Universidad Autónoma de Madrid • International Relations

This course introduces the main theoretical approaches and analytical tools used in the field of comparative politics. While the systematic comparison of political processes and outcomes across different units –mostly across countries- is the core feature of comparative political analysis, the field explores a wide range of political phenomena, navigates in broad geography, comprises contrasting research schools, adopts diverse conceptual and methodological tools, and proposes competing explan...

The objective of the course is to provide students with an overview of several important contemporary issues in the field of international relations. In each week a different issue is discussed, and classes are based around a mixture of lectures and activities. Students are encouraged to develop their knowledge of these issues, to learn about and share knowledge of others, and to apply the theoretical and methodological knowledge they have gained in other courses to complement the material studi...

The objective of the course is to provide students with foundational knowledge of International Relations theory that will serve as the basis for the Master in International Relations (MIR), the Research Master in International Studies (RMIS), and the Mundus MAPP by demonstrating the diversity of theories that reflect the complexity of world politics. Additionally, each lecture is structured around a central set of questions that serves to demonstrate how theories can be applied to the sorts of ...

This course is essentially addressed to non-economists and its aim is to get the students familiar with the several basic economic principles, approaches and methods as well as with key issues in the field of international economics, finance and trade. At the beginning of the course, we will learn many of the main economic concepts and how they are applied to the field of international economics. Most of the course will be focused on fundamental and current topics in international economics: pa...