A good knowledge of modern history is recommended.

Aim of this course is to provide the student with a broad understanding of o the main events that have marked the history of international relations during the 20th centuries.

6 Credits programme:
- From the crisis of the Ottoman Empire to the birth and death of the "new diplomacy".
- WW I and the first crisis of European colonialism.
- The impact of the Great Depression on the system of international relations.
- The crisis between the two Wars.
- WW II and the genesis of the new world order.
- Decolonisation and the post-war order.
- From the Cold War to the competitive cohexistence.
- Bandung and the birth of the Third World.
- The crisis of the Soviet Union and the new world order.

8 Credits Programme:
to the 6 credits programme has to be added:
- Themes on Globalisation
- New political actors in the international arena

• 1.  (A) A. BEST, J.M. HANHIMAKI, J.A. MAIOLO, K.E. SCHULZE International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond Routledge, London, 2008
• 2.  (C) M. CHI-KWAN China and the world since 1945 : an international history Routledge, London : New York, 2012
• 3.  (C) M. SORNARAJAH, J. WANG China, India, and the international economic order Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010
• 4.  (C) U. ENGEL e G. RYE OLSEN (Eds) Africa and the north: between globalization and marginalization Routledge, London, 2005
• 5.  (C) L. FAWCETT International relations of the Middle East. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005
• 6.  (C) O.A. WESTAD The global Cold War: Third World interventions and the making of our times Cambridge University Press, New York, 2007
• 7.  (C) J. L. GADDIS Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold War Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005
• 8.  (C) I. TAYLOR The international relations of Sub-Saharan Africa Continuum, New York, 2010
• 9.  (C) D.B. ABERNETHY The Dynamics of Global Dominance: European Overseas Empires, 1415-1980 Yale University Press, Yale, 2002
• 10.  (C) B. O'LEARY, I.S. LUSTICK, T. CALLAGHY Right-sizing the State. The politics of moving borders Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001
• 11.  (C) S. MARSH, H. MACKENSTEIN The International Relations of the EU Pearson/Longman, Harlow ; New York, 2005

Program for students taking 6 credits:
- A. BEST, J.M. HANHIMAKI, J.A. MAIOLO, K.E. SCHULZE, International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond, London, Routledge.
- One book choosen from those included in the reading list

Program for students taking 8 credits:
- A. BEST, J.M. HANHIMAKI, J.A. MAIOLO, K.E. SCHULZE, International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond, London, Routledge.
- Two books choosen from those included in the reading list

• § lezione frontale§ gruppi di lavoro§ seminari

• § scritto§ verifica intermedia Only to students attending classes regularly will be offered the chance to split the exam into two part (a mid-term and a final examination).

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