Introducing global politics -- Historical context -- Theories of global politics -- The economy in a global age -- The state and foreign policy in a global age -- Society in a global age -- The nation in a global age -- Identity, culture and challenges to the West -- Power and twenty-first century global order -- War and peace -- Nuclear proliferation and disarmament -- Transnational terrorism -- Human rights and humanitarian intervention -- International law -- Poverty and development -- Global environmental issues -- Gender in global politics -- International organization, the UN and global governance -- Global economic governance -- Regionalism and world politics -- Why theory matters -- Images of the global future

1. International relations
2. World politics