North Star Library: Special talk

Community Service by the Local International University By Dr. Giuseppe Mario Saccone,Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,Faculty of Liberal Arts, Asian University, 89 Moo 12,Highway 331, Tambon Huaiyai, Chon Buri

How to understand the world we live in: International Relations and Foreign Policy in the Competitive Global ContextToday we are living in an interdependent world: The well-being of all communities can be substantially affected by international developments like financial and banking crises, fluctuations in energy prices, tariff barriers, increases or decreases in the number of wars, old style ideological conflicts, and possibly and more arguably new emerging conflicts of civilization, etc. International Relation is the description and explanation of international events and international events are actions taken by actors directed at targets across borders. Foreign policy is the set of values that guide a national government combined with the procedures and strategies it uses to pursue its goals in international relations.The purpose of this talk is to examine and discuss some major theories of International Relations and some key political concepts relevant to World Politics Thursday, February 26 200915.00 – 16.30 Meeting Room, North Star LibraryPlease call 038-716-755 or sign up at the reception.Free for public and coffee break to be provided.