Introduction to international studies

TABLE OF CONTENT/INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

1. CONCEPT OF FOREIGN POLICY
2. DIPLOMACY
3. FOREIGN POLICIES OF AFRICA AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
4. FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL INTEREST
5. FOREIGN POLICY EXECUTION
6. INTERNATIONAL HISTORY/DIPLOMATIC HISTORY
7. INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
8. METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF FORMULATING FOREIGN POLICY
9. NEGOTIATING SKILLS
10. PRINCIPLES OF BARGAINING AND NEGOTIATION
11. THE BALANCE OF POWER
12. THE DISCIPLINE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
13. THE NATURE AND CONCEPT OF HUMANITY IN AFRICAN RELIGION
14. THE NUCLEAR THREAT AND INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY
15. THE POWER THEORY
16. THE SEARCH OF NATIONAL SECURITY CONTENTS
17. THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION AND THE REFUGEE PROBLEM
18. THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
19. UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS CONTENTS
20. WAR AND STRIFE IN AFRICA: ISSUES IN PEACEKEEPING
21. WHAT IS POWER?

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