Information Package / Course Catalogue
Current Issues In International Relations
Course Code: INT401
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 9
Objectives of the Course

The main purpose of this course is to engage the upper undergrade students in critical discussions on those topics and issues that are currently on the international agenda.

Course Content

Further improve their comprehension and familiarity with various issues on the agenda of international relations to develop multi-perspectival as well as global approach to IR studies.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Bülent Sarper AĞIR
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to learn current international issues with conceptual, historical and case studies dimensions
2.Students will be able to explain the relationships between facts with an analytical structure.
3.Students will be able to learn the theoretical knowledge they learned in practice in practical life.
4.Explain the relationship between the political events in the world history and today
5.To be able to predict the international political conflicts.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Trevor C. Salmon and Mark F. Imber (Ed.), Issues in International Relations, Routledge, New York, 2008
2.Brian White, Richard Little and Michael Smith (Ed.), Issues in World Politics, MacMillan, New York, 1997.
3.Ben Thirkell-White, "Globalization and Development", Trevor C. Salmon and Mark F. Imber (Ed.), Issues in International Relations, Routledge, New York, 2008, pp.136-152.
4.Darryl Howlett, "Nuclear Proliferation", John Baylis and Steve Smith (Ed.), The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001, pp.415-439.
5.David Brown, "Terrorism", Trevor C. Salmon and Mark F. Imber (Ed.), Issues in International Relations, Routledge, New York, 2008, pp.107-120.
6.Steven Haines, "International Law and the Use of Force", Trevor C. Salmon and Mark F. Imber (Ed.), Issues in International Relations, Routledge, New York, 2008, pp.89-106.
7.Antje Brown and Gabriela Kutting, "Environment", Trevor C. Salmon and Mark F. Imber (Ed.), Issues in International Relations, Routledge, New York, 2008, pp. 153- 198.
8.Johnson Anderson, "Religion and International Relations", Trevor C. Salmon and Mark F. Imber (Ed.), Issues in International Relations, Routledge, New York, 2008, pp. 207-217.
9.Stephen Ryan, "Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict", Brian White, Richard Little and Michael Smith (Ed.), Issues in World Politics, MacMillan, New York, 1997, pp.157-178.
10.Sita Bali, "Migration and Refugees", Brian White, Richard Little and Michael Smith (Ed.), Issues in World Politics, MacMillan Press, New York, 1997, pp. 200-221.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introductionary course
Week 2 - Theoretical
Modern state system and its evolution
Week 3 - Theoretical
Cold War and its aftermath
Week 4 - Theoretical
Proliferation of weapons and the issues of nuclear proliferation
Week 5 - Theoretical
Terrorism
Week 6 - Theoretical
Environmental problems
Week 7 - Theoretical
Migration and Refugees
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflicts
Week 10 - Theoretical
Economic globalization
Week 11 - Theoretical
North-South Problem
Week 12 - Theoretical
The Law of Use of Force andHumanitarian Intervention
Week 13 - Theoretical
Religious Radicalism
Week 14 - Theoretical
Arab Spring
Week 15 - Theoretical
The Great power conceptions of international order and justice (the US, Russia, China)
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1453112
Assignment64130
Midterm Examination113114
Final Examination118119
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)175
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
3
3
3
4
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
5
4
4
OÇ-4
4
3
4
4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
3
3
3
3
3
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2026