Tourism and International Relations, MSc Course. Contents include United Nations Protocol, International Telecom Delegation, United Nations security council, International Atomic Energy Agency, World Economic Forum, Middle East, Nuclear Emergency Network, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), nuclear security, International Law, political science, political economy, international events, national Security, independent territorial states, microstates and great powers, non-state actors, multinational corporations (MNCs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), ‘North-South Divide’, World Wars, bipolar standoff, war on terrorism, world politics, national culture, financial risk management, World Trade Agreement (WTA), World Trade Organisation (WTO), anti-dumping, anti-subsidy, countervailing measures, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS), Dubai ports authority, gross domestic product, service industries

COURSE PRESENTER:

Prof. Dr. R. B. Crawford

      PhD (London),

      MEd. M. (Bath),

      Adv. Dip. Ed. (Bristol),

      PGCIS (TVU),

      ITC (UWI),

      Member of the Asian Academy of Management - MAAM,

      Member of the International Society of Gesture Studies - MISGS

      Member of the Academy of Management - MAOM,

      LESAN,

      Visiting Professor Polytechnic University of the Philippines - PUP

Seminar runs from 9:30 to 4:30 pm.

Registration is at 9:00 on Day 1

Cost: 

v      £11,200.00 + VAT, per Delegate, for UK Delivery

v      £13,200.00 + VAT, per Delegate, for Non-UK European Delivery

v      £13,200.00 per Delegate, for Non-European Delivery

Cost includes:

³        Continuous Servings of Tea/Coffee;

³        Hot Lunch; 

³        Seminar Guide;

³        Seminar Supplement;

³        Stationery

³        HRODC Postgraduate Diploma or

³        Certificate of Attendance and Participation

Location:   Central London UK – Other International Locations at: http://www.hrodc.com/HRODC_Seminar_Schedule_06-07.International_Seminar_Schedule_UK_Seminars.htm

Course Outline

Week One

Module Objectives

By the conclusion of the specified learning experiences, delegates will be able to:

v      Explain the objectives and principles of the United Nations

v      Illustrate, with period or dates, the progressive development of International Organizations

v      Exhibit their comprehension of The United Nations, as an International Organisation, with specific relation to its:

¯       System Organization

¯       Protocol

¯       Bodies and their functions

¯       International Telecom Delegation

¯       Powers and power centralization

¯       The United Nations security council

¯       International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), its function, 6related agencies and current involvement, specifically:

ü         World Economic Forum For The Middle East

ü         Nuclear Emergency Network

ü         The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and nuclear security

Module Contents, Concepts and Issues

v      United Nations, introduction

v      The advent of International Organizations

v      The United Nations

¯       United Nation System Organization

¯       United Nation Protocol

¯       Bodies of United Nation and their functions

¯       The International Telecom Delegation to the United Nations

¯       United Nations, power and power centralization

¯       The United Nations security council

¯       The International Atomic Energy Agency

ü         World Economic Forum For The Middle East

ü         Nuclear Emergency Network

ü         The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and nuclear security

Week Two

Module Objectives

By the conclusion of the specified learning experiences, delegates will be able to:

v      Demonstrate an understanding of the extent to which International Relations affects our daily lives;

v      Conceptualize International Relations as a field of political science that is concerned mainly with explaining political outcomes in international security affairs and in international political economy.

v      Demonstrate the extent to which theories complement descriptive narratives in explaining international events and outcomes;

v      Exhibit an understanding of the persistent theoretical and methodological disagreement between scholars

v      Exhibit a heightened understanding of the notion that a few basic core principles shape the field of International Relations;

v      Demonstrate their understanding that International Relations is associated with the issue of collective versus individual interests;

v      Explain the three basic principles of International Relations- dominance, reciprocity, and identity

v      Justify the major sub disciplines of International Relations- international security and international political economy (IPE).

v      Demonstrate their understanding of the reasons why States are the most important actors in  International Relations

v      Lead a discussion into the bases of International System is relation to the sovereignty of independent territorial states.

v      Exhibit an understanding of the variance of states, in relation to the size of population and economy or  microstates to great powers;

v      Provide a rationale for the fact that non state actors such as multinational corporations (MNCs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) exert an increasing amount of influence on international relations;

v      Internalise the fact that the worldwide revolution in communication and communications technologies (ICTs) have a remarkable effect on the reshaping of the capabilities and preferences of actors in International Relations;

v      Name the four levels of International Relations analysis, notably individual, domestic, interstate, and global, explaining why they provide multiple explanations to, and simultaneously outcomes of, International Relations;

v      Explain the global level of International Relations analysis, particularly with respect to the effect of technological change and the global gap in wealth between the industrialized North and the poor South;

v      Be able to explain why World Wars I and II, provide a contradictory view of the utility of hard-line or conciliatory foreign policies;

v      Exhibit a heightened understanding of why post-war policies revolved around the East-West rivalry of the Cold War;

v      Indicate how the ‘bipolar standoff’ created stability and averted wars between the ‘great powers’;

v      Provide a rationale for the general cooperation between great powers in the post Cold-War era, despite the appearance of new ethnic and regional conflicts;

v      Explain why the ‘war on terrorism’, although having broad international support, has an uncertain scope and duration

v      Indicate the extent to which The U.S. military campaign in Iraq has divided the great powers, heightening anti-US sentiments, internationally;

v      Demonstrate an awareness of China’s increasingly central role in world politics.

Module Contents, Concepts and Issues

v      International Law

v      Theories of International Relations

v      The effect of International Relations on Daily lives

v      International Relations as a field of political science

v      Role and intended outcome of political science in international security affairs

v      Role of political science in international political economy

v      International Events and Consequence for International Relations

v      Basic Principles that shape  International Relations

v      Three basic principles of International Relations- Dominance, Reciprocity, and Identity.

v      International Security and International Political Economy as sub-disciplines of  International Relations