Political science and international relations

The transformation of the European international system after the First World War and the accession to power of Hitler; the question of German rearmament; the international crises; the origins of the Second World War; the European phase of the Second World War; the extra-European problems; the international relations during the second phase of the Second World War; the peace treaties; the origins of the Cold War; the German question; the Marshall plan and the origins of the Atlantic Alliance; the process of European integration; the decolonisation process; the Middle East and the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the transformation of the Soviet political system after Stalin; China in international relations during the Cold War; the diplomacy of “détente”; the crisis of the Soviet Union; the post-Cold War international system.

Good knowledge of the history of the 20th century.

1) JEAN-BAPTISTE DUROSELLE, Storia diplomatica dal 1919 ai nostri giorni, nuova edizione italiana a cura di Pietro Pastorelli, LED, Milano, 1998, pagine 27-707; 2) ANTONIO VARSORI, Le relazioni internazionali dopo la guerra fredda (1989-2017), il Mulino, Bologna, 2022, dal cap. III (compreso) al cap. XI (compreso).

in-person modality

Multiple-choice test consisting of 30 questions, each with 5 possible answers, one of which is correct, to be completed in one hour. To pass the exam with the minimum grade (18/30), students must answer correctly to at least 17 questions.

Lectures; use of slides, geographical maps and photographic material.