FSS:MVZ162 Foreign Policy of Rus. Fed. - Course Information

MVZ162 Foreign Policy of Russian Federation

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Tomáš Šmíd, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.

Timetable

Wed 16:00–17:40 exP24

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

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Course objectives

The aim of the course is to make students acquainted with the development and key problems of the Russian foreign (and security) policy after 1991. The course deals with the following issues: development of foreign policy priorities of Boris Jelcin and Vladimir Putin administrations, evolution of Russian foreign policy and security doctrines, the impact of ideological conceptions, intellectual schools (liberalism, atlanticism, eurasianism, realism, geopolitics) and politicians in the key executive and legislative positions to the development of the Russian foreign policy after 1991. The course also aims to map most important issues of post-soviet Russian foreign policy relations: development of the Russian-American relations, the European dimension of the Russian foreign policy including relations with the former communist satellites in Europe, the Russian foreign policy within the CIS, the East Asia dimension of the Russian foreign policy. The course also covers some selected problems of the Russian foreign policy: the Russian policy in the Middle-East region and the attitude of the Russian federation to the key security, political and political-economic organizations regarding both the European and the international context (NATO, EU, WTO, Council of Europe).

Syllabus

• 1) Course introduction - structure and requirements 2) Introduction to the Russian foreign policy research, the development of Russian foreign policy and security doctrines after 1991 3) The Russian foreign policy creation mechanics and its practical implications (the role of the executive resorts, the president, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense; the role of legislation), the security and economic dimensions of the Russian foreign policy 4) The development of the Russian-American relations 5) The Russian federation and Europe I. (post-communist states of the Central and Eastern Europe) 6) The Russian federation and Europe II. (the relations between the Russian federation and the Western Europe, Russia-EU relations, the Russian federation as a member of the Council of Europe) 7) The Russian federation as a geopolitical actor in the post-soviet area I. (the Russian- Byelorussian state body) 8) The Russian federation as a geopolitical actor in the post-soviet area II. (Ukraine and Moldavia) 9) The Russian federation as a geopolitical actor in the post-soviet area III. (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) 10) The Russian federation as a geopolitical actor in the post-soviet area IV. (Middle Asia region) 11) The East Asia dimension of the Russian foreign policy (the attempts to build strategic partnership with China and India) 12) Selected problems of the Russian foreign policy (the question of the Russian-Japanese relations, the role of the Russian federation in the Middle East region, the position of the Russian federation in the global economics) 13) Graded credit

Literature

• Webber, M.: Russia and Europe: Conflict or Cooperation? Basingstoke: Macmillan Press 2000. s. 1-21, 28-45, 47-65, 99-124, 179-209.
• Danilin, I., V.: Lokal'nyje konflikty za rubežom i interesy Rossiji. Moskva : Centr političeskoj informaciji, 2003.ISBN 5-94750-024-8. s. 28 38.
• Rossija i osnovnyje instituty bezopasnosti v Jevrope : Vstupaja v 21 vek. Red. Dmitrij Trenin. Moskva : Centr Karnegi ; S a R, 2000. ISBN 5-94043-001-5. s. 10-22, 23-48.
• Garthoff: The great transition: american-soviet relations and the end of the cold war. Washington: Brookings institution, 1994.
• Cornell, S.: Small Nations and Great Powers. London: Curzon Press. 2003. p. 333 - 365.
• Hadžijev, K. S.: Geopolitika Kavkaza. Moskva: Meždunarodnyje otnošenija, 2001. s. 280 - 328.
• Berman, I.: The New Battleground: Central Asia and the Caucasus. The Washongton Qurterly. Winter 2004 - 2005. p. 59 - 68.
• Toward an Understanding of Russia : New European Perspectives / Edited by Janusz Bugajski and Marek Michalewski. New York : Council on Foreign Relations, 2002.ISBN 0-87609-310-1, s. 59-78; 183-209; 153-182; 97-106
• Smith, M., A.: Current Russo-Chinese Relations. Camberley : Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, 2003.
• Duleba, A. - Hirman, K.: Rusko na konci Jelcinovej éry. Bratislava: IVO 1999.
• Tsygankov, A., P. (1999): Od mezinárodního institucionalismu k revolučnímu expanzionismu: Zahraničně politická debata v současném Rusku. In: Politologický časopis, 2/1999, s. 31-47

Assessment methods

To pass the course successfully, student must submit seminar paper in scientific manner (with the relevant structure, notes and bibliography) to the extent of 10 000 sings (+/- 10%). The theme of the seminar paper should cover a particular issue based on the lectured fields 3-10. The seminar paper evaluation will be based upon the completion of the formal criterion, the content and stylistic requirements in a form of passed/failed assessment. Active approach at the seminars and the graded test will be also taken into account. Student can get up to 30 points in the graded test; to pass, students need at least 19 points.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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