INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

PSIR551

Course Code: PSIR551
Semester: First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

First Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Grasp the impacts of Characteristics of the major actors and developments in international relations.
Explain the main elements and development of International system.
Gain introductory knowledge about basic approaches in international relations.
Have conceptual knowledge on analyzing the foreign policy and decision making processes.
Summarize the development of basic international law and the post world war two system of United Nations.
Understand the changes in primary institutions of post world war two international political economy.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional program components.

Course Description

After the fundamental concepts and principles of political, economic and security relations among nations and areas are introduced, the political and economic relations in the international arena will be studied. The trends of the developing international system such as trade, regional integration, environment, the North-South gap, international development, globalization and inequality are among the topics that will be covered. In addition, the regional and global topics and events regarding the world order after the Cold War will be covered, new developments will be introduced and topics that may not be considered as directly related to International Relations at first sight but that are closely related will be included.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction, Course Description, The Age of International Relations
2^nd Week	Actors and Level of Analysis in International Relations
3^rd Week	Theories of International Relations
4^th Week	Actors-State in International Relations
5^th Week	International Organizations
6^th Week	Power and Balance of Power
7^th Week	Midterm Exam
8^th Week	Foreign Policy (Objectives, Tools and Strategies)
9^th Week	Diplomacy
10^th Week	International Law
11^th Week	War and Terrorism
12^th Week	Security
13^th Week	Conflict Resolution and Peace Operations
14^th Week	Globalization

Recommended or Required Reading

Required Reading
Books
Michael G. Roskin ve Nicholas O. Berry, Uluslararası İlişkiler (Uİ'nin Yeni Dünyası), Adres Yayınları, Ankara, 2014.
Paul R. Viotti ve Mark V. Kauppi, Uluslararası İlişkiler ve Dünya Siyaseti, Nobel Yayınları, İstanbul 2014.
Cengiz Dinç ve Bülent Akkuş (Ed.), Küresel ve Büyük Güçlerin Stratejileri, Orion Yayınları, Ankara, 2017.
Daron Acemoğlu ve James A. Robinson, Ulusların Düşüşü, Doğan Kitap, İstanbul, 2013.
Cengiz Dinç (Ed.), Avrupa ve Avrupa Birliği, Savaş Yayınevi, Ankara, 2015.
Mustafa Aydın, Hans Günter Brauch, Mitat Çelikpala, Ursula Oswald Spring ve Necati Polat, Uluslararası İlişkilerde Çatışmadan Güvenliğe, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2012.
Articles
Disarmament:

Bonnie Docherty (2018) A `light for all humanity: the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons and the progress of humanitarian disarmament, Global Change, Peace & Security, 30:2, 163-186.

Dan Plesch (2016) The South and disarmament at the UN, Third World Quarterly, 37:7, 1203-1218.

Jeffrey W. Knopf (2018) After diffusion: Challenges to enforcing nonproliferation and disarmament norms, Contemporary Security Policy, 39:3, 367-398.

Jacques Fontanel & Fanny Coulomb (2000) Disarmament in the next millennium, Defence and Peace Economics, 11:1, 105-125.

Nick Ritchie & Kjolv Egeland (2018) The diplomacy of resistance: power, hegemony and nuclear disarmament, Global Change, Peace & Security, 30:2, 121-141.

Globalization:
Clyde W. Barrow (2005) The Return of the State: Globalization, State Theory, and the New Imperialism, New Political Science, 27:2, 123-145.

John M. Hobson & M. Ramesh (2002) Globalisation Makes of States What States Make of It: Between Agency and Structure in the State/Globalisation Debate, New Political Economy, 7:1, 5-22.

Maria Gritsch (2005) The nation-state and economic globalization: soft geopolitics and increased state autonomy, Review of International Political Economy, 12:1, 1-25.

Martin Shaw (1997) The state of globalization: towards a theory of state transformation, Review of International Political Economy, 4:3, 497-513.

Terry Flew (2018) Post-Globalisation, Javnost - The Public, 25:1-2, 102-109.
Zaki Laidi (2002) Does Globalisation Threaten the State Thesis on the Fractal State, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 15:3, 393-405.

USA-Russia Relations:
Gale A. Mattox (2011) Resetting the US Russian relationship: is `cooperative engagement possible, European Security, 20:1, 103-116.
Ondrej Ditrych (2014) Bracing for Cold Peace. US-Russia Relations after Ukraine, The International Spectator, 49:4, 76-96.
Stephen Blank (2010) Beyond the Reset Policy: Current Dilemmas of U.S.Russia Relations, Comparative Strategy, 29:4, 333-367.
Dmitry Suslov (2016) US Russia Confrontation and a New Global Balance, Strategic Analysis, 40:6, 547-560.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation
Other

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	6	84
Preparation for Final exam	1	90	90
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	80	80
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework
Total Work Load			300
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5	LO6
K1	X		X
K2	X				X	X
K3
K4				X	X
K5
K6	X	X	X	X	X	X
K7						X
K8			X