Introductory lecture to the discipline of International Relations by Dr Patrick Theiner, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Recorded in late 2020.
== Timestamps ==
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - The bigger picture of development
03:35 - The UN's role and its limits
08:05 - Origins of development at the UN
11:14 - Development in the UN Charter
11:55 - Why development has been contentious
16:16 - Where does development happen
18:38 - UN Development Programme
24:28 - ECOSOC
29:05 - What is 'Human Development'
31:48 - Human Development Report
35:29 - Human Development Index
37:13 - Millennium Development Goals
44:15 - Sustainable Development Goals
47:26 - Evaluating the SDGs
52:22 - SDG rankings
53:54 - IR theories and development
57:27 - Summary