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This packet gives you all the information and explanation you need to understand the main classic and critical IR theories, while introducing you to some of the most urgent and controversial issues faced by states and other actors on the international political scene.

The environment has been a major topic in international relations for nearly half a century now. Typically of a cross-border nature, environmental problems have been identified as a quintessential policy area for international cooperation –interests, ideas and institutions play out at the international arena that shape the who gets what in this domain. This has been particularly so since the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm), which is usually taken as the first significan...

This packet gathers the two documents from my notes for the course International Law System. It cumulates over 200 pages of notes, with all the definitions, case studies, examples, books / papers references and summaries you need to succeed your exam!

This is the second part of my notes for this course, from session 6 to 12 (111 pages). This course aims at equipping students with the tools to understand and critically appraise today’s international society and the international legal norms that regulate relations at the global level. The aim is for students to become familiar with the foundations of the international legal system, including the key features of the international legal regime, the subjects of international law, as well as t...

The first 5 sessions (on 12) of my notes for this course (97 pages). This course aims at equipping students with the tools to understand and critically appraise today’s international society and the international legal norms that regulate relations at the global level. The aim is for students to become familiar with the foundations of the international legal system, including the key features of the international legal regime, the subjects of international law, as well as the procedures for c...

This course introduces the main theoretical approaches and analytical tools used in the field of comparative politics. While the systematic comparison of political processes and outcomes across different units –mostly across countries- is the core feature of comparative political analysis, the field explores a wide range of political phenomena, navigates in broad geography, comprises contrasting research schools, adopts diverse conceptual and methodological tools, and proposes competing explan...

The objective of the course is to provide students with an overview of several important contemporary issues in the field of international relations. In each week a different issue is discussed, and classes are based around a mixture of lectures and activities. Students are encouraged to develop their knowledge of these issues, to learn about and share knowledge of others, and to apply the theoretical and methodological knowledge they have gained in other courses to complement the material studi...

The objective of the course is to provide students with foundational knowledge of International Relations theory that will serve as the basis for the Master in International Relations (MIR), the Research Master in International Studies (RMIS), and the Mundus MAPP by demonstrating the diversity of theories that reflect the complexity of world politics. Additionally, each lecture is structured around a central set of questions that serves to demonstrate how theories can be applied to the sorts of ...

This course is essentially addressed to non-economists and its aim is to get the students familiar with the several basic economic principles, approaches and methods as well as with key issues in the field of international economics, finance and trade. At the beginning of the course, we will learn many of the main economic concepts and how they are applied to the field of international economics. Most of the course will be focused on fundamental and current topics in international economics: pa...