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. After a general introduction to the subject, the main focus of the course will be on the issue of regionalism in international relations.

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

8 Credits Programme:
to the 6 credits programme the following have 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) S. MARSH, H. MACKENSTEIN The International Relations of the EU Pearson/Longman, Harlow ; New York, 2005
• 10.  (A) L. Fawcett and A. Hurrell Regionalism in world politics: regional organization and international order Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1995

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, 2008.
- L. FAWCETT and A. HURRELL, Regionalism in world politics : regional organization and international order, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995

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, 2008.
L. FAWCETT and A. HURRELL, Regionalism in world politics : regional organization and international order, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995
- One book choosen from those included in the reading list.

• The course will be organised in a highly interactive way. Beside attending lectures students will be given reading materials to prepare before classes. Other assignments will include study groups which will have to analyse a topic choosen together with the instructor and to preare a short paper to present in fron of the class.

• Evaluation will be in written form.

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