The course introduces the student to the analysis of international politics. Through the conceptual tools provided by the main approaches of the various research theories of International Relations, the course aims to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to analyze, from a theoretical and empirical perspective, the phenomena of international politics. At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to: orientate himself in the contemporary debate about the theories of international relations; interpret the main political processes at the international, transnational and supranational level; apply the acquired notions, also in conjunction with other disciplines, to specific phenomena of international politics.