Global Affairs

General Data
Academic program	ECAM LaSalle Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Programme			Module Manager(s) : MONAGHAN Erin
EC Type : Lectures	Global Affairs (LIIEEng06EGlobalAffairs)
Lectures : 4h00 Project : 10h00 Total duration: 14	Status	Period Semester 6	Teaching language : English

General objectives
• Demonstrate a base of knowledge about historical and present issues in international affairs • Identify analytical approaches and concepts frequently used to analyze international affairs. • Apply realism, liberalism & identity theory in order to understand why conflicts occur.

Content
The academic discipline of International Relations (also called Global Affairs) traditionally focuses on political relationships between sovereign nation-states and non-state actors. This module aims to understand our contemporary international system using three frameworks: realism, liberalism and identity theory. The module begins with a historical analysis, because we cannot understand our contemporary system, without understanding the events that have shaped it. We then will begin to analyze modern history beginning at the end of the Cold War. The module culminates in a project that will require you to analyze the most recent international affairs.

Content

The academic discipline of International Relations (also called Global Affairs) traditionally focuses on political relationships between sovereign nation-states and non-state actors. This module aims to understand our contemporary international system using three frameworks: realism, liberalism and identity theory. The module begins with a historical analysis, because we cannot understand our contemporary system, without understanding the events that have shaped it. We then will begin to analyze modern history beginning at the end of the Cold War. The module culminates in a project that will require you to analyze the most recent international affairs.

Corequis
None

Bibliographie
Perspectives on International Relations: Power, Institutions and Ideas by Henry Nau. Additional readings on Moodle

Assessment(s)
N°	Nature	Coefficient	Observable objectives
1	Written exam	1	• Demonstrate a base of knowledge about historical and present issues in international affairs • Identify analytical approaches and concepts frequently used to analyze international affairs. • Apply realism, liberalism & identity theory in order to understand why conflicts occur.
2	Oral Presentation	1	• Demonstrate a base of knowledge about historical and present issues in international affairs • Identify analytical approaches and concepts frequently used to analyze international affairs. • Apply realism, liberalism & identity theory in order to understand why conflicts occur.