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Principes of International Relations

Code Cours
1920-FLSH-IR-FR-4001
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Language of instruction
French, English
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
Emmanuel Meneut
Period
S1

Présentation

Goal

Who rules the world? Who is sufficiently powerful to use the global
economy for his personal interest ? Was Russia or Japan the more powerful
during the Cold War ? The class in political economy seeks to answer such
questions and o explain the international power struggle. "Political
Economy means the recirocal and dynamic interaction in international relations
between the search fo wealth and seach for power" (Gilpin, 1975).


Presentation

Part One: Framework of analysis and approaches to the
study of International Relations


Session #1: Theories and intellectual
framework of International Relations (1/2)


Session #2 : Theories and intellectual
framework of International Relations (2/2)


Session #3 : New definitions of power


Session #4: Test #1


Part Two: Nation-States, Non-state Actors and
International Institutions


Session #5: Nation-States in Global Politics


Session #6: Non-State actors and international
regimes


Session #7: Civil society, Religions and
International Relations


Session #8: Test #2


Part Three: Security, Conflict and Diplomacy


Session #9: War, economy and
international organizations


Session #10: Is there a new diplomacy?


Session #11: Issues in international governance: the rise of the East. And the new world governance


Session #12: Practical case



Modalités

Forms of instruction

L’évaluation se fait selon les modalités suivantes :

  • Deux devoirs en class [test #1 et test #2] : 15% de la note finale

Les séances 4 et 8 seront consacrées à ces tests. Ils sont l’opportunité d’évaluer les compétences théoriques ainsi que l’esprit d’analyse.

  • Un cas pratique [test #3] : 20% de la note finale

La séance 12 sera intégralement consacrée à la réalisation d’un cas pratique (par exemple : la réalisation d’un communiqué de presse lors d’un sommet international)

  • Un mémoire de recherche : 40% de la note finale

Dans un travail d’une dizaine de pages, vous devez analyser dans une perspective théorique une situation concrète.

  • Participation en classe : 10% de la note finale

Evaluation

Ressources

Bibliography

Une bibliographie plus complète sera distribuée lors de la première séance.|| Thomas Oatley [2008], <i>International Political Economy</i>: Pearson, New York.|| George T. Crane &amp; Abla Amawi, <i>The Theorical Evolution of International Political Economy: a reader</i>,|| Robert Gilpin [2001], <i>Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order</i>: Princeton University Press.|| Harry .Y. Jr Wan [2006] <i>Harnessing Globalization: A Review of East Asian Case Histories</i>, World Scientific, Singapore|| Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield &amp; Tim Dunne [2007], <i>Foreign Policies: theories, actors, cases</i>, Oxford University Press, Oxford.|| Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki &amp; Steve Smith [2010], <i>International Relations Theories: discipline and diversity</i>, Oxford University Press, Oxford.|| John W. Young &amp; John Kent [2003], <i>International Relations since 1945: a global history</i>, Oxford University Press, Oxford||||||