该课程提供了对中东国际关系的高级理论和经验理解，探索并应用了几种理论模型：现实主义，建构主义，历史社会学和结构主义。该方案对形成并继续影响中东政治动态的主要历史事件，过程和参与者提供了深入的了解。伊斯兰的政治，石油，阿以冲突，阿拉伯之春和持续的地区动荡构成了关于中东及其在世界秩序中的地位的关键问题。这个最近开发的计划利用了我们在政治和国际关系以及伊斯兰和中东研究方面的研究优势，为您提供了独特的机会。除了使该地区参与国际关系和政治学的更广泛的分析，概念和理论辩论外，我们还旨在通过研究当地的文化，历史，语言和
International Relations involves studying the complex interactions between sovereign states and a wide range of other organisations and institutions, including:<br><br>multinational corporations<br>security alliances<br>international financial/trade organisations<br>international legal bodies<br>aid/development institutions<br>This programme provides the opportunity to analyse major issues in global affairs and engage with leading academic research within your own area(s) of interest. For example:<br><br>the economic and cultural impact of globalisation<br>triggers of state and non-state conflict and war<br>the construction of foreign policy<br>the significance of gender to policy and policy-making<br>the environment and climate change<br>international aid efforts and poverty alleviation.<br><br>The programme enables students to examine global empirical issues and developments, and adopt a range of theoretical approaches that allow them to analyse and interpret the world with different conceptual lenses.<br><br>This degree programme is broad and wide-ranging. However, for students seeking to specialise in particular areas/countries of the world, it contains specialist optional courses on regions such as Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia (please note that course availability is subject to change each year).<br><br>This taught MSc programme combines a small number of core courses with a larger number of optional, more topic-specific courses. The core courses generally combine large-group lectures with small-group tutorials. The optional courses are smaller and may also involve lectures and tutorials, or be taught via more interactive seminar sessions.