Please refer to the attached file and the Moodle for details.

The course is divided into the following sessions:

Session 1. Intro session. Rules and requirements. Warm-up discussion
Session 2&3. War, hegemony, and the rise of (regional) revisionism: offensive realism and beyond
Session 4. Nuclear arms and deterrence: strategic realism and game theory
Session 5. Domestic politics and foreign policies: neoclassical realism
Session 6. International institutions and regimes: liberalism and rational choice theory
Session 7. Theorizing regional integration. Neofunctionalism, intergovernmentalism, post-functionalism
Session 8. Non-governmental organizations and international humanitarian aid: neo-institutionalist organizational theory
Session 9. National interest, identity, and recognition: “a narrative theory of action” (social constructivism)
Session 10. Critical perspectives on international security. Securitization theory
Session 11. Borders, spaces, and regions: post-structuralism and critical geopolitics
Session 12. Reserve session. Revision and discussion

See the new syllabus uploaded by the end of September.