Starting from an introductory part on the origin, method and definitions of the discipline, the course traces the history of international relations from the end of the Great War to today. It also explores the political interdependence between the EEC, the European Union and the Mediterranean.

Introductory part

1. The history of international relations: origin, method and definitions 2. From diplomatic history to the history of international relations. 3. The history of international relations in the contemporary age.

General part. Topics, hairpin bends and interpretative categories :

1919 - 1929. The creation of a new international system in the aftermath of the First World War.
1929 - 1939. The failure of an international order: towards a new European war.
1939 - 1945. World War II: from European conflict to global confrontation.
1945 - 1956. The origins of the cold war and the birth of two opposing systems.
1945 - 1960. The emergence of a new world: independence, liberation movements, non-alignment.
1957 - 1969. The short season of a bipolar world: from the age of crisis to the premises of the "great relaxation".
1968 - 1980. The fracture of the 1970s: crisis in the West and awareness of the South of the world.
1979 - 1991. From the new cold war to the end of the East - West clash.
1992 - 2001. The illusion of a new international order.
2001 - 2019. From a multipolar world to a new international disorder?

Monographic part
It is possible to choose between the following in-depth courses:

Path of study A.
The European Union and the Mediterranean. International relations, political and regional crises (1947-2016)

The United States, Europe and the Mediterranean. Development aid and capitalist stabilization from the Marshall Plan to the return to convertibility. The Treaties of Rome, the EEC and the Mediterranean. Italy and regional imbalances in the Community of Six. The launch of policies towards third countries. The crisis of the seventies. The EEC and the Arab states in the "long seventies". Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean from "Eurafrica" ​​to the end of the Cold War. Paris and its geopolitical dilemma in post-Cold War Europe. The EU and the lost opportunity of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. Sources in the Historical Archives of the European Union.

Path of study B.
The European Union and the Mediterranean. Political interdependence and media representations (1947-2017).

Italy between Europe and the Mediterranean: the public discourse and political propaganda of the Christian Democrats (1948-1958). "The Sixty Fleet Band". Sounds and rhythms of the American model between Europe and the Mediterranean. Decolonization and the new idea of ​​Europe in the Italian media narrative (1950-1962). "Le vie del petroleum": the case study of the ENI film section. Italy, the EEC and the Gulf War: from national televisions to the birth of Euronews (1990-1992). Europe in Italian political cultures between the "First" and "Second Republic". Photography and the war between Europe and the Mediterranean. Women and the Mediterranean through cinema. The European Union and the Mediterranean after the Arab uprisings. The "removal" of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Sicily in Europe - Europe in Sicily.

Introductory part

E. Di Nolfo, Prima lezione di storia delle relazioni internazionali,
Laterza, Roma Bari, 2014 (2’ edizione), ISBN 9788842080831, pp. 156.

General part

A.Varsori, Storia internazionale. Dal 1919 a oggi,
il Mulino, Milano, 2020 (2’ edizione), ISBN 978881524853, pp. 509.

Monographic part

Path of study A
S.Cruciani, M. Ridolfi (a cura di), L’Unione Europea e il Mediterraneo. Relazioni internazionali, crisi politiche e regionali (1947- 2016),
Franco Angeli, Milano, 2017; ISBN 9788891761460, pp. 225 (5 essays of your choice).

Path of study B
S. Cruciani, M. Ridolfi (a cura di), L'Unione Europea e il Mediterraneo. Interdipendenza politica e rappresentazioni mediatiche (1947-2017),
FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2017; ISBN 9788891769015, pp. 230 (5 essays of your choise).