History of international relations

• CFU 8
• Prerequisiti

  A good knowledge of modern history is recommended.

• Obiettivi formativi

  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.

• Programma del corso

  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

• Testi (A)dottati, (C)onsigliati
  • 1.  (A) A. BEST, J.M. HANHIMAKI, J.A. MAIOLO, K.E. SCHULZE International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond Routledge 2008
  • 2.  (C) M. CHI-KWAN China and the world since 1945 : an international history Routledge 2012
  • 3.  (C) M. SORNARAJAH, J. WANG China, India, and the international economic order Cambridge university press 2010
  • 4.  (C) U. ENGEL e G. RYE OLSEN (Eds) Africa and the north: between globalization and marginalization Routledge 2005
  • 5.  (C) L. FAWCETT International relations of the Middle East. Oxford university press 2005
  • 6.  (C) O.A. WESTAD The global Cold War: Third World interventions and the making of our times Cambridge university press 2007
  • 7.  (C) J. L. GADDIS Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold War Oxford 2005
  • 8.  (C) I. TAYLOR The international relations of Sub-Saharan Africa Continuum 2010
  • 9.  (C) S. MARSH, H. MACKENSTEIN The International Relations of the EU Pearson/longman 2005
  • 10.  (A) L. Fawcett and A. Hurrell Regionalism in world politics: regional organization and international order Oxford university press 1995
• Altre informazioni / materiali aggiuntivi

  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.

• Metodi didattici
  • 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.
• Modalità di valutazione
  • Evaluation will be in written form.
• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che possono essere utilizzate per l'attività didattica

  English

• Lingue, oltre all'italiano, che si intende utilizzare per la valutazione

  English

MATERIALI DIDATTICI

• Term Paper
  • Sources on the WEB.pdf 42.0 kB
• Regionalism
  • 5-National Identity and Revival of Regionalism.pdf 10.8 MB
  • 4-Growth of Regional Organizations and role of UN.pdf 16.8 MB
  • 3-Regionalism-Globalization World Economic Order.pdf 15.5 MB
  • 2-Theoretical perspectives.pdf 12.8 MB
  • 1-Intro-Historical Perspectives.pdf 11.8 MB
  • Regionalism in Comparative Perspective.pdf 237.2 kB
  • Evered-Regionalism in the Middle East and the case of Turkey.pdf 1.5 MB
  • Chubb-Nationalism-and-Chinese-foreign-policy.pdf 297.6 kB
  • Beeson-Rethinking Regionalism.pdf 138.1 kB
• Ottoman Empire
  • Beeson-Rethinking Regionalism.pdf 138.1 kB
  • Pamuk-Institutional-Change-and-Longevity-of-the-Ottoman-Empire-1500-1800.pdf 2.4 MB
  • Crisis of the OttomanEmpire.pdf 336.0 kB
• Bandung
  • TEN PRINCIPLES OF BANDUNG.pdf 11.0 kB
  • Statement by the Egyptian Delegation at the opening session.pdf 61.3 kB
  • Statement by the Indian delegation.pdf 59.7 kB
  • Bandung-Participants.pdf 29.0 kB
  • Address given by Sukarno.pdf 82.2 kB
  • Bandung-Final Communique.pdf 70.5 kB
• Helsinky-Conference-1975-en.pdf 157.0 kB
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

  Web-site from the University of Texas a Austin, with a rich cllection of historical maps.

• The Avalon Project. Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

  Rich collection of documents related to the history of international relations in the 20tht Century