Bachelor 2025/2026

International Political Economy

Type: Elective course (International Relations)

Delivered by: School of International Affairs

When: 3 year, 3, 4 module

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Maxim Bratersky

Language: English

Contact hours: 48

Course Syllabus

Abstract

During the course, students will study the key issues and problems relating to political regulation of international economic relations, including world trade, the global financial system, global value chains, problems of global governance, such specific features of the modern international political economy as economic sanctions, etc. Close attention will be paid to the study of international institutions, the political role of states, use of different economic instruments of the foreign policy, and ability to make projections about the future.