A good knowledge of modern history is strongly 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. The course is organised in two sections. The first one will provide a broad introduction to the history of international relations and to the main themes of the historiographic debate. The second section will focus on the role of public diplomacy in the contemporary system of international relations
At the end of the course students are expected to be able to put contemporary developments in international relations in a broader and more articulated perspective. Students should be able to relate current events to their deeper historical origins.

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 Cold War to competitive cohexistence.
- The crisis of the Soviet Union and the new world order
- The role of Regionalism in Contemporary International Relations
- Origins, purposes and features of Public Diplomacy

• 1.  (A) J.W. YOUNG - J. KENT International Relations since 1945. A global history Oxford University Press , Oxford, 2013
• 2.  (A) S.Breslin, C. W. Hughes, N. Phillips and B. Rosamond (Eds) New Regionalisms in the Global Political Economy Routledge, London, 2002 » Pagine/Capitoli: 1-66
• 3.  (A) N. SNOW and N.J. CULL (Eds) Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy Routledge, London, 2020 » Pagine/Capitoli: 1-239
• 4.  (C) M. ARONCZYK Branding the Nation: The Global Business of National Identity Oxford University Press, Oxford/New York, 2013
• 5.  (C) N.J. CULL The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplo- macy, 1945-1989. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008
• 6.  (C) I. MANOR The Digitalization of Public Diplomacy Palgrave, London, 2019
• 7.  (C) N. KANEVA (ed) Branding Post-Communist Nations. Marketizing National Identities in the "New" Europe Routledge, London, 2012
• 8.  (C) P. SEIB (ed) Religion and Public Diplomacy Palgrave Macmillan, New York., 2013
• 9.  (C) D.K. THUSSU Communicating India's Soft Power: Buddha to Bollywood Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2013
• 10.  (C) A.A. VELIKAYA and G. SIMONS (Eds) Russia's Public Diplomacy Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2020
• 11.  (C) I. d'HOOGHE China's Public Diplomacy Brill/Nijhoff, Leiden, 2015

Program for attending students taking 8 credits:
- J. W. Young - J. Kent, International Relations since 1945. A global history, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013.
- S.Breslin, C. W. Hughes, N. Phillips and B. Rosamond (Eds), New Regionalisms in the Global Political Economy, London, Routledge, 2002 (pp 1-66)
- N. Snow and N.J. Cull, Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy, London Routledge, 2020 (pp. 1-239)
- One book choosen from those included in the reading list (from 4 to 11).


Program for non-attending students taking 8 credits:
- J. W. Young - J. Kent, International Relations since 1945. A global history, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013.
- S.Breslin, C. W. Hughes, N. Phillips and B. Rosamond (Eds), New Regionalisms in the Global Political Economy, London, Routledge, 2002
- N. Snow and N.J. Cul (Eds)l, Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy, London Routledge, 2020 (pp. 1-239)
- Two books choosen from those included in the reading list (from 4 to 11).

• The course will be organised in a highly interactive way. Beside attending lectures focusing on broad introductory notions about the history of international relations, students will be engaged in weekly seminarial activities based upon reading materials that will be circulated in advance. Other assignments will include study groups in which students will have to analyse a topic choosen together with the instructor and to prepare a short paper to present to the class. Aim of group activities is to familiarise students with team working and to develop skills such as argumentative writing, public speech and leadership.

• Exams will be only in written form through open-ended questions.
  Attending students will be offered the opportunity to take a mid term test aimed at assessing their effective understanding of the themes discussed in the general part and in the weekly readings of articles. Non attending students will take one cumulative written exam.
  Exams aim at assessing the level of assimilation of notions and concepts discussed in class as well as the aquisition of methodological skills that should enable students to have a free and critical understanding of contemporary international relations.
  
  Grading will be based on the following criteria:
  knowledge of the subject matter (50% of the mark); ability to critically analyze events and place them in the broader historical perspective (40% of the vote); correct use of the language (10% of the vote).

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