International Relations
Course type
Study programme and level
Language
slovenščina
Lectures | Seminar | Tutorial | Other forms of study | Individual Work | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
30 | 95 | 5 |
Course Content:
Structure of international community:
– Factors.
– Subjects.
– Relations.
– Norms.
– Foreign policy.
Theoretical approaches to international relations:
– Realist “school”.
– Idealist “school”.
– Other approaches.
History of international relations:
– Congress of Westphalia.
– Europe in the 18th Century.
– France-revolution to Napoleon.
– The Holly Alliance.
– The Crimea War and the concert of European powers. Berlin Congress.
– Colonial expansion.
– Antant vs. Triple Alliance.
– Foreign policy of Habsburg Empire. Roots of WW1. London Pact of 1915. Self-determination of peoples.
– The growth of USA.
– The System of Versailles and LN.
– Totalitarian states.
– International organizations. The UN System. Basic principles of international system.
– Bipolarity.
– Towards multipolarity.
Globalization:
– Roots and characteristics.
– USA – the super power.
– Transatlantic community.
– EU.
– “New” powers – China and India.
– The role of RF.
– Islam and the West.
– European security. NATO.
Foreign policy:
– Decision making in foreign policy.
– The international environment. Means of foreign policy. National interest.
– Values in foreign policy.
– Foreign policy of small states.
Slovenia in international community:
– Integration in the European community.
– Relations with neighbors.
– Slovenia and the “Balkans”.