OVp055 International Politics after 1945

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Marta Goňcová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Marta Goňcová, CSc.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
OVp055/01: Thu 10:00–11:50 učebna 30, M. Goňcová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course the students should be able to analyse current problems of international relations.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students should be able to analyse current problems of international relations.
Syllabus
  • 1.World after World War II - expectations and reality (Europe, America, Asia, Africa). International organizations. 2. Cold War 1946-1953. War in  Korea. 1956 - Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia. Suez crisis. 3. 1960 as the year of Africa. The Berlin and Caribbean crises. 4. Wars in  Indochina - France 1946-1954, USA 1964-1973. 5. The years 1970-1975 as a period of de-escalation. Helsinki, 1975. 6. The ascension of M. Gorbachev and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc - Poland, Hungary Czechoslovakia, Romania; german reunification. 7. USSR in  Afghanistan (1979-1989), Foreign Policy of Russia - Chechen Wars (1994-1996, 1999-2000), Nagorno-Karabakh (1988-1994-2020), Crimea 2014, War in Ukraine. 8. Wars in Europe -Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1966-1998), Greece and Turkey fight over Cyprus (1974). War in the Balkans-states of the former Yugoslavia in  1989-2024. 9.American Foreign Policy - Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan (2002-2021), Syria. The Arab Spring and migration. The situation in Venezuela, Brazil. 10. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 11. Africa - Western Sahara, Sudan, Rwanda 1994,.. 12. China, India, Pakistan, Kashmir.
Literature
    required literature
  • V. Nálevka: Světová politika 20. století. Díl 1. a 2. Praha 2000
  • Veselý Zdeněk: Dějiny mezinárodních vztahů. Plzeň 2007, ISBN 978-80-7380-018-5
    recommended literature
  • BARŠA, Pavel and Ondřej CÍSAŘ. Anarchie a řád ve světové politice. Kapitoly z teorie mezinárodních vztahů (Anarchy and Order in World Politics). Praha: Portál, 2008, 559 pp. mimo edice. ISBN 978-80-7367-094-8. URL info
  • KINDER, Hermann and Werner HILGERMANN. Encyklopedický atlas světových dějin : mapy a chronologický přehled. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1998, 628 s. : m. ISBN 80-7106-243-X. info
  • AXTMANN, Dirk. Lexikon Dritte Welt :Länder, Organisationen, Theorien, Begriffe, Personen. Edited by Dieter Nohlen - Elisabeth Fisseni. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 2000, 867 s. ISBN 3-499-60684-4. info
  • SCHRAEPLER, Hans-Albrecht. Taschenbuch der Internationalen Organisationen : Daten, Aufbau, Ziele, Enstehung und Mitglieder der wichtigsten Europäischen und Internationalen Zusammenschlüsse. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1984, xxiii, 474. ISBN 3-423-05641-X. info
  • Krejčí, Oskar: Mezinárodní politika. Šesté vydání. Praha: Ekopress 2021
  • KREJČÍ, Oskar. Geopolitika Číny. První vydání. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2021, 489 stran. ISBN 9788088260516. info
  • BRADLEY, J. F. N. Válka a mír po roce 1945 : dějiny vztahů mezi Sovětským svazem a Západem. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1994, 199 s. ISBN 8085605724. info
    not specified
  • KOESTLER, Arthur. Příslib a naplnění : Palestina 1917-1949. Translated by Aleš Valenta. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2024, 397 stran. ISBN 9788020033444. info
Teaching methods
Group projects; class discussion.
Assessment methods
Credit for active participation in the seminar and presentation of the project.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
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