This course will consider protest in South Africa as both a fundamental part of historical record, charting some of the major turning points, movements and state responses including Soweto, the Women’s March and Sharpeville, as well as a vital...
Politics and Philosophy of power in the Land of Machiavelli is the study of the history of the ideas and reflections on power and political morality from 15th century Italy to the present, intended also as an investigation on Italy’s social and...
The quest to significantly decrease the use of fossil fuels spurred by concerns over energy security, high prices, and the socioeconomic repercussions of climate change is now underway across the globe. The world economic crisis and the need for...
This interdisciplinary course provides an in-depth introduction to the international politics of the Middle East. The engagement with crucial empirical understandings of the region including transnational ideologies (e.g. pan-Arabism, pan-Islamism)...
A study of the various aspects, policies and levels of the political structures, the formation, and development of the European Union, as well as Germany’s role in the process of the European Integration. Special emphasis will be put upon the...
This foreign policy course offers a systematic overview on European Union relations with the Muslim World and Muslim Communities, including inside Europe, on the periphery of Europe as well as beyond Europe. It encompasses issues of security...
This seminar aims at providing an introduction to the main concepts in contemporary security studies, so as to propose a framework for understanding key aspects in crisis management. Security used...
TThe ongoing political crisis in Ukraine and the unilateral annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by Russia and the
increasingly troubled relationship between Turkey and the EU/US clearly show that the end of the Cold War did not
lead to a single...
This course will introduce students to the political and legal nature of the European Union, the history of the European integration, the political system of the European Union, and its public policies, as well as the current issues of democracy...
This course focuses on Chilean political and economic issues relating to regional trade organizations within the global context from a Chilean viewpoint. The course will include guest lecturers and visits to local representatives. It begins by...