Università Roma Tre

This course intends to offer students a deeper knowledge and analysis of the main issues of international politics: power distribution at the system level; alliances; terrorism; war and ethnic conflicts. After the Soviet Union’s collapse the international order has changed drastically, affecting the distribution of political power in terms of challenges and opportunities for States in different geographical areas. The course focuses also on the nature and the classification of war based on the major international theories (i.e.Clausewitz, Schmitt, Aron). More specifically, moving from Samuel P. Huntington’s theory on “The Clash of Civilization,” it will discuss the new theoretical framework explaining the main fault line wars after 1989.