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On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Assess the inter-relationships, tensions and synergies between various approaches to the study of international politics
- Reflect critically upon core debates in international theory as viewed in the light of contemporary considerations on the role and status of theory in the philosophy of the social sciences
- Reflect critically on the impact of contemporary concerns on the writing of history.
- Reflect critically on different theoretical approaches in international politics
- Assess the assumptions and theories that underpin some of the most important alternative conceptualisations of security.
- Reflect critically on contending perspectives and interpretations of a specified case study in international relations
- Apply the conceptual material studied on the module to a specific case study and show how it helps us to think about the key theoretical debates.
- Historically assess the significance of a seminal event in international relations
- Evaluate the strengths and weakness of different historical sources.
- Evaluate the assumptions, theories and practices that have defined traditional studies of intelligence
- Critically evaluate the assumptions and theories that underpin the concept of 'intelligence failure'.
- Reflect critically on the assumptions, theories and practices that define the field of Strategic Studies.
- Evaluate the key intellectual and policy debates about the future trajectory of European politics within the wider context of the global international system.

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