Unit 1: Power, Sovereignty and International Relations

“Family photograph” of world leaders at the 2021 G20 summit in Italy.
Source: Government of Brazil – Planalto Palace, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lesson 1: Introduction – From International to Global Politics

Lesson 2: Individual and Group Perspectives

Lesson 3: Defining Power

Lesson 4: The State

Lesson 5: The Role of Sovereignty in Global Politics

Lesson 6: Who governs and why? Sources of State Legitimacy in the 21st Century

Lesson 7: The International System

Lesson 8: The United Nations

Lesson 9: Working Together – Global Governance in the 21st Century

Lesson 10: International Organizations (IGOs)

Lesson 11: Power to the People! – Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society

Lesson 12: Social Movements

Lesson 13: Resistance Movements – The Arab Spring and the Struggle for Democracy

Lesson 14: Too Big? – Multinational Corporations

Lesson 15: Political Parties

Lesson 16: Informal Forums – The G7 and G20 (Does power equal representation?)

Lesson 17: Conflict or Cooperation? The Complex Nature of Interactions in Global Politics

Lesson 18: Collective Security Agreements

Lesson 19: Economic Cooperation and International Trade

Lesson 20: Conflict in Global Politics – Ukraine

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Lesson 8: “It’s a dog eat dog world out there.” – Introduction to Realist Theory

Lesson 9: “You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar” – Introduction to Liberal Theory