Teaching Workshop
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
This workshop aims to provide a sound knowledge of the historical background of current global international relations, by examining in depth the path from the geopolitical order of Cold War to the present multi-polar scenery.
Expected learning outcomes
By the end of the workshop, students will have acquired the knowledge of the main types of sources for the Post-Cold War history of international relations. They will be able to orient themselves to the documentation, especially those already published. On a methodological point of view, these skills will be acquired through direct and ongoing meetings with the lecturer in the classroom.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The workshop is aimed at presenting students with various themes relating to the evolution of the international system since the last decades of the Cold War. Questions on the character of the transformation of international relations from a historical and geopolitical point of view will be explored. The aim of the course is to provide students with some key tools for understanding and interpreting the phenomena related to the transition from the bipolar international order through the unipolar world to the multipolar system.
Particular attention will be paid to space as the arena of international relations. Starting from the beginning of the space age, issues such as the race to the moon, the economics of space, space diplomacy, international coopetition, commercialisation and militarisation of space will be analysed.
Particular attention will be paid to space as the arena of international relations. Starting from the beginning of the space age, issues such as the race to the moon, the economics of space, space diplomacy, international coopetition, commercialisation and militarisation of space will be analysed.
Prerequisites for admission
There are no specific requirements different from those requested for the degree admission.
Teaching methods
The workshop will be structured around two complementary activities: lectures by the lecturer and the discussion of sources (documents, statements, official speeches, articles) inherent to some aspects of the theme of each lesson. Texts in English or Italian will be provided to students in advance.
Teaching Resources
All historical sources provided by the lecturer.
For a brief introduction to the issue, facultative readings are:
1. A. Varsori, Le relazioni internazionali dopo la guerra fredda 1989-2017, Il Mulino, 2018.
2. E. di Nolfo, Storia delle relazioni internazionali. Dalla fine della guerra fredda a oggi, Laterza, 2016.
3. A. P. Tsygankov, Russia's foreign policy, 2019.
4. La dottrina Obama. La politica estera americana dalla crisi economica alla presidenza Trump, a cura di P. Wulzer, 2017.
5. G. Mammarella, L'Europe e Stati Uniti dopo la guerra fredda, Il Mulino, 2016.
6. O. Barié, Dalla guerra fredda alla grande crisi. IL nuovo mondo delle relazioni i nternazionali, Il Mulino, 2013.
For a brief introduction to the issue, facultative readings are:
1. A. Varsori, Le relazioni internazionali dopo la guerra fredda 1989-2017, Il Mulino, 2018.
2. E. di Nolfo, Storia delle relazioni internazionali. Dalla fine della guerra fredda a oggi, Laterza, 2016.
3. A. P. Tsygankov, Russia's foreign policy, 2019.
4. La dottrina Obama. La politica estera americana dalla crisi economica alla presidenza Trump, a cura di P. Wulzer, 2017.
5. G. Mammarella, L'Europe e Stati Uniti dopo la guerra fredda, Il Mulino, 2016.
6. O. Barié, Dalla guerra fredda alla grande crisi. IL nuovo mondo delle relazioni i nternazionali, Il Mulino, 2013.
Assessment methods and Criteria
In order to obtain 3 CFU, students will be evaluated at the end of the course. In addition to attending lessons, all students will have to work on materials and historical sources provided by the lecturer, and to discuss them in the classroom.
Evaluation criteria: ability on critical reflection on the completed work, quality, efficacy and clarity of public presentation, ability on team work.
The format of the evaluation for students with disabilities/DSA should be arranged in advance with the lecturer.
Evaluation criteria: ability on critical reflection on the completed work, quality, efficacy and clarity of public presentation, ability on team work.
The format of the evaluation for students with disabilities/DSA should be arranged in advance with the lecturer.
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