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To understand how globalization rebuilt public policy and social behaviour, we look at the various political, economic, and social actors - public or private, individual or collective - and the exchanges and interactions that are reshaping international relations. This course is based on a sociological and historical approach to international relations developed in France.
Syllabus :
1. Introduction
- What Does it Mean?
- A French Approach?
- Major Turning Points in Contemporary International Relations
2. Inequalities
- The Diversity of Territories
- A Plurality of Demographic Trends
- Food Insecurity
3. Regionalism
- Traditional Regionalism
- Neoregionalism
- Questioning Regionalism Today
4. World Actors
- The Growing Capacity of Non State Actors
- Multifunctional NGOs
- The New Triangular Game
5. Globalization
- A Single Definition?
- Hegemony or Exclusion?
- Fragile Governance
6. Identities
- Feuding Definitions
- Politics is Back
- The Danger of Ethnicization
7. Religions
- From Durkheim to Present Day
- Christianity and Politics
- Islam and Politics
- Measuring the Real Political Capacity of Religion
8. Nation State
- Western Origin
- A Concept Impossible to Export
- A Variety of Conflicting Incarnations
9. Power
- From Hobbes to Present Day
- Weak Indicators
- The Powerlessness of Power
10. War and Peace
- The European Origins of the Clausewitzian War
- The Emergence of New International Conflicts
- NIC As Dilemma in the Creation of International Agendas
11. International System
- Understanding its Historical Diversity
- Multilateralism at Stake
- From Polarity to Apolarity
