Class International Conflicts and Security

This Curricular Unit aims to provide students with the essential knowledge for understanding International Conflicts and Security, as well as the relevance that these themes assume in the current context of International Relations.

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1. International relations and the study of conflict and peace 2. Concept and study of international conflicts and security - Study of conflicts and consecration of polemology -Classical typology of conflicts -International security 3. International conflict resolution strategies, processes and techniques - The ways of solving and controlling international conflicts - Stakeholders in the resolution of international conflicts - The role and importance of International Organizations - The importance of International Courts - International conflict resolution techniques: international mediation. 4. Security and world peace - Studies for peace (the contribution of Johan Galtung) - International security and peacekeeping: the role of the UN - Peace preservation and human, economic and social development.

Pedagogical practices include "feedback" on the progress of the topics being studied in order to "prepare" the work, and the "inverted classroom" for the work topic presentation sessions; "feedback" on the progress of the topics being studied in order to "prepare" the work.

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