Explore a wide variety of current issues around the world such as trade negotiations and social inequality. You’ll develop an understanding of these challenges at a local and global level.

 

As part of this international relations course, you’ll:

• Discover how the study of international relations has evolved and developed over time
• Consider traditional theories of international relations and how they compare with contemporary thinking and current events
• Study global institutions such as the World Bank, the United Nations and the EU, and the role they play on the political stage
• Gain insight into how global institutions deal with the shifting political and social issues that influence decision making at a regional, national and worldwide level
• Explore the impact of globalisation and understand its consequences for international society