Importance of International Relations -- State and its Role in the International System -- Power Factors in International Relations -- Foreign Policy Formation and Execution -- Intergovernmental Actors -- Corporate and Non-governmental Actors -- Political Geography -- Nationalism, Regionalism, and Tribalism -- Global Violence: Wars, Weapons, Terrorism -- Global Justice: Women, Poverty, Human Rights -- International Political Economy I: The Advanced Industrial Countries -- International Political Economy II: The Politics of Development -- Global Environment and the Populations Problem -- Conclusion

1. International relations
2. World politics -- 21st century