Diplomacy and International Governance

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the theory and practice of diplomacy. In Part I, the module traces the historical evolution of diplomatic practices and institutions; introduces their evolving contemporary forms; and presents theoretical approaches, concepts and debates enabling their critical interrogation. In Part II, the module examines actors and organisations involved in the practice of diplomacy through empirical investigations of these practices including through international organisations (both governmental and non-governmental).

The aim of this module is for students to understand the conceptual tools of Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA), acquire specific knowledge relevant to an understanding of the foreign policies of key state actors in the global arena, and develop awareness of the issues and policy contexts that shape these policies.

The aims of this module are to:

• introduce students to the nature and processes of international business
• examine the role of the multinational enterprise in the international economy
• appreciate the impact of national economic and social systems on the management and functioning of organisations that operate in an international setting
• assess the complex relationship between international business and trade and diplomacy
• understand the role of governments, diplomacy and diplomatic missions in promoting business and trade

The aims of this module are to:

• To introduce, compare and contrast traditional and critical approaches to post-conflict peace-building;
• To undertake empirical case studies in lectures and via readings and class discussion -- as a means of illustrating and critically interrogating competing theories, concepts and debates on intervention, success and failure of contemporary peace-building.
• Introduce and interrogate recent trends in the practice of peace-building, and assess their political and ethical implications.

The aims of this module are to:

• understand the various dimensions that comprise the international business climate.
• enable students to demonstrate an appreciation of the (non) transference of management practice to emerging markets.
• ensure students are attuned to the complexities of 'doing business' in emerging markets

The aim of this module is to understand the main features, concepts and practices of international negotiations. It provides an overview of the most important elements of negotiation and offers an application to a number of case studies.

The aims of this module are to:
Introduce students to the dynamic world of digital diplomacy through a range of cases and issues from across world. The overarching objective is to provide students with a practical understanding of how digital diplomacy works in practices, its promises and its drawbacks, its relationship with power, networks, agenda-setting, visibility, and communication. The module will also critically appraise the relationship between digital diplomacy and democracy and uncover some tensions in relation to truth, knowledge, security and (mis)information. It aims to uncover the role of non-state actors (individuals, activists, journalists, influencers, disporas, charities, corporations, minorities) in digital diplomacy demonstrating that widening engagement means widening the agenda.

The aims of this module are to:

• Provide students with an opportunity to be exposed to project-based teamwork in diverse settings (understood in this context as involving a range of multidisciplinary, multicultural and demographic elements in differing configurations), aiming to strengthen their cooperative and collaborative working skills and competence, while raising awareness and appreciation of diversity itself.
• Provide students with hands on experience of identifying, framing and resolving practice oriented and real-world based challenges and problems, using creativity, critical enquiry and appropriate tools to achieve valuable and relevant solutions.
• Support the development of students' ability to engage in critical enquiry and individual reflection, as well as to apply individual strengths and skills, building on their own educational backgrounds.
• Provide students with opportunities for networking with stakeholders, organisations and corporations, aiming to enhance the competence and skills needed to connect to relevant parties and build up future professional opportunities

The aim of the the module is to familiarise students with the professions of diplomacy, negotiations and lobbying by combining scholarly analysis with interactive learning opportunities.

The aim of this module is to understand and assess the governance of the global economy. Students are introduced to the main theoretical approaches for analysing the global economy, such as liberalism, mercantilism and Marxism along with other approaches such as gender and environmental theories. These are applied through the exploration of a number of topics such as the global trading and financial systems, the role of the state and non-state actors in shaping the global economy, the global diplomatic institutions and processes that attempt to manage the global economy, and how the global economy is shaped by long and short-term security crises in health, wars, and the environment. Students will be placed into small teams to study an individual country over the duration of the module. Each team will produce a short report about their assigned country. Students will have to refer to their assigned country in their timed essay.

The aims of this module are to:
-To examine international security through a variety of traditional and non-traditional approaches, and through case studies across several issue areas. The overarching aim of the module is to provide students with a wider understanding of security as it has evolved historically, and the role it plays in contemporary societies and in global politics.

The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and the Changing World Order aims to introduce students to the way the rise of the BRICS at the turn of the 21st century has come to challenge the Western-led order in world politics. The module will focus on each of the five BRICS countries and investigate how the evolution of their domestic and foreign policies has influenced their rise in world politics. An emphasis will be put on foreign policy and diplomacy, together with the tools, capabilities or resources employed by the BRICS in order to project their power in world politics. Simultaneously, the module will engage with different interpretations of power in world politics, drawing on various theories of international relations. This allows the module to probe into the role of the rise of the BRICS in influencing power shifts in world politics. In broader terms the module evaluates various policy consequences of emerging power shifts and the (potential) responses of the BRICS and the West.

The past forty years has witnessed an unprecedented growth in cities in both the developed and developing world. This module will introduce students to the concepts and theories of global cities and the politics, governance, economics, society, security and international relations issues connected to them. The central case study will be London, but students will research other cities to examine the main debates and controversies surrounding cities and their place in the world. The module will explore such issues as how to define global cities, the history of cities in international relations and economics, the social, infrastructure, economic and governance pressures facing cities, the role of cities in international security and in diplomacy (for example, the concept of paradiplomacy or city diplomacy). This course will allow students to understand the role of cities in global politics, not least their relationship with the states they form parts of. The course will also allow students to better understand London, the city they have chosen to study in, and some of the cities most of them will spend their lives living and working in.

The module introduces the issues around media and social movements, by tracing the theoretical evolution of media and social movements, understanding media within broader social movements in historical processes rather than merely focusing on media technologies or impact media. The model seeks to cover topics on control of media systems on different regions of the world, alternative media practices, identity, social media, campaigns, visual culture and protest, and media ecologies.

The aims of this module are to:

• provide students with an understanding of the institutions underlying modern market economies and of the institutional conditions that enable finance, innovation and entrepreneurship;
• introduce students to prominent multi-disciplinary approaches to the analysis of economic institutions;
• introduce students to some key methods used for theoretical and empirical research in this area.

The aims of this module are to give the student the opportunity to study a subject, business problem or research question in depth and to research the issues surrounding the subject or background to the problem.

The module will equip the student with the relevant skills, knowledge and understanding to embark on their individual research project and they will be guided through the three options available to them to complete their dissertation:

• A desk based research project that could be set by an organisation or could be a subject of the student's choice
• A project that involves collection of primary data from within an organisation or based on lab and/or field experiments
• A full professional placement within an organisation during which time they will complete a project as part of their role in agreement with the organisation (subject to a suitable placement position being obtained)

Students will achieve a high level of understanding in the subject area and produce a written thesis or project report which will discuss this research in depth and with rigour.