INTL  4770   Special Topics in International Relations – Fall 2011   --
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Office:	GLOBIS, 113 Franklin House (Corner of E. Broad St. and So. Thomas St)
Phone:	706 542-6633 (Office)
Office Hours:	2  - 3 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays
Class Meetings	Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30 pm - 6:15 pm
Required Readings:	a) Reading Packet b) The Grand Alliance by Carlo Pelanda, Franco Angeli Publisher, Milan, 2007
Course Requirements:	Students will be required to attend class regularly and participate actively in discussions and  to keep up with reading assignments
Info on Prof	www.carlopelanda.com
Grading:	80% research (term) paper, 20% class participation

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INTL  4770      C O U R S E   D E S C R I P T I O N

This course will examine the policy and political problems concerned with the formation of a political architecture of the global system. The course will be divided into three segments:
a.       The economic, political and cultural context of the globalisation: A general overview
1.      Geopolitical and economic history of the globalisation
2.    The 2008 global crisis
3.      The current transition in the model of world order

b.       Scenarios
1.       The tendency toward international disorder
2.       The tendency toward a new multilateral order
3. The (post)crisis global effect

c.        Proposed Strategy
1.       The "Grand Alliance" model