Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
• Describe the course
• Discuss the syllabus
• Discuss the course outline
• Discuss the course requirements
• Introduce the theoretical framework through which contemporary issues will be analyzed
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Read Viotti & Kauppi (2012) Ch. 3, pp. 52-99 |
2) |
• Illustrate specific aspects of globalization
• Discuss the role of key actors in the field of international relations
• Compare the differences between the terms international relations and world politics
• Evaluate the roles of states and non-state actors in international relations in a comparative manner
• Discuss the concepts of security, economy and identity
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Read Viotti & Kauppi (2012) Ch. 2, pp. 24-51
J. S. Goldstein and J. C. Pevehouse (2013-2014) International Relations, New York: Pearson, 10th Edition, Ch. 10, pp. 354-385
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3) |
• Explain the main aspects of world politics
• Discuss the main actors of the world politics
• Discuss the main developments leading to modern world politics
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Martha Finnemore and Katherine Sikkink, “International norm dynamics and political change”, International Organization, 52, 4, Autumn 1998, pp 887-917. |
4) |
• Explain different sources of the international law
• Compare different international law systems throughout history
• Compare different international law understanding by different regions
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Martha Finnemore and Katherine Sikkink, “International norm dynamics and political change”, International Organization, 52, 4, Autumn 1998, pp 887-917. |
5) |
• Identify the components of world order
• Explain the place of states within the international order
• Discuss the sovereignty concept
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Stephan Krasner, “Abidin sovereignty”, International Political Science Review, Vol.22, No.3, 229-251. |
6) |
• International organizations and NGOs
• Define international organizations, NGOs and hybrid organizations
• Compare the role of different types of international organizations for international politics
• Discuss the formation of alliances and coalitions by states to enhance their security
• Define key terms of global civil society, international organizations, international regimes, natural law, just war, pacta sunt servanda
• Discuss how international organizations and law have an impact on state decisions
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Robert Jervis, “Realism, neoliberalism, and cooperation: Understanding the debate”, International Security, Vol.24, No.1, (Summer 1999), pp. 42-63. |
7) |
• Define human rights
• Differentiate among diverse strains of liberalism that underlie definitions of human rights in the United States and other countries
• Evaluate the American perspective on human rights
• Define key terms in human rights studies
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Christian Reus-Smith, “Human rights in a global ecumene”, International Affairs, 87:5, 2011, 1205-1218. |
8) |
• Discuss which conflicts are to classified as interstate
• Illustrate how the international system, the individual and group, and the state and societal levels of analysis help to understand the causes of interstate conflicts
• Apply moral or ethical considerations to both the decision to use force or go to war and conduct in the war itself
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Read Viotti & Kauppi (2012) Ch. 8, pp. 261-293
Robert Gilpin, “The theory of hegemonic war”, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol.18, No.4, The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars, Spring 1988, pp. 591-613.
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9) |
Midterm Exam |
None |
10) |
Peacemaking and peacebuilding |
Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis, “International peacebuilding: A theoritical and quantitative analysis”, The American Political Science Review, Vol.94, No.4, (Dec.2000), 779-801 |
11) |
• Just war tradition and humanitarian intervention
• Describe the history of humanitarian intervention
• Discuss major policymaking approaches to dealing strategically with
the threat mass atrocity crimes
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Carrie Booth Walling, “Human rights norms, state sovereignty, and humanitarian intervention”, Human Rights Quarterly, Volume 37, Number 2, May 2015, pp. 383-413. |
12) |
• Discuss classical trade theory in relation to comparative advantage and unequal terms of trade
• Differentiate between classical and neoclassical economic understandings
• Apply free trade theory to present-day circumstances of uneven development
• Explain the role of international monetary institutions in maintaining global trade and monetary regimes
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Read Viotti & Kauppi (2012) Ch. 12, pp. 418-452
Susan Strange, “International economics and international relations: A case of mutual neglect”, International Affairs, Vol. 46, No. 2, (Apr.1970), pp. 304-315.
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13) |
• Discuss the importance of environmental problems
• Compare the geographic differences in the approaches towards environment
• Evaluate international agreements on environmental issues
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Joana Castro Pereira, “Environmental issues and international relations, a new global (dis)order – the role of international relations in promoting a concerted international system”, Rev. Bras. Polit. Int, 58 (1), 191-209, 2015. |
14) |
• Discuss different aspects of security
• Explain threats to security at different levels of analysis
• Compare the role of international actors for the security
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Barry Buzan, “The English school: A neglected approach to international security studies”, Security Dialogue, 46, 2, pp. 126-143. |
15) |
• Final Exam |
None |