Overview of my teaching at AURComparative Politics (BA International Relations and Global Politics)
This course covers the key concepts used to compare political systems and understand how they function: the nature of politics, power and authority, political order, change and participation. The basic building blocks of politics in different states are examined and analyzed, the relative merits and disadvantages are evaluated enabling students to understand their workings and make judgments on their effectiveness. |
Political Risk Analysis (BA International Relations and Global Politics)
Uncertainty and risk are constant features in international economic relations. This course deals with how businesses perceive, assess and measure risks originating from the political environment in which they operate. Topics covered include the analysis of the most widely used techniques in economic and political forecasting as well as the role of the digital revolution both as a catalyzer for new ‘cyber’ risks and as a generator of new tools for the collection and analysis of intelligence . |
Democracy and Government: Contemporary Challenges (MA Peace Studies)
What is democracy? What are the main challenges it faces today? Do they concern security, populism or pandemics? This course offers an informative introduction to the complexities of government across space and time, highlighting regional trends on a global scale. |
Terrorism and Political Violence (BA International Relations and Global Politics)
Political violence is an elusive concept. Sometimes it is expressed as a formal war between clearly defined combatants for clearly defined aims; more usually the aims are mixed and the methods and targets even more muddled. It is essential to understand these distinctions, moral, legal, political and practical in order to understand wider political practices both between nation states and within them. International Organizations (BA International Relations and Global Politics)
Are IOs fora, actors or mere tools in the hands of sovereign states? This course discusses the role played by IOs in securing international peace and security, addressing a number of cross-cutting issues and challenges whose resolution require a global approach. |