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International Relations and History

BSc · The London School of Economics and Political Science · 3 years

International Relations and History

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The London School of Economics and Political Science

AI IMPACT
MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£37,500
SATISFACTION87%
CONTINUATION95%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS80%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 41% of the work its graduates go into (High).

About this course

International relations and history is a pairing that insists on taking the past seriously when analysing the present. International relations provides the conceptual frameworks for understanding how states, institutions, and other actors interact in the world system, examining questions of power, diplomacy, conflict, trade, and global governance. History provides the evidence base and the habit of contextual thinking that prevents those frameworks from becoming too abstract. Together they produce graduates who can trace the roots of contemporary crises and engage analytically with the dynamics that shape international order. At the London School of Economics and Political Science this three-year full-time programme examines how the changing dynamics between countries, the uneven distribution of power, wealth, welfare, and knowledge, have shaped foreign policies and the international or

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