This version of the International Relations programme offers the opportunity to study at the prestigious Higher School of Economics in Moscow and obtain two Master's degrees. You spend the first year at Kent and the second year in Moscow. Courses in Moscow are taught in English. The main goal of this programme is to link the general study of international relations to specific questions about Eurasia in world politics and the international economy. In the post-Cold War world in which the tectonic plates of international relations are shifting, the programme provides a unique, critical perspective on traditional approaches to studying international relations and conventional accounts of East-West relations. Students will receive high-quality teaching from eminent scholars both at Kent and the HSE in Moscow who are internationally renowned experts on international relations, Eurasian politics and the world economy. In addition to unique modules and a dissertation offering the opportunity to conduct original research, the programme also encompasses an internship (during the second year in Moscow) and other possibilities for work placements. This is a unique programme that equips students not only with superb analytical skills but also specialised knowledge and invaluable cross-cultural experiences. The programme aims to: provide a programme that will attract, and meet the needs of, those seeking advanced training in the discipline of International Relations; provide students with a research-active learning environment which gives them a good grounding in the study of international relations, including its political, social, and economic aspects; examine how state, non-state and supra-national actors behave and interact through a dynamic appreciation of different levels of analysis; ensure that students acquire advanced knowledge of theories of international relations, the heritage and development of the discipline, its major debates, its inherent nature as an interdisciplinary study, and a critical appreciation of the essentially contested nature of politics in general and international relations in particular; ensure that students acquire an advanced understanding of the relationship between theoretical, methodological, and empirical content of the issue-areas studied; provide an opportunity to study abroad in a different academic environment; contribute to students’ learning experience by offering them the opportunity to approach the study of International Relations and politics from the perspective of a different intellectual and cultural tradition.