CDS443 Eurasian Security

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Josef Kraus, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Elizabeth Anderson (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Otto Eibl, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Josef Kraus, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 16:00–17:40 M117
Prerequisites
Teaching methods consist of lectures, class discussions and presentations of thematic papers. The course consists of lectures mixed together with semminars including class discussion. Teaching methods include: lectures, class discussions, precision of argumentation, use of audiovisual materials (documentary movies) followed by discussions, presentation of thematic papers. The course combines lectures and seminars that enable substantial utilization of class discussion as one of major stimuli for students' participation. The students will deal with extensive readings that will be utilized to exam. Student will prepare one thematic paper (theme is voluntary, must be connected with subject and approved by teacher) and present it in appropriate lesson.
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 is to introduce students to key problems of security in Eruasia. At the end of the course the students shall be capable to evaluate most important issues of Eurasian Security as geopolitical situation, major armed conflict, energy and resource politics, religious radicalism and extremism, internationatl organized crime networks and trasnationalized non- state armed actors.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the course - basic informations about the course 2. Specification and Demarcation of Eurasia – basic geopraphical a historical facts 3. Global geopolitics of Eurasia 4. Resource and Energy Games in Eurasia I. – Persian Gulf and Caspian Basin 5. Resource and Energy Games in Eurasia II. – South China Sea 6. Reconnection of Eurasia – New Silk Road, TRACECA, Sea transport (String of Pearls. Piracy) 7. Eastern Europa as conflict zone (Russia versus Ukraine etc.) 8. Organized Crime in Eurasia – russian mafiya, chinese triads, yakuza 9. Warlordism nad Militias in Eurasia – Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Iraq and Caucasus 10. Proliferation of WMD – Iran case, Pakistani – Indian conflict, Syria 11. Middle East as zone of religious violence 12. Terrrorist Networks across Eurasia 13. Migration and Eurasia – main routes
Teaching methods
Crygiel, J. (2006): Great Powers and Geopolitical Change. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Klare, M. (2001): Resource wars: the new landscape of global conflict, Metropolitan Books, New York. Fürtig, H. (2006): Iran´s rivalry with Saudi Arabia between the Gulf Wars, Garnet Publishing Limited, Lebanon Starr, F. (2007): The New Silk Roads. Transport and Trade in Greater Central Asia. Washington, DC: CACI. Kuchins, A. – Mankoff, K. (2015): Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia, Washington, DC: CSIS. Menon, J. – Rumer, E. (2015): Conflict in Ukraine. Boston : MIT Press. Kupatadze, A. (2012): Organized Crime, Political Transitions and State Formation in Post-Soviet Eurasia. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Marten, K. (2012) Warlords. Strong Arms Brokers in Weak States. London and Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Cirincione, J. – Wolfsthal, J. Rajkumar, M. (2005): Deadly Arsenals. Washington: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Wehrey, Frederic M. Sectarian politics in the Gulf : from the Iraq war to the Arab uprisings, New York: Columbia University Press. Sageman, M. (2004): Understanding Terror Networks. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Kelly M. Greenhill (2010): Weapons of mass migration: forced displacement, coercion, and foreign policy, Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018.
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