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Short Course inINTERNATIONAL RELATIONSThe Economics of Diplomacy

2017

LONDON NEW YORK ROME MILAN FLORENCE MADRID

THE ECONOMICS OF DIPLOMACY

Elio D’Anna

Elio D’AnnaESE Founder and President

“The economy of a country, its wealth, is directly proportional to the number of luminous individuals that live in that country. Healthy, upright, complete individuals.

This prosperity cannot be reached by separate states at odds with each other – there must be a healing in the psychology of man. What we are missing is a vision of man as a whole, what we are missing is a ‘European Consciousness’. The United States of Europe can only be the natural consequence of the growth and development of a European consciousness. Being European doesn’t mean to occupy a certain geographic area in Europe. Being European means thinking as a European, living in a country with European beliefs and traditions, and feeling as a European. Being European is an inside-out process which means to develop in each citizen a European consciousness - an inner sense of European patriotism - a conscious, eternal idea of a united nation called ‘Europe’.”


ABOUT ESE

The European School of Economics, founded by a man with a dream, now has centres over three continents and in the world’s major cities: London, New York, Rome, Milan, Florence, and Madrid. The College is a privately funded institution, providing Undergraduate, Post-graduate and Executive programmes focused on guiding students towards self-discovery, and bringing them to the realisation of their own innate qualities and uniqueness, developing each of them as leaders regardless of the field they choose to pursue.

Education today seems to be the antithesis to the classical models laid out by the ancient Greeks, in which schools encouraged the pupils to question, to participate, and before all else - to know themselves. The European School of Economics believes that the world one lives in is none other than a reflection of the inner states he lives, and that the more one knows and therefore masters himself, the more he can create a world that is pleasing for himself and others. All courses at the European School of Economics are concentrated on the individual as the most vital element.

ESE PHILOSOPHY

The world is a mere reflection of the world we live and dream internally. An individual whose aim is order and beauty cannot help but manifest this integrity in the external world. A man who loves himself and so, the world around him cannot help but create, emanate and instill order wherever he goes.

“For a man of Integrity manifestation takes place simultaneously with his Dream. Reality is whatever he dreams of, manifesting instantly before him. Without integrity, reality is also whatever you think or feel or say, but there is an apparent time lag for its manifestation. From a higher dimensional level of existence every thought is instantly manifested into reality, and polarity is just an illusion. You have to see everything as a whole - complete and perfect and know that there is nothing wrong no matter how bad or how good it may seem. Unity is your very nature and you are the very reason for everything that happens. Everything you think, feel and do is creating your whole world up to the most distant stars…”

Elio D’Anna

Founder and President European School of Economics


Short Course inINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The purpose of this course is to provide you with a basic understanding of foreign affairs and introduce you to the fundamental principles of international relations within the political science framework.

These principles will serve as the foundation for more advanced study in the International Relations field and will help you not only develop the critical thinking skills you need in order to analyze conflicts between states but the human realtions skills you need to proactively avoid them.

The difference between international relations and global diplomacy is that

while traditional international relations is a study from afar, diplomacy will prepare you to actively pursue solutions that will serve to ensure and project a world where unity and security prevail.

Diplomacy, in its purest form is not the art of prevailing over one’s rivals to make change, but the orchestration of perfection of communication skills to build understanding and harmony in the world as it is.

The creation of a more harmonious world depends on the individual, his level of responsibility, his creativity, his ideas, his vision.

WELCOME TO THE ECONOMICS OF DIPLOMACY AT ESE


PROGRAMME STRUCTURECourse Participants will attend 2 of the following three modules which will be offered evenings and some weekends over a ten-week period, in addition to the opportu-nity of selecting additional modules from the current business and management courses offered at their chosen ESE center. E Business and E Commerce, for example, have the broadest application spectrum, but students are encouraged to choose based on already acquired skills and aspirations.

DIPLOMATIC METHODS AND EXTERNAL POLICY

Course OutlineModern states and quasi-governmental organisations face an increasingly technical and complex agenda in the course of conducting their foreign policy. This course is concerned with the way in which states conduct their business internationally and their foreign policy. The overall aim is to provide students of politics, management and others practical and analytical insights into the problems and issues arising from the organisation, representation, negotiation, treaties and multilateral diplomacy of modern states

and quasi-governmental organisations. Seminars will cover organisation of foreign ministry and negotiation methods. Case studies will be drawn from past, present and potential future trouble spots such as the Yugoslav conflict, Gulf Way and Middle East issues. Diplomacy is a vital element in the world’s mutual survival.

Course Delivery and Assessment The course covers lectures and reading from texts, supplementary books and newspapers and periodicals with the possibility of audio-visual methods and guest speakers. Two exams will cover written assessment, each of 40% with no more than 20% assigned to oral assessment.

Syllabus• International Diplomatic Systems in History Ancient worlds: pre-Greece, Greece, Rome; China, early Islam, Italian City States, Early Modern Period, Modern period, Classic readings (from Theoedides to Kissinger)• International Setting: Realism, Pluralism, Globalism, Ethnicity, Transnational• Basic Methodologies and Functions:

Conflict resolution, Mediation, Juristrictional issues, Summit diplomacy, Shuttle diplomacy, Realpolitik, Non-alignment, Proactive stances: including but not limited to the protest notes to withdrawal of ambassadors to war, Economic and political instruments of policy: rewards and punishments, Functions: reporting of military, social, economic and negotiations• Diplomatic policy objectives: Short, middle and long term objectives • Open vs. clandestine diplomacy: Ambassadorial style: centralisation vs. decentralisation, Career diplomats vs. political appointments, generalists vs. specialists: economic, technical, rhetorical, women as diplomats, the politician as lawyer (adversarial approach) vs. diplomatic ‘career diplomat’, bureaucratic thinking• Current and Future issues: Terrorism, multinationals, the information age• Paradigms/model: for example, Kissinger, Nicholson• Normative consideration: Ethics and morality; diplomacy and peace• Peace• Public diplomacy: the battle for public opinion


ECONOMICS OF WORK, LEISURE AND CONSUMPTION

Course OutlineFocus is on the role of work, leisure and consumption in the economy in Italy, Europe and globally. Topics include the historical evolution of work and working hour, modern organisations, the sexual division of labour and “women’s role”, the recent rise in work time regulations.

Alternative consumption models such as relative income, additional and permanent income are covered. Ecological critique of consumption is discussed as well as future possibilities in the transformation of structures of work, leisure and consumption.

Course Delivery and Assessment The course will be delivered through a series of lectures and discussion groups. Assessment will be made through two written examinations and the weightings are as follows:

Mid-module written examination 40%End written examination 60%

SyllabusHistorical Evolution if Work and Working: Pre-industrial revolution, industrial

revolution of Britain in the mid-19th Century, industrial transformation in other countries.

• Modern Organisations• Gender: - Historical development of females in the workforce - Women’s domestic work, non-workforce - Interdisciplinary elements, culture, psychology, biology, politics• Case Study: Work of female writers in economics and of male writers on gender issues from the 18th to the 20th century, France, Britain etc.• Child and Migrant Labour: History and current issues

• Macroeconomic forces: Recent rise in worktime, shared time• Models of Consumption: Addiction, relative income, permanent income, other emerging models• Ecological critique of consumption: History, from scholasticism to Engels to the Greens, Contra critique: history and present• Possibilities of Transforming structures of work, leisure and consumption: - The information age, gender, sharetime, other issues - Cultural and psychological issues, other issues• Emerging markets: ‘Developed’ and developing economies• Future prospects


INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Course OutlineThis course is designed to give the participants insight into the principle actors in the international relations scenario. Students will be introduced to the principle theories and approaches that govern the study of international relations today. When possible, students will also be encouraged to attend lectures, seminars and presentations outside of school which may provide useful information and background material to deepen the interest and understanding of this fascinating subject area.

Course Delivery and Assessment The course will be assessed by written examination.

Written Examination Part 1 50%Written Examination Part 2 50%

Syllabus• Introduction to the course How to study international relations: The tools, The meaning of international relations, The three traditional doctrines, Method and levels of analysis, A systematic approach to international politics, Imperialist, Structuralism and Neo-Marxist theories, Interdependency

and Integration theories, Neo-Realism and Neo-Liberalist institutionalism

• The international system: players, resources, objectives and strategies States, national interest and foreign politics, Power, factors of power and influence, Evaluating national power, The objectives of foreign politics, Diplomacy, propaganda, strategy, The “Diplomacy of Violence”, Coercion and Dissuasion, The use of force in international politics, Economics as a tool, International Organisations and Trans-national players

• The international system: structure and process

Cooperation and conflict in the international arena, The search for security: the “security dilemma” and security systems, International conflict, crisis, war, Methods on how to handle and resolve conflicts, Arms, the Arms Race, controlling armaments and disarmament, The degree of polarisation of international systems, Theory and practice of the balance of power, Alliances, neutrality and non-alignment, Structure and international order, Factors of change in the international order

• Birth and development of the contemporary world system The Eurocentric international system


and society, The thirty year war: the fall of the Eurocentric system, National liberation movements and the process of decolonization, The impact of the scientific-technological revolution, Mutual deterrence: the balance of terror, The unstable stability of the bipolar system, Europe and the two superpowers: the process of integration, Disintegration of society and traditional culture: youth, feminism

• Contemporary international politics: problems Triumph or crisis of the state system?, Economic-financial globalisation and state crisis, Balance of power or international supremacy, The possible players of a multipolar set-up, Ascent or decline of international organisations?, United Nations reforms: problems and perspectives, NATO and international security organisations, The missions for restoration and maintenance of peace, Violence in post-modern international politics, The proliferation of mass distribution of arms, Consequences of the last “technological military revolution”, Safety zone vs. war zone?, Terrorism, organised crime and “international civil war”, Interdependence, integration, world attention and “global challenge”, The crisis of European

integration after Maastricht, The global media system and CNN politics, The communications and awareness of society

• Global challenges Safety, environment, health, resources, The hard road to development: misery (black Africa) and nobility (Far East), Towards a global society? Threats, From

the “end of history” to the “encounter of civilisations”, The periphery: fundamentalists, anti-bureaucrats and democrats of Eastern Europe, “Zapatistas”, The centre: environmentalists, neo-communists, spiritualists-millenarians, feminists, Crisis of consensus, foreign and international policy, Order and disorder after the end of the Cold War.


ADMISSION INFORMATION

Application Process:To apply for the course, candidates are required to fill out an online application form and submit a non-refundable application fee of € 50.00.

Entry requirements:• Application form• High School or Undergraduate Degree Diploma• Résumé / CV (include reference to all previous education)• Personal Statement• Intermediate command of the English language (TOEFL/IELTS is a plus)• Photocopy of passport / ID document• Three passport-sized photographs• Non-refundable € 50.00 online application fee

Maximum number of admittance: 30 (in order to provide a unique learning experience with a ratio between Professor to students, no more than 30 students will be admitted into this programme).

Internship programme: Students will undergo an assessment with the ESE Placement Officer, so as to determine their eligibility for an internship placement. The placement office will assist eligible students in obtaining an internship fitting their profile and career objectives.

Credits & Recognition: No ECTS credits awarded. Upon comple-tion of the programme, students receive a Certificate of Attendance awarded by the European School of Economics.

The Course online application form is available online at http://apply.eselondon.ac.uk/ca

Programme FeesPlease refer to: www.eselondon.ac.uk

Application DeadlineAdmissions at ESE are carried out on a rolling basis process and as such there is no deadline for applications for a particular intake. However, given the limited number of places on the programme, we recommend that you present your application as soon as possible.


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