This course introduces the foundations of International Relations – conceptual and theoretical and proceeds to explore several issues in different realms of international politics. It tries to incorporate the scope and breadth of the literature that has defined the study of international relations. It includes the evolution of international politics with an emphasis on the Cold War and the post-Cold War era. It identifies and assesses the theoretical paradigms – Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism in the light of several substantive issues. Issues like war (conventional and non-conventional), human rights, international political economy, climate change, foreign policy, and globalization, among others, help capture the essence of international relations. Analyses of several case studies related to these issues also feature in this course.
- Teacher: Chirasree Mukherjee