This course is designed to provide participants with insights into how political systems and related structures at national, regional and global levels function: why and how decisions are made and the socio-economic development outcomes and impacts on different societies.<br>It will contextualise and analyse theoretical and conceptual issues in politics and international relations within the contemporary practical setting of nation states and the international community.<br>The course will present important themes in politics and international relations around three main components:<br>International Political Economy of Development<br>International Relations and Security Studies<br>Gender, Equity and Inclusive Development