This programme combines a sound basis of advanced knowledge and understanding in the broader and more disparate field of International Studies with the opportunity to choose optional specialist areas of study from among those offered in the School, and other schools such as Modern Languages and Cultures. The particular interests reflected in the choice of options may then be developed through the researching and writing of a dissertation. Through the programme, you will gain advanced knowledge and understanding of: the extent to which an international community has developed and the driving forces shaping its development; factors determining humanitarian interventions; process of globalisation in the political, economic, cultural and scientific fields; the governance role of international organizations; Historical and/or contemporary issues and debates in the politics and political economy of specific states and/or areas and/or international institutions and organizations; regime analysis and the concept of soft power governance; an appropriate topic in international politics of their choice.