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Contemporary Issues in Global Affairs
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Contemporary Issues in Global Affairs
Course description:
Contemporary Issues in Global Affairs (CIGA) is a non-credit bearing course, in which students learn about how political scientists analyze contemporary challenges facing the world with special relevance to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The list of topics covered in the course may consist of the following:
∙ Lessons from the Soviet-Afghan War for Analyzing the Conflict in Syria
∙ Regional Trade Agreements: Eurasian Economic Union
∙ Globalization: Key Indicators, Trends and Challenges
∙ International Monetary Fund: Lending and Conditionality
∙ Multilateral Development Banks
∙ Geography and Conflict (Interstate and Intrastate)
∙ International Conflict Processes
∙ The Security Dilemma: Alliances and Arms Races
∙ Leveraging the United Nations General Assembly to Attract Foreign Aid
∙ Sustainable Development and Trade Policy
∙ Sustainable Development Goals and Foreign Policy
∙ Soft Power and Emerging Economies
∙ Lessons from the Soviet-Afghan War for Analyzing the Conflict in Syria
∙ Regional Trade Agreements: Eurasian Economic Union
∙ Globalization: Key Indicators, Trends and Challenges
∙ International Monetary Fund: Lending and Conditionality
∙ Multilateral Development Banks
∙ Geography and Conflict (Interstate and Intrastate)
∙ International Conflict Processes
∙ The Security Dilemma: Alliances and Arms Races
∙ Leveraging the United Nations General Assembly to Attract Foreign Aid
∙ Sustainable Development and Trade Policy
∙ Sustainable Development Goals and Foreign Policy
∙ Soft Power and Emerging Economies
About course
Duration:
5 day
Instructor
PSIR Faculty
Contact information
atrochev@nu.edu.kz
Cost
195 000 KZT
Course aims (CAs):
1. Be familiar with contemporary challenges in world politics with special relevance to Kazakhstan and Central Asia
2. Be familiar with analytical approaches of scholars who study these challenges
3. Be familiar with the research designs scholars use for studying these challenges
- To learn about how political scientists analyze contemporary challenges facing the world with special relevance to Kazakhstan and Central Asia
- To learn about analytical approaches used by scholars of international relations 3. To learn about research designs used by scholars of international relations.
1. Be familiar with contemporary challenges in world politics with special relevance to Kazakhstan and Central Asia
2. Be familiar with analytical approaches of scholars who study these challenges
3. Be familiar with the research designs scholars use for studying these challenges