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Component
MA International Relations options
Year 1, Component 03
GV517-7-SP or GV947-7-SP or GV945-7-AU
GV517-7-SP
International Security Studies
(15 CREDITS)
The field of security studies has become increasingly important over the last decade. While old conflicts are reigniting and new ones are emerging, scholars and decision-makers debate about changes to the concepts of security, the redundancy of military force, and the centrality of the state in order to face these ever-important issues.
This module examines the institutions that govern international relations. It is designed around the following question: Do international institutions promote international cooperation? In particular, the module analyses how formal and informal international institutions can help to overcome the main challenges for international cooperation and promote global governance.
This module focuses on how domestic politics affect national integration into international markets. You will examine areas like how national politics affect trade policy, foreign direct investment, financial markets, financial liberalisation, sovereign debt dynamics, central banks and monetary policy, and exchange rate policy and regimes. Extra topics include things like economics of inter- and intra-state conflict. You will cover these dynamics in both developed and developing, and democratic and authoritarian nations.
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