IR1011 Introduction to international relations
Syllabus
A study of the international society of states which is without common government and binding authority. The historical evolution and expansion of that society to its contemporary form based on the territorial state and the concept of sovereignty; the nature of nationalism and its impact on the pattern and hierarchy of states; power and the military; economic and diplomatic instruments of state policy; the role of international law and morality; the nature and experience of alliances and non-alignment; disarmament and arms control; international institutions and collective security with reference to the experience of the League of Nations and the United Nations; the role of non-state actors in challenging the primacy of the state; the problems of promoting international order without common government.
