Politics, War & Economy in the Age of Globalization

This course aims to offer a global introduction to World Politics and Economics studying different theories and perspectives explained by different authors since 1991. Of course, a historical introduction is needed to understand how the current political world was built, as we know it now. Using a short history of Europe and its technological hegemony we will study how Europeans conquered and organized the world.

By studying the International Relations under the Cold War students will cover how two superpowers organized two areas of influence creating two minor globalizations. But also, with the collapse of the Soviet Union students will study how the institutions that managed the Western Globalization during the Cold War (1945-1991) became the new institutions of the unified and global world since 1991.

In the last part of the course, students will revise the major perspectives on Globalization and how globalization is shaped everyday by the interactions of billions of people through some of the most important events since 1991.