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.

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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 &Hierarchies Wendt 1992 slides WK3M5

Power & its measurements Barnett & Duvall 2005 slides Wk3M6

Hegemonizing Gilping 1981 slides WK4M7

Balancing Schweller 2016 slides WK4M8

International Alliances Walt 1985 slides WK5M9

War, Rationality &. Uncertainty Fearon 1995 slides WK5M10

International Institutions Koremenos et al 2001 slides Wk6M11

Trade & Globalization Milner 1999 ; Walter 2021 slides WK6M12

MONOGRAPHIC SECTION

What is internationalism? Hallyday 1988 slides WK7M13

Where does internationalism come from? Sluga & Calvin 2016 slides WK7M14

What is the alternative to internationalism? Mearsheimer 1994 slides Wk8M15

What are the instruments for internationalism? Morse & Keohane 2014 slides WK8M16

International Challenge I: Climate Change Von Uexkull & Buhaug 2021 slides Wk9M17

International Challenge II: Demography & Migrations Brooks et al 2018 slides Wk9M18

International Challenge III: Inequalities and Transnational Capitals slides Wk10M19

International Challenge III: Conflict Resolution & Peace Gowan 2024 slides Wk10M20