Università Roma Tre

The course introduces students to the main theories and debates in the field of international relations. It provides them with the theoretical tools to analyze both international politics and the foreign policies of individual states and supranational entities, including the European Union. In particular, it suggests innovative approaches for students to learn theory by applying it to key areas and issues in world politics: a global perspective to IR, contemporary wars in the international system, the rise of China, global governance, the crisis of the liberal order, international human rights policy, the politics of memory in IR, and Italian and European foreign policies in a changing world order. In addition, the course introduces basic methodological approaches to the study of IR.

Textbook: Sørensen, Georg, and Jørgen Møller. Introduction to International Relations and Global Politics. OUP Oxford, 2025. (Chapter 1-8, 17, 18)
Smith, S.: “Introducing Feminism in International Relations Theory”, E-International Relations, 2018: https://www.e-ir.info/2018/01/04/feminism-in-international-relations-theory/.
For non-attending students: the same readings listed for attending students, plus one book of your choice selected at the beginning of the course from the following bibliography (please coordinate the selection of the book with me).