The School of Politics and International Relations welcomes postgraduate research students and visiting research fellows to undertake research in the following areas: British Politics,European Politics, International Relations and Political theory. The School has particular strengths in critical approaches to International Relations. Subject areas covered include: conflict and (post) conflict regulation nationalism and cosmopolitanism US foreign policy imperialism globalisation and global governance comparative politics of the developing world (especially Africa, the Balkans Latin America, Middle East, south-east Asia) security social movements international political economy international political theory. This is usually three to four years for full-time programmes, and six to seven years for part-time programmes.