andrea ruggeri
professor of political science &
brasenose college
department of politics & international relations
university of oxford
Global Politics - UNIMI
Are we witnessing a structural change of global politics? Is territory becoming less important? Or are we returning to a salience of borders? Is sovereignty challenged ? And what are the major global trends we are observing? Is war our new future?
This course aims to introduce students to an analytical study of the global politics in contemporary times in order to answer the above questions and several others puzzles.
summary topics/readings
Topic Required Readings Slides
Turbulence or Tempest?
Introducing Global Politics No readings slidesWK1M1
Global Politics or Geopolitics? Agnew 1994 slidesWK1M2
States & Sovereignty Krasner 1999 slidesWK2M3
Borders & State Deaths Fazal 2004 slidesWK2M4
Anarchies Wendt 1992
Hierarchies Lake 1996
Power & its measurements Barnett & Duvall 2005
Power, Norms & Ideas Nye 1990
Balancing Schweller 2016
Hegemonizing Gilping 1981
War & Rationality Fearon 1995
War & Uncertainty Jervis 1988
Trade & Foreign Investments Milner 1999
Globalization & Its Backlash Walter 2021
International Alliances Walt 1985
International Institutions Koremenos et al 2001
Demography & Global Politics Brooks et al 2018
Migrations and Forcibly Displace People Salehyan & Savun 2024
Climate Change & Global Politics Von Uexkull & Buhaug 2021
What Global Politics? No readings