Course overview
This course aims to consolidate students' critical analysis skills in relation to the transformation of power relations in global politics in general, and in the Indo-Pacific region in particular. This course offers students the opportunity to engage with central concepts in global politics, including: the study of facets and forms of power; dynamics between global and regional international orders; grand strategy or strategic culture. Students will then be able to apply these concepts to particular case studies, enabling an exploration of the interaction between global superpowers, great powers and middle powers in the Indo-Pacific Region in relevant historical contexts.
Course learning outcomes
- understand relevant concepts in global politics
- identify and critically engage with the existing and emerging drivers shaping global power relations in the Indo-Pacific region
- identify challenges and opportunities for the major actors in the Indo-Pacific region
- analyse the nature of power relations at global and regional level within particular historical contexts