The particular interests reflected in the choice of options may then be developed through the researching and writing of a dissertation.

Through the International Relations programme at Durham University, 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
• The processes of globalisation in the political, economic, cultural and scientific fields
• The governance role of international organisations
• How the degree of integration of countries into the international political and economic system varies and the determinants of those variations
• Historical and/or contemporary issues and debates in the politics and political economy of specific states and/or areas and/or international institutions and organisations
• Regime analysis and the concept of soft power governance
• An appropriate topic in international politics of their choice