DIPLOMACY AND NEGOTIATION
- Course
- INRE414 - DIPLOMACY AND NEGOTIATION
- Department
- International Relations - English - Undergraduate
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 6
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
This course aims to provide students with a thorough understanding of diplomacy as well as negotiation, both in theory and practice. It intends to acquaint students with the main diplomatic concepts, structures and processes as well as the conduct of negotiations.
DIPLOMACY AND NEGOTIATION
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | What is Negotiation? What is Diplomacy? |
| Week 3 | Why Negotiation and Diplomacy Matters in International Relations |
| Week 4 | Understanding Conflict: Positions vs. Interests |
| Week 5 | Types of Conflict and Conflict Styles |
| Week 6 | Conflict Analysis: Galtung’s Conflict Triangle |
| Week 7 | Approaching Conflict Resolution |
| Week 8 | Midterm Exams |
| Week 9 | Foundations of Negotiation Theory |
| Week 10 | Communication and Persuasion in Negotiation |
| Week 11 | Diplomacy: Actors, Institutions, and Practices |
| Week 12 | Mediation and Third-Party Intervention |
| Week 13 | Negotiation in Peace Processes |
| Week 14 | Crisis Diplomacy and High-Stakes Negotiation |
| Week 15 | Review |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 1. Wallensteen, Peter. Understanding Conflict Resolution, Sage, (2007).
- 02 2. The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy. Edited by Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, and Ramesh Thakur. Oxford Handbooks Online, 2013.
- 03 3. Fisher, R. and Ury, W., 1981. Fisher R. Getting to Yes: negotiating agreement without giving in.
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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