Arabic and International Relations

About this course

Arabic and international relations is a combination that develops both practical linguistic competence in one of the world's most geopolitically significant languages and a rigorous analytical framework for understanding global politics and international affairs. Arabic is by far the most commonly used language of the Middle East and North Africa, a region of enormous strategic importance, and the ability to engage with Arabic-language sources, media, and interlocutors is a genuine differentiator in many careers involving the region. International relations develops your understanding of how the global system is organised, how states and institutions interact, and how conflict, cooperation, and international law shape the world we live in. St Andrews offers Arabic in combination with international relations as a four-year full-time MA (Hons) programme that includes a year abroad, giving

Where its graduates go

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