MSc in Theory and History of International Relations
Programme code: TMTHHYIR2
Department: International History
This information is for the 2016/17 session.
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of four units, including a dissertation as shown.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Paper |
Course number and title | |
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1 |
One course from the following list: | |
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Crisis Decision-Making in War and Peace, 1914-2003 | |
Presidents, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: From Roosevelt to Reagan, 1933-1989 | ||
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Anglo-American Relations from World War to Cold War | |
Political Islam: From Ibn Taymiyya to ISIS (n/a 16/17) | ||
Race, Violence and Colonial Rule in Africa | ||
2 |
Courses to the value of one unit: | |
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Foreign Policy Analysis | |
International Institutions | ||
Strategic Aspects of International Relations | ||
The EU in the World | ||
International Politics: Asia and the Pacific (n/a 16/17) | ||
International Relations of the Middle East | ||
Economic Diplomacy (H) | ||
European Policy-making in a Global Context (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Introduction to International Political Theory (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
The International Political Theory of Humanitarian Intervention (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
The Politics of International Law (H) | ||
Genocide (H) | ||
Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations (H) | ||
Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies (n/a 16/17) | ||
3 |
One course from the following list: | |
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European Integration in the Twentieth Century | |
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From Cold Warriors to Peacemakers: the End of the Cold War Era, 1979-1999 | |
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The Rise and Fall of Communism in Europe 1917-1990 (n/a 16/17) | ||
War Cultures, 1890-1945 | ||
The Emergence of Modern Iran: State, Society and Diplomacy (n/a 16/17) | ||
Islam, State and Rebellion in the Indonesian Archipelago (n/a 16/17) | ||
The Cold War in Latin America (n/a 15/16) | ||
Living with the Bomb: An International History of Nuclear Weapons and the Arms Race from the Second World War to the end of the Cold War | ||
The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy, 1299-1950 | ||
HY460 |
Ideologies and Political Thought in Germany in the Era of Extremes (1914-1990) (withdrawn 16/17) | |
East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 | ||
The Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1962 | ||
The International History of the Balkans since 1939: State Projects, Wars, and Social Conflict | ||
Maps, History and Power: The Spaces and Cultures of the Past | ||
European Empires and Global Conflict, 1935-1948 | ||
China and the External World, 1711-1839 | ||
Latin American Development: Political Economy of Growth (H) (n/a 16/17) | ||
Latin American Development and Economic History (H) | ||
The West: Identity and Interests (H) | ||
Muslims in Europe (H) | ||
Turkey and Europe (H) | ||
Nationalism | ||
The Situations of the International Criminal Court (H) | ||
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A further course from the Paper 2 selection list | |
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A further course from the Paper 1 selection list (subject to approval by the programme director) | |
4 |
Dissertation: LSE-PKU Double Degree MSc in International Affairs; MSc Theory and History of International Relations | |
