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ISTANBUL GELİŞİM UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM

CURRENT ISSUES IN WORLD POLITICS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
POL450 CURRENT ISSUES IN WORLD POLITICS 8 3 3 8

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Introduction and general information on course requirements -
2 - IR theories and the relationship between theory and policy in IR Lecture and discussions
3 - Revolution and War Lecture and discussions
4 - Liberalism and Intervention Lecture and discussions
5 - Authoritarianism, natural resources, and international conflict Lecture and discussions
6 - Iran’s Nuclear Program Lecture and discussions
7 - Post-Soviet Russian-Turkish Relations Lecture and discussions
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 - NO classes – Official Holiday (National Sovereignty and Children’s Day) Lecture and discussions
10 - The end/decline of U.S. primacy and the fall of the liberal order Lecture and discussions
11 - The resurgence of Russia under Vladimir Putin Lecture and discussions
12 - NO classes – Official Holiday (Ramazan Bayramı) Lecture and discussions
13 - Who is to blame for the 2014 Ukrainian Crisis/War? (Discussion) Lecture and discussions
14 - Debating Turkey’s Grand Strategy (I) Lecture and discussions
15 - Debating Turkey’s Grand Strategy (II) Lecture and discussions
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -