International human rights identify the specific obligations of governments towards their people, and this course will look at this through the lens of global public health. Through a series of case studies, the course will explore the ways in which...
This course provides students with a basic knowledge of international politics in East Asia in the first decade of the 21st C. by touching upon four topics:
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to principles and mechanisms of international environmental law, examining how legal tools and governance structures address environmental challenges at global, European and national levels. The course...
This course will cover the cultural and political interaction between the Arab world and the West in the contemporary world. Topics will include the long-term impact of the penetration of Europe into the Islamic World, Orientalism, and Occidentalism...
This course examines the evidence of the economic impacts of climate change and explores the economics of stabilizing greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. This course considers the complex policy challenges involved in managing the transition to a...
The course aims at understanding the present state of economic influence of the European continent within the world economy. By providing an ample context, encompassing the entirety of the European continent, it will address the complex...
This course will concentrate on the current international economic reality, the relations among the different variables that govern the world’s economic system, and how they affect the global economic situation. Additionally, we will study the...
This course addresses the main themes, issues, and controversies in US policy in Western Europe during the period known as the American Century, from the Second World War to the present. The course will provide students with an understanding of how...
An introductory survey of the role that Italy has played within the process of European integration as well as of the impact of that process on Italian society and politics. The first part of the course will examine the origins and the development of...