Political Science

This course provides a solid overview of the law of international security, a set of rules regulating the maintenance and restoration of international peace and security, within which States and other actors exercise their policies, adopt decisions, and form mutual relations on the international scene. It covers international legal norms and to applies them to concrete cases in the world politics. The course sheds light both on the centralized international and decentralized regional levels of collective security mechanisms. In addition to the prerogatives of the United Nations, the role of the NATO, European Union, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, African Union, Economic Community of West African States, and Organization of American States is covered. It focuses on diverse measures aimed at the protection of international security, both involving and not involving the use of force (economic embargoes, targeted sanctions, interruption of diplomatic relations and, finally, the recourse to military force).

This course offers an intermediate-level grounding in contemporary British politics and government. Students will learn about the UK's political constitution, sovereign parliament, electoral politics, public debate, cabinet government, civil service and devolved and local administrations. Students develop a breadth and depth of knowledge, and a range of capabilities, that prepare them to pursue careers in Westminster, Whitehall and beyond.

This is an introductory course in international relations. It introduces the core concepts and theories of international relations. It covers the most pressing political problems and challenges of the current international system and various topics in international relations, such as wars and other conflicts, globalization and economic crisis, humanitarian interventions, and climate change. The course is organized under the four broad themes: theoretical foundations, international security, international political economy, and politics of global commons. Under each theme, most lectures focus on a substantially important question in international relations, such as why wars occur, what the effects of international trade and finances are on the welfare of citizens, and why it is hard to achieve cooperation in solving global environmental problems.