Gracia Paramitha, S. Hub. Int, M.

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OBJECTIVE

theory
Scope of IR Issue
actor

IR/global problems
Analyze Global people
behaviour

Foreign policy
Conflict management
Components
in IR IPE/Global business
International
organization
diplomacy
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COURSE TEXT BOOK
Brown, Chris. (2005). Understanding International Relations, PALGRAVE
MACMILLAN
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York,
N.Y. 10010
Fouts, Joshua. (2006), Public Diplomacy: Practitioners, Policy Makers, and Public
Opinion, the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands in partnership with the
USC Annenberg School for Communication, USC Center on Public Diplomacy and
the Pew Research Center.
Gray, Colin S. (2007). War, Peace and International Relations, Routledge 2 Park
Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN
Griffiths, Marthin. (2007), International Relations Theory for the twenty-first
Century, Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN
Puspitasari, Irfa. (2003). Indonesias New Foreign policy, IDSA Issue Brief
Sterling, Jennifer Falker, (2006), Making Sense of International Relations Theory,
Lynne Riener Publishing, 1800 30th Street, Ste. 314 Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Szondi, Gyorgi. (2008). Nation Branding and Diplomacy, Netherland institute of
International Relations Clingendael
Veseth, Michael, (2008), What is International Polical Economy, Routledge 2 Park
Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN
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COURSE EVALUATION

Final Examinations 35%

Mid-term Examinations 25%
Assignments & Reports
/Presentations 30%
Attendance 10%

TOTAL 100%
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ASSIGNMENTS

QUIZ (1X)
PAPER REVIEW: 2-4 PAGES (2X)
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE: POWER POINT
PRESENTATION, STORY TELLING,
SONG/MUSICAL PRESENTATION, DRAWING
AND SPEECH (2X)
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EXAMINATIONS

Midterm Exam:
Written Examination (Essay)

Final Exam:
Written Examination (Essay)
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SCHEME OF WORK
Week Topic Textbook

Session 1 IInitial Engagement with International Relations (IR Brown

in the past and nowadays)

Session 2 Brown
Foreign Policy & International Relations

Theories in International Relations 1 : the mainstream Griffiths

perspective (realism, liberalism, marxism) Puspitasari
Session 3
Contemporary Indonesias Foreign Policy

Session 4 Contemporary Indonesias Foreign Policy Puspitasari

Cases in International Relations 1

Session 5 Power, Balance of Power, War, and Security Collins

Session 6 Cases in International Relations 1 Collins

War and balance of Power

Session 7 Introduction toThe Diplomacy (the origins, historical Joshua

background and its development)

Session 8 Mid-Semester Exam/Written/Personal Project

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SCHEME OF WORK
Session 9 Theories in International Relations 2 (critical Griffiths
theory, constructivism, green thought, post
structuralism)

Session 10 International Political Economy Vesseths

Session 11 International Organization Brown

Session 12 Market and Globalization Robert Gilpin

Session 13 Nation Branding Szondi

Session 14 Guest Lecture/ Cases in International Relations 2

Session 15 Class Review

Session 16 Final Examination

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GRADE CRITERIA
A 90-100 Excellent: theoretical thought/idea, very innovative writing,
performance (creativity)
Very active in each weeks and very knowledgeable (vast references,
experience)
Have high curiosity in IR and creative examples to apply IR studies
A- 85-89.99 Very good : theoretical thought/idea, innovative writing
80% Active in class
B+ 80-84.99 Quite good: theoretical thought/idea, writing, performance
60% Active in class
B 75-79.99 Good : theoretical thought/idea and writing
40% Active in class
B- 70-74.99 Basic: writing/ performance
20% active
C+ 65-69.99 Bad: writing and performance
Rarely (5%) active
C 60-64.99 Poor: theoretical thought/idea and performance
Lack of curiosity to IR and never active
C- 50-59.99 Very poor: theoretical thought/idea, writing, performance
Never submit the assignments on time
Plagiarism
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COURSE ASSUMPTION
Attendance. Please attend class and be on time for each class session. If you miss more than
3 classes, you are considered to have failed the course.

Writing Skills. You should be able to compose grammatically correct sentences, write well-
developed paragraphs, and express your ideas in a well-organized, coherent manner. For all
assignments you should use the APA (6th Edition) writing style using correct citation and
notation. Please see LSPR Referencing Guide 2012.

Completion of Assignments. It is assumed that you will turn in your assignments on time. All
written assignments are due on the dates and time indicated on the schedule. No late
submission is accepted.

Academic Integrity: All persons shall adhere to the Code of Student Conduct regarding
academic dishonesty, including acts of cheating and plagiarism.

Cheating. The willful giving or receiving of information in an unauthorized manner during an

examination, illicitly obtaining examination questions in advance, using someone elses work
or written assignments as if they were your own, or any other dishonest means of attempting
to fulfill a requirement of this course.

Plagiarism. The use of an authors words or ideas as if they were your own without giving
proper credit to the source, including but not limited to failure to acknowledge a direct
quotation. Exact wording from a source must be identified by quotation marks and citation of
the author. Concepts and ideas from sources should also be identified by citation of the
author.
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CLASSROOMS RULES
In order to be able to participate in class discussion,
you need to read the chapter and do the assignment
before class.
Be active in class discussion. Knowledge and opinion
sharing is highly encouraged.
Unless instructed by the course lecturer, you are not
allowed to use cellular phones and laptop computers
in the classroom for any activities, including (and not
limited to) text-messaging, chatting, facebooking,
IMing, BBMing, etc.
Set your cellular phones to the off mode (totally
power off) during class sessions. Failure to meet this
rule, the lecturer can confiscated the cell phone.
15 minutes tolerance for class entry. More than 15
minutes considered absent.
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WHAT IS IR?
 IR is
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diplomaticstrategic relations of states, and the characteristic focus of IR is on

issues of war and peace, conflict and cooperation

cross-border transactions of all kinds, political, economic and social

study trade negotiations or the operation of non-state institutions such

as Amnesty International as it is conventional peace talks or the workings
of the United Nations (UN)

Has continual interplay between real world and world of knowledge

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IR?
serious student of international relations needs
to have some knowledge of international history,
law, and economics as well as foreign policy and
international politics (Wilkinson, 2007).
the study of international relations is not to be
equated with current affairs
not reducible to what happens in other countries,
even though it may include it
International Relations is not reducible to foreign
policy analysis (see Waltz 1979: 1212 )
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WHY STUDY IR?

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ORIGINS OF IR

POLITICS

PHILOSOPY LAW
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IR NOW

politic
s
econo
history
my

psycho
logy IR social

comm
law unicati
on
philos
ophy
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IR at Glance

Definition : the relations among international actors

Actor

Issues
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Who is the actor?
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IR ACTOR?
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IR academics
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IR sports
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IRpreneur
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IR tainment
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IR Scholars in Indonesia
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NEW ISSUES IN IR?
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QUESTIONS?

Why you want to study IR?

Why IR is multi linkage? Especially related to
Communication?
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IR PR?

International
Relations
International Public
Relations Relations
Public
Relations

International
Public International Relations =
Relations Relations
Public
Relations
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Think like academics,

do like strategist, and
act like diplomat!
 Gracia Paramitha
Email:
gracia.paramitha89@gmail.com
Twitter/Facebook:
@GraciaParamitha