The lecture will mainly be held in person, but there might also be virtual sessions. Assignments will be explained in the first session (15 October 2025).
The tentative table of contents is as follows:
1. Introduction and Basic Concepts
A. Theories and Paradigms
2. Neoliberal Globalisation and its Critics
3. Development
4. Global Governance: a Concept in Decline?
5. The Renaissance of Geopolitics
B. Rise and Decline of the Liberal International Order
6. US Hegemony and the Liberal International Order
7. China and BRICS as Challengers
8. The End of the Liberal International Order I: Multilateralism
9. The End of the Liberal International Order II: Democratic Backsliding
C. Governance Global Crises
10. The Global Financial Crisis of 2007/8 and the Rise of the G20
11. The World Health Crisis: COVID-19 and the Neoliberal Paradigm
12. The Crisis of the World Trade Regime
13. The Global Climate Crisis
14. The Crisis of Development Cooperation
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