International
Relations and European StudiesInternational Relations and European Studies
The Department of International Relations and European Studies (IRES) is a center of excellence for education, training, and research. It has an interdisciplinary faculty, including international relations scholars, historians, lawyers, economists, and political scientists, and a professional staff. The department seeks to bridge the gap between cutting-edge international relations scholarship from the West and regional expertise and knowledge. In this respect, the department hopes to contribute to the development of a new tradition of international relations in Europe. IRES is one of the most competitive programs for international relation theory and the studies on the European integration in the region. The department encourages students to think of international relations scholarship, including the research on the European integration, as historically-and culturally- contingent practices. Students at IRES department can specialize in three areas of studies: Theories of International Studies, International Political Economy, and Studies on the European Union. As for the latter field of studies, the Center for the Study of the European Enlargement (CSEE) at CEU reinforces the research on the European Union and analysis on the processes of the European enlargements. For more information about IRES and its course offerings visit Department of IRES website or download/print Department brochure.
Selected Areas of Research
Research areas for the Department of International Relations and
European Studies include: civil warfare and nationalism; enlargement
of the EU; ethnic conflicts; EU politics; European integration;
international and comparative political theory; international refugee
law; leading sectors and the variety of transnational capitalism in
Eastern Europe; political economy of international monetary relations;
politics of economic-policy making; capitalism diversity on Europe's periphery; Southwestern European studies; Russian foreign policy.
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