本课程使您能够全面了解国际体系的发展，并将其与国际关系的当代发展联系起来。它为理解国际体系和全球，区域和国家各级的权力分配提供了理论框架。您将特别关注国际安全的动态变化以及当代国际关系中国家建设的挑战。该课程与民主研究中心国际知名的安全与国际关系研究计划相关。该中心会定期邀请知名演讲人到我们位于伦敦市中心的校园举办研讨会，公共讲座和会议，并邀请您作为学生参加。通过与雇主的良好联系，本课程为您提供了在实际应用中增进您对国际关系知识的机会。您还将获得终身的个人和专业发展所必需的可转移和认知技能。
This course enables you to develop a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of the international system, and to relate this to contemporary developments in international relations. It provides a theoretical framework for understanding the international system and the distribution of power at the global, regional and national levels. You will focus particularly on the changing dynamics of international security and the challenges of state building within contemporary international relations. This course is linked to the internationally renowned Security and International Relations research programme in the Centre for the Study of Democracy. The Centre regularly invites high-profile speakers to our central London campus location for seminars, public lectures and conferences to which you will be invited as a student. With excellent links to employers, this course offers you the opportunity to advance your knowledge of international relations in an applied setting. You will also gain the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development.