- Course Code :
PSC 304
- Level :
Undergraduate
- Course Hours :
3.00
Hours
- Department :
Department of Political Science
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Area of Study :
This course treats the history of international relations, especially the European diplomatic history from 1618 to the Second World War (1945) until which European countries were dominating the international system, as well as vast areas of the world they had colonized. It also presents the Cold War between the two powers; the US and the USSR from 1920 until 1991. It focuses on decolonization of the colonial order which is one of the radical transformations of the international system since the 19th century at first to unipolar system and finally to multipolar system. The course emphasizes the distinctive conflicts such as the Thirty Years’ War which ended with the Treaty of Westphalia (1648), Wars of Louis XIV (1667-1714), the French Revolution (1787- 1799), the two World Wars of the 20th century and, finally, the Cold War (1947- 1991).
Course Goals:
• Become aware of the role of Great Power competition over the centuries and the rise of different alliance systems in different epochs.
• Comprehend and analyze crucial issues raised of the change in international relations over the centuries, and the rise and fall of great powers.
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This course treats the history of international relations, especially the European diplomatic history from 1618 to the Second World War (1945) until which European countries were dominating the international system, as well as vast areas of the world they had colonized. It also presents the Cold War between the two powers; the US and the USSR from 1920 until 1991. It focuses on decolonization of the colonial order which is one of the radical transformations of the international system since the 19th century at first to unipolar system and finally to multipolar system. The course emphasizes the distinctive conflicts such as the Thirty Years’ War which ended with the Treaty of Westphalia (1648), Wars of Louis XIV (1667-1714), the French Revolution (1787- 1799), the two World Wars of the 20th century and, finally, the Cold War (1947- 1991).
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Books:
Periodicals :
William C. Wohlforth, Unipolarity, Status Competition and Great Power War, World Politics, Vol. 61, No. 1, January 2009 (28-57).
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