Master in International Relations Subject Description Master in International Relations. Subject Description2 SKILLS, COMPETENCIES AND LANGUAGES Quantitative Methods • Quantitative analyses in political economy • Graphical presentation of data, sampling methods, rules of probability, statistical inference, hypothesis tests, simple and multiple linear regressions, correlation, and other relevant econometric tools Spanish A Spanish language course will be mandatory for students who are not professionally procient in Spanish French Students who are procient in Spanish will be required to take a French language course The program comprises the following 21 core courses (subject to minor changes): EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND SECURITY STUDIES The European Union • EU institutions and decision-making processes • Treaty reforms, including the failed European Constitution and the Treaty of Lisbon • Core EU policies: internal market, economic and monetary union, external trade, foreign and security policy, enlargement Theories in International Relations International Environmental Policy Euro-American Relations • Institutional structure and common security concerns • The relationship between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union • EU and NATO peacekeeping operations Globalized Terrorism: Threats and Responses • Actors in the global terrorism network • Scenarios of the global terrorism threat • Evolving trends and western responses to global terrorism • Responses from the international community • Perspectives on terrorism and counterterrorism The European Union: Advanced Topics • Balance of power between the Commission and the European Parliament • Commitology and its reform • The EU and political regions • Rethinking economic and monetary union • Justice and home aairs in the EU • The road towards European defense • Fundamental rights in the EU • European external action service • EU communication policy Master in International Relations. Subject Description3 SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES Negotiation • Approach to the concept of negotiation. The negotiator’s dilemma • Preparing for negotiations, Claiming value, Negotiating interests • Creating Value • Multilateral-multiatribute negotiations • Fair agreements and deviation from rational behavior Comparative Politics • Polities, policies, and politics • States, regimes, and institutions • Citizens, parties, and party systems • Elections and Electoral systems • Governance and performance History of International Relations • The making of the European system of states • Colonialism and imperialism • The rise of non-European powers • World Wars and the Cold War, globalization Game Theory and Conict Resolution Fundamentals of rational-choice and game theories applied to international decision-making and to the choice of public policies by states Challenges to Democracy in Latin America • Analysis of recent political events in the region • Overview of main historical tendencies that inuence political processes in the region • General trends, but also diversity and dierences within the region • Analysis of the main challenges facing democratic governments New Strategic Players in the 21 st century: China and India • The growing “weight” of the two states in international decision-making • Role in world markets • Concerns of other actors with the appearance of Beijing and New Delhi as new brokers in the evolving international system Understanding contemporary China: Chinese culture and society • Introduction. China and its people • Chinese Language • The Chinese classics • Confucianism and democratization • The Literary Revolution, Maoism and Revolution. Literature, Internet and political control in contemporary China • The Maoist era • The Value of Culture when Negotiating in China • Communism, Nationalism and Economic Patriotism • Intellectuals and Power in China: The 20 th anniversary of the 1989 June 4 th Massacre Politics, Society and International Relations of the Middle East • Introduction to state-society relations in the Middle East • Political economy of the Middle East • Roles of Middle Eastern countries in world politics Master in International Relations. Subject Description4 During the electives period in June, students select topics of special interest from a list of courses oered in both the Master in International Relations and the Law programs. All students will also be required to write a master’s thesis. The program’s academic curriculum will be further enriched by a series of seminars during which international experts from politics, business and civil society will share their privileged insights and experiences with program participants. ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS Micro and Macro Economics • An introduction to the basic notions and models in micro- and macro-economics • Consumers and rms • Demand, production, market structure and market failure • Growth, employment and the role of government International Trade and the International Monetary System. • Theory of international trade and investment • Trade policy measures • International monetary theory • The balance of payments and the trade balance • Exchange rate systems Economic Development Theory • Patterns and causes of economic growth • Development factors: population growth, research, access to international nancial ows • Main obstacles to economic development • Economic development and natural resources International Finance Management of the Multinational Corporation • Internationalization choices and processes • Market selection • Intellectual property protection • Production delocalization • Strategic alliances IE School of International Relations Tel: +34 91 568 96 10 www.ie.edu ir.blogs.ie.edu María de Molina 13 28006 Madrid, Spain Master in International Relations Admissions.IR@ie.edu . Master in International Relations Subject Description Master in International Relations. Subject Description2 SKILLS, COMPETENCIES. countries in world politics Master in International Relations. Subject Description4 During the electives period in June, students select topics of special interest