Schedule

Date Time Activity Read Location Lecturer
22.06.15
Monday
10:15-12:00

International Relations: Introduction - Concepts and Context

Bj?rnar Sverdrup-Thygeson (NUPI)

+ Mathias Ormestad Frendem (Oxford)

Textbook

Introduction & Chapter 2
ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
23.06.15
Tuesday
10:15-12:00

Theories of IR: Realism and Neo-Realism

MOF

Textbook

Chapters 5 & 7
ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
24.06.15
Wednesday
10:15-12:00

Theories of IR: Liberalism and Neo-Liberalism

BST

Textbook

Chapter 6 & 7
ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
25.06.15
Thursday
10:15-12:00

Theories of IR: Constructivism & Poststructuralism

BST

Textbook

Chapters 9 & 10
ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
26.06.15
Friday
10:15-12:00

Theories of IR: Western Biases and IR Theories

Randi Solhjell (NUPI)

de Carvalho,

Leira & Hobson (2011)

ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
29.06.15
Monday
10:15-12:00

Film and Discussion - Allison and the Cuban Missile Crisis

BST
Allison (2012) ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
30.06.15
Tuesday
10:15-12:00

State Actors in International Relations: Introduction

- Old and Emerging Powers BST     

Noonan (2012) ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
01.07.15
Wednesday
10:15-12:00

State Actors: China – Repercussions of a Rising Dragon

BST
Buzan (2010); McKinney 2015 ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
02.07.15
Thursday
10:15-12:00

State Actors: India – Emerging India: Key Challenges that Will

Affect the World

Kohli (2010); Robinson (2011a);

Robinson (2011b)

ES Auditorium 6

Francesca Refsum

Jensenius (NUPI)

03.07.15
Friday
10:15-12:00

State Actors: Japan – Declining or Emerging Power?

Wrenn Yennie Lindgren (NUPI)

Mulgan (2005);

Mochizuki & Porter (2013)

ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
06.07.15
Monday
10:15-12:00

State Actors: USA - Decline of the West

Hilde Restad (Bj?rknes College)
Kagan (2012) ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
07.07.15
Tuesday
10:15-12:00

State Actors: Russia – The Empire Strikes Back?

MOF
Kuchins & Zevelev (2012); Aron (2013) ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
08.07.15
Wednesday
10:15-12:00

State Actors: Norway & Small States

MOF
Norwegian MFA (2009) ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
09.07.15
Thursday
10:15-12:00 No Classes: Long Weekend      
10.07.15
Friday
10:15-12:00 No Classes: Long Weekend      
13.07.15
Monday
10:15-12:00

Group Work

BST
  ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
14.07.15
Tuesday
10:15-12:00

Group Work – Presentations

BST
  ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
15.07.15
Wednesday
10:15-12:00

Non-State Actors in International Relations: Introduction

BST

Textbook

Chapter 20
ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
16.07.15
Thursday
10:15-12:00

Non-State Actors: Global Citizens and New Forms of Power and Influence in International Relations

BST 

Keck & Sikkink (1998)

ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
17.07.15
Friday
10:15-12:00

Non-State Actors: International Institutions

BST

Textbook

Chapters 18 & 19
ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
20.07.15
Monday
10:15-12:00

Non-State Actors: The European Union

MOF
Laursen (2002);Textbook Chapter 26 ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
21.07.15
Tuesday
10:15-12:00

Non-State Actors: Terrorism and Armed Groups

Anders Romarheim (IFS)
Hoffmann (2006) ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
22.07.15
Wednesday
10:15-12:00

Key Topics in IR: Globalisation and International Political Economy

MOF

Textbook

Chapters 15 & 27
ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
23.07.15
Thursday
10:15-12:00

Key Topics in IR: Geopolitics and Great Power Conflicts

BST 
Gray (2005) ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
24.07.15
Friday
10:15-12:00

Key Topics in IR: State Weakness and Violent Conflicts

BST
Rotberg (2002); Milliken & Krause (2002) ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
27.07.15
Monday
10:15-12:00

Group Work & Presentations

BST 

  ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
28.07.15
Tuesday
10:15-12:00

Key Topics in IR: International Law and Humanitarian Interventions

Henrik Syse (PRIO)
ICISS (2001) ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
29.07.15
Wednesday
10:15-12:00

Course Summary

BST & MOF
  ES Auditorium 6 Sverdrup-Thygeson, B.,
Frendem, M.O.
Published June 17, 2015 4:40 PM - Last modified Sep. 28, 2015 2:05 PM