CSPO 24F10 - L'entropie, l'Iran et l'ordre international

This course will cover two main subjecs: Iran on the one hand and the nature of and challenges to the International Order on the other. These two subjects will converge into one main question: What roles do Iran, it’s internal turmoil and foreign policy play in the current, challenged, arguably shifting, International Order?

In the end of the course the student will be able to:

1°) Develop an advanced understanding of Iran as both a state and as an international actor

2°) Compare and criticize different perspectives of the international system

3°) Understand the relations between Iran’s government and people and the wider international community

4°) Develop some methodological insights into the making of foreign policy

5°) Understand the various dynamics that act upon and get influenced by the Middle-East

To validate the course, the student is expected to pass the following assignments:

1°) Oral evaluation: a 2 or 3 student team selects a subject from a defined list and presents it for 20 minutes.

2°) Mid-term group work : During the 8th session, groups of 3 to 5 students have to prepare a policy proposal together.

3° ) Final Exam : Individual, open-book, oral examination on a subject covered in the course. 15 minutes preparation, 15 minutes restitution.