On this page you can find links to weekly readings.

The readings will be coming from periodical journals and magazine articles and will cover current issues in the sphere of international relations. You are to print the articles before each 2-hour session, read them at home and be prepared for a discussion and a vocabulary quiz in the following week.

Please, check the page regularly for new links, as they will be appearing on a weekly basis.

Week 2

Things Fall Apart | Nicholas Wood, and 2 videos:

1) Barry Eichengreen, an economics and political science professor at the University of California, Berkeley,

explaining the consequences of Scotland's split with the UK for it's economy

2) A video made by the news outlet The Guardian, explaining everything there is to know about the scottish

referendum for non british people.

Week 3

The Islamic State’s Challenge to International Order | Andrew Phillips

Week 4

There are no readings for week 4.

Week 5

Russia's Latest Land Grab: How Putin Won Crimea and Lost Ukraine | Jeffrey Mankoff

Week 6

Ethics and Privacy in National Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection | Jennifer Betts

Week 7

The Civil Society Flashpoint | Thomas Carothers & Saskia Brechenmacher

Week 8

Contradictions in China’s Foreign Policy | Douglas Paal

Week 9

The Problems Of Moral Hazard: Humanitarian Aid During Violent Conflict | Kelly-Kate Pease

Week 10

Central African Republic: Making the Mission Work | Thierry Vircoulon and Thibaud Lesueur