Is the international order undergoing a rapid transformation? If so, what are the main distinguishing features of the global power shift that we are witnessing? How do they impact upon dynamics of cooperation and conflict at the international level? In light of these trends, in what sense can international affairs be said to be ordered? POL3IPP is designed to analyse, discuss, and address these four key questions by looking at a number of crucial dynamics that are playing an increasingly central role in the international relations of the 21st century. International affairs will be analysed with reference to a number of key issues, which have emerged as central features of the new international order. This subject is developed around an innovative form of team-teaching and is aimed at offering an in-depth discussion of the responses of principal international to the challenges of contemporary international affairs.

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