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§ 5 (1) 8a VO International Relations - Intorductory Level

Students understand the principles and connections of international relations and national foreign policy, and they are able to analyse them under supervision. Students know the basic elements of classical international law and are able to reproduce them. Moreover, they acquire the ability to present the main historical developments in the state system of the 20th and 21st centuries.

The course will be an undergraduate introduction to the IR subdisciplines of strategic and security studies. The core theoretical paradigms in the discipline of International Relations will be discussed. The second section will address the pillars of the Westphalian System and its erosion, debate essential security strategies of states and end with concept and realities of collective security in international politics. Finally, US and foreign policy and current military crisis in Ukraine and Syria will be discussed.

Lecture, assessment is based on a single examination at the end of the course.

written exam

Obligatory Reading: Keylor, William R. (2011, 6. Auflage). The Twentieth Century World and Beyond. An International History since 1900. New York: OUP Schimmelfennig, Jörg (2010, 2. Auflage). Internationale Politik. UTB Walt, S. M. (1985). Alliance Formation and the Balance of World Power. In: International Security 9 (4): 3-43. Schweller, R. L. (1994). Bandwagoning for Profit: Bringing the Revisionist State Back In. In: International Security 19 (1): 72-107. Moravcsik, A. (1997). Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory of International Politics. In: International Organization 51 (4): 513-553.

successful completion of compulsory module 1

Students of the Bachelor’s Programme – Management and Economics UC 033 571 (elective module) and the Diploma Programme International Economic and Business Studies UC 155 (compulsory module) do not register for a course via the “SOWI point booking” but via the booking button “LFU:online”.

When registering for the corresponding course, students should also note that they want to attend the course as an elective or compulsory module.