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The course gives students the opportunity to study political thinkers whose work is of important background interest to the contemporary theory and practice of international relations. In other words, its focus is the intellectual history of the discipline. The topics discussed include: the state of nature; the search for trust between nations; human nature and political institutions; nationalism; just intervention; imperialism; utilitarianism and patriotism; liberal internationalism; geopolitics; the concept of the political; power politics; morality in international politics; statesmanship; the analysis of historical trends; approaches to foreign policy.