Comprehensive introduction to the comparative study of Soviet and Post-Soviet Russian and Eurasian politics, including political parties and the parliament, ethnic politics and nationalism, law, media, civil-military relations, economy, demography, and foreign policy.

The course offers a political economy account of the rise of emerging powers. Topics to be covered include contemporary debates on the political economy of late industrialization, the relationship between development and democracy, the relationship between state and the economy, the importance of institutions in the development process and the rise of BRICS and near-BRICs in the changing global order. Theoretical themes are applied to the case studies of China, India, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia and Poland; the political economy of Türkiye in comparative perspective.

Policy design and implementation, policy design process, principles and practices, policy instruments and instrument mixes. Policy entrepreneurship and institutional entrepreneurship. Interactions among structures, institutions and actors, and policy outcomes. Policy instruments, contexts, and policy outcomes in the context of causal mechanisms.

Introduction to the role of the state and other political actors in Turkish economic development from a comparative and global political economy perspective; key policy phases and institutional transformations; the role of multilateral institutions ; the politics of economic crises and reforms; regional integration and external economic relations of the Turkish economy; the political economy of trade and capital flows; poverty, inequality, labor market dynamics and social policy: gender and environmental dimensions of Turkish development.

Historical development and nature of political institutions, and the social foundations of the state.

Challenges of European foreign policy within a changing European and global order; the EU as an international actor; the relationship between EU and member state foreign policies; European foreign policy towards Türkiye, Russia, Eastern Europe, Balkans, North Africa and the Middle East, United States, China, and Africa. Discussion of current security challenges and the strengths and weaknesses of European foreign policy.

This course examines the major contemporary political ideologies such as communism, fascism, liberalism, conservatism, anarchism, feminism, religious fundamentalism and environmentalism

Topics will be announced when offered.

Contemporary International Relations of the Asia Pacific: Theoretically informed overview of the dynamics of international politics in the Asia Pacific region. Changing patterns of power relations; the economy-security nexus; history, memory and identity in Asia; foreign and security policies of regional powers and sub-regional actors; conflict zones; regional integration and institution building; Asia in global governance. Rise of China as a global power; Japan, India, Korea and Southeast Asian countries; Oceania and small island states; Asia policies of the United States, Europe and Russia..

General overview of historical, cultural, political, economic background of China with special emphasis on internal and international factors that affect China and the world. Unique opportunity to learn and practice core concepts in politics and economy while improving macroeconomic analytical skills. Explaining China’s development processes through relevant case studies to show transition from plan-based economy to a market-based one, from low-income to medium-income status. Equips students with the capacity to understand keys of success for doing business in/with China.

Diplomacy: Theory and Practice :Origins and historical evolution of diplomacy; the legal framework of diplomacy; rules of diplomatic correspondence and protocol; sample diplomatic notes and letters; the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic and Consular Relations; role of the ambassador; workings of diplomatic missions; international treaties; the relationship between power, justice and diplomacy; limits of diplomacy; alternatives to diplomacy; public diplomacy; human rights diplomacy; environmental diplomacy; the diplomatic needs of developing nations; the future of diplomacy; guest diplomatic speakers series.

This is an undergraduate and graduate seminar investigating the definitions of and relationship between ethnicity and nationhood. Competing definitions of ethnicity and rival explanations for the emergence of nationalism are critically engaged. While covering the classical works in the field of ethnicity and nationalism studies, the course readings incorporate the most recent, cutting-edge works in the field as well.

Integration of the knowledge from different areas of the international relations; foreign policy, and security, identity, citizenship, and democracy, domestic and global governance, regions of the World; applying concepts and frameworks to real life cases to formulate and implement creative and effective solutions to domestic and international political challenges; teamwork and presentations.

Integration of the knowledge from different areas of the international relations; foreign policy, and security, identity, citizenship, and democracy, domestic and global governance, regions of the World; applying concepts and frameworks to real life cases to formulate and implement creative and effective solutions to domestic and international political challenges; teamwork and presentations.

Introduction to the fundamental research methods in social science, covering issues and methods shared by all of the social sciences and by many of the natural sciences. Particular emphasis on contemporary work in the fields of international relations and political science, elaborating on both quantitative and qualitative methods and highlighting the steps in identifying a problem worthy of study and developing testable hypotheses, designing a research strategy, gathering data, analyzing data, research and publication ethics and interpreting the results.

Examination of current issues of importance for the field of comparative politics such as: the expansion and problems of democracy as a political system, democratic consolidation, politics of economic restructuring, governance in an era of economic globalization, and nationalism and inter-cultural conflict. Review of the scope and methods of the field, and of alternate theoretical approaches such as historical sociology, rational choice, political culture and institutionalism.

Examination of contemporary issues in international political economy such as: the relationship between states and markets in the contemporary era of globalization; implications of the growing interdependence of economic and political aspects of international relations; international arrangements designed to manage or regulate interstate activities relating to trade, money, resource use, technology and the physical environment; the roles of non-state actors; development patterns of industrialized and developing countries.

This course examines the major contemporary political ideologies such as communism, fascism, liberalism, conservatism, anarchism, feminism, religious fundamentalism and environmentalism

Contemporary political ideologies including environmentalism, feminism, anarchism, religious fundamentalism, socialism, fascism, liberalism and conservatism. Selections from canonical texts, pamphlets, propaganda materials, public speeches.

Examines the major questions and theories in classical and contemporary political theory.

Comprehensive coverage of various quantitative methods used in the fields of Political Science and International Relations. Research and publication ethics, modeling techniques with an emphasis on the application of the following methods in the analysis of large-N datasets including panel, survey, cross-sectional and duration data by learning and using an appropriate statistical software program: linear regression analysis, diagnostics and revised models, such as generalized linear model fixing for nonlinearity and heteroskedasticity, limited and categorical dependent variable models including logit, probit,ordinal and mutinomial logit, count dependent variable models and poisson and negative binomial methods, event-history modeling, such as duration and hazard analysis, and selection models.

Examines the major theories and questions in the field of comparative politics with particular emphasis on reviewing and applying the comparative method.

An introduction of beginners to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing and to contemporary everyday Italian culture in order to be able to communicate simply in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: first half of level A1

An introduction of beginners to the four language skills listening, speaking, reading and writing and to contemporary everyday Italian culture in order to be able to communicate simply in the target language. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: first half of level A1