Development and International Cooperation Studies

Understanding of the nomenclature and procedures of modern diplomacy; knowledge of some fundamental turning points of international politics of the twentieth century. in detail: complete reading and analysis of the final glossary included in Harold Nicolson's "Diplomacy"; The 1911 Europe; The alliances, The 1911-1922 wars, The 1919-1923 peace treaties; Genoa, rapallo, Locarno, Disarmement and reparations; Europe face to Hitler's Germany; japan and USA; The 1939-1940 wars; the true Second World War, the post-war order.

Good knowledge of the general history of the last three centuries.

Harold Nicolson, Diplomacy, London / New York / Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1939 (freely downloadable from the web); Wikipedia pages on: Interwar period, 1919 Versailles peace treaty, 1925 Locarno agreement, 1938 Munich agreement, 1939 German-Soviet treaty.

Attendance is not compulsory and on the basis of recent decisions it does not produce difference in the size of the texts to be studied for the exam.

Written test with multiple choice questions. Those who answer all the questions correctly and without changes get 30 cum laude.

Frontal lessons, with reading and commentary of large sections of the exam texts, and extensive use of maps and audiovisual materials. Active student participation is strongly encouraged.