Contemporary Issues in World Politics

This course is part of the IPSAMOOC project, a joint venture Federica Weblearning - IPSA, the International Political Science Association. With the collapse of the World Order established following the Second World War, World Politics has entered a period of turmoil. After a short euphoria during which Central and Eastern Europe was incorporated into NATO and the European Union, and a slightly longer-lived American preponderance in the international system, developments of both a regional and global nature have emerged to challenge world peace and order. The course will start with a review of…