cultures and gaining ability to assess them comparatively.
- P11 11. Prepare international relations graduates; having a vast knowledge, academic formation and skills to work in public offices, civil society organizations, international institutions and companies at local and global levels.
- P12 12. To have moral and ethical understanding in the field of work.
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