This course is designed to be highly flexible to allow examination and discussion of important issues in international relations that may not be covered by other courses in international relations. Discussion topics will be selected by the instructor with emphasis on current events. Students are encouraged to apply learned concepts, theories and analytic approaches to critically understand and explain international events and phenomena in the real world. This course also provides an opportunity for students to independently investigate and explore international issues that intellectually interest them.

CILO-1: Identify and describe key frontier methods and skills of digital technologies in the field of international relations. CILO-2: Summarize and discuss ways of linking methods of digital technologies with research topics of international relations. CILO-3: Apply relevant methods of digital technologies to analysis of real cases and topics of international relations. CILO-4: Communicate effectively the outcomes and achievements of using digital technologies in international relations research.