Graduate programs in international relations at Monash are designed to enable graduates in politics or cognate disciplines to explore, at an advanced level, the many issues raised by the rapidly changing nature of the contemporary international system. What kind of new world order, or disorder, is emerging in the aftermath of the Cold War? How are security issues to be understood in a newly fluid and multi-polar international system? How is economic globalisation affecting the sovereignty of states and the economic policies which governments pursue at home and abroad? What is the significance of new agenda issues such as human rights and the environment in contemporary international politics? How far can the consideration of ethical, normative and cultural issues contribute to the understanding of politics across state boundaries?
For students who wish to undertake research in international relations at masters or doctoral level, staff are able to provide supervision in a wide variety of sub-fields, including Australian foreign policy; US foreign policy; international relations in East and Southeast Asia; arms control and strategic studies; globalisation; international political economy; international law; nationalism; international relations theory; ethics and international relations; and international history. Refer also to http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/about/.
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