FSS:MVZb2027 Intelligence Services - Course Information
MVZb2027 Intelligence Services and International Politics
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Ing Libor Kutěj, Ph.D. (lecturer), prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, Ph.D. (deputy)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies - Prerequisites
- ! MVZ227 Intelligence Services && ! NOW ( MVZ227 Intelligence Services )
The course is open to undergraduate students with good command of Czech language. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 102/100 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 23 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The goal of the course is to acquaint students with the role of intelligence services in the process of formulation and implementation of foreign policy by states.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students will be able:
- orient themselves in the terminology of intelligence;
- understand main methods of collection of intelligence;
- learn about intelligence services of world powers and other selected states; - Syllabus
- 1-2) Introduction. Intelligence in IR in the bipolar world and after the end of the Cold War. Czech intelligence community. 3-4) Selected intelligence terminology.Intelligence cycle. OSINT, SIGINT a IMINT. Analysis of intelligence outputs. 5-6) HUMINT. Information operations. Secret operations. 7-8) Intelligence community of selected states: USA, Russian Federation, France, United Kingdom, FRG, Israel. 9-10) Analysis of selected cases of intelligence operations with impact on international relations. 11-12) Analysis of selected cases of intelligence operations with impact on international relations.
- Literature
- • STEHLÍK, M.: Zpravodajské služby a jejich úloha v boji proti organizovanému zločinu a terorismu. Diplomová práce. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Právnická fakulta, 2010. s. 11-64.
- • HORÁK, O., ŠUHAJ, M.: Nová role zpravodajství. In: Vojenské rozhledy, č. 3/2009. Praha: MO-Agentura vojenských informací a služeb, 2009. s. 37-42. ISSN 1210-3292.
- • KUTĚJ, L.: Možnosti zpravodajství pro mezinárodní bezpečnost. In: Vojenské rozhledy, č. 1/2005. Praha: MO-Agentura vojenských informací a služeb, 2005. s. 59-61. ISSN 1210-3292.
- • BEST, R. A.: Covert Action: An Effective Instrument of U.S. Foreign Policy? CRS Report for Congress. Congressional Research Service - The Library of Congress. Washington, D. C., 1996. Dostupné na http://congressionalresearch.com/96-844/document.php
- • KUTĚJ. L.: Význam obranného zpravodajství ve změněných geopolitických podmínkách. In: Vojenské rozhledy, č. 4/2004. Praha: MO-Agentura vojenských informací a služeb, 2004. s. 47-53. ISSN 1210-3292.
- • KUTĚJ, L.: Výpadky zpravodajství a jeho hodnověrnost. In: Vojenské rozhledy, č. 2/2004. Praha: MO-Agentura vojenských informací a služeb, 2004. s. 52-55. ISSN 1210-3292.
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussions.
- Assessment methods
- The course is concluded with a written test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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