MVZ807 Introduction into Security Policy

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Petr Vilímek, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
Fri 27. 11. 12:00–13:40 P22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of the course MVZ807 Introduction into the Security Policy is to acquaint students with the evolution of security policy in the second half of the 20th century, especially with the regard to the era of the Cold War and its end. The second part of this course is focused on the transformation of international security environment in the post-Cold War era and on the most serious security threats and issues of the Second nuclear age (e.g. proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missile technologies, a role of nuclear weapons, rogue states). Attention will be also paid to main arms control negotiations and their results.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to familiarise students with the basic concepts and terminology of Strategic Studies; to understand the development of the international security environment in the Cold War; to acquire basic knowledge of the post-Cold War security architecture and the main security threats;
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic concepts and terminology
  • 2. Security issues in the 1940s
  • 3. Massive Retaliation, American military superiority and a Soviet response
  • 4. From the era of American superiority toward strategic parity
  • 5. Arms control negotiations during the 1960s and 1970s
  • 6. Soviet ballistic missile defense systems
  • 7. American ballistic missile defense systems
  • 8. Evolution of security issues in the 1980s
  • 9. Arms control and disarmament process in the 1980s
  • 10. Negotiations on strategic arms reduction after the Cold War
  • 11. Multilateral arms control treaties (NPT, CTBT, BTWC, CWC)
  • 12. France, China, United Kingdom and small nuclear powers
  • 13. Rogue States (North Korea, Iraq, Iran)
Literature
  • CIRINCIONE, Joseph, Jon B. WOLFSTHAL and Miriam RAJKUMAR. Deadly arsenals : nuclear, biological, and chemical threats. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005, x,490 s. ISBN 087003216X. info
  • KUCHYŇKOVÁ, Petra and Petr SUCHÝ. Kontrola zbrojení a odzbrojení - řešení, nebo problém sám o sobě? (Arms Control and Disarmament - Solution to a Problem or a Problem in itself?). In Vývoj a výsledky procesů kontroly zbrojení a odzbrojování. Marnost nad marnost? 1st ed. Brno: IIPS, 2005, p. 9-14. ISBN 80-210-3881-0. info
  • KHOL, Radek and František ŠULC. Protiraketová obrana : americký projekt a jeho mezinárodní souvislosti. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, 2004, 160, xvi. ISBN 8086506428. info
  • ROJČÍK, Ondřej and Petr (eds.) VILÍMEK. Proliferace jaderných zbraní: problémoví aktéři. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2006, 124 pp. Ediční řada Studie. Svazek č. 40. ISBN 80-210-4119-6. info
  • Smoke, Richard: National Security and Nuclear Dilemma. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by a written exam. Overall assessment is composed of the final written examination (40 points), midterm written examination (10 points) and seminar paper (10 points).
Grading scale: A (57-60), B (53-56), C (48-52), D (44-47), E (40-43), F (below 40 points)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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