- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
America in the World: Post-Trump Diplomacy 4219-SG041-OG
How to understand and respond to the current global challenges? After political change in the US leadership many of us ask the question if America will really return to its global leadership – as new President Joe Biden declared – or it will go along the lines expressed and executed by former president, Donald Trump. We will try to get deeper to the U.S. policy towards the major global threats such as international, organized terrorism, emergence of new, unpredictable members of nuclear club, climate change and Paris Agreement or mass migration processes. We will also examine and discuss situation around Middle East, Iran and North Korea and the US position on those problems. Much of our attention will be focused on the US policy towards China and Russia – the major competitors on the world scene. We plan, as a background for our conversations, to go through the current efforts to construct a new world economic order. Main topics:
1. U.S. – global power. History and current position.
2. Global threats: myths and truth.
3. Organized terrorism. Beginning or twilight?
4. Changing faces of terrorism in the era of cyber global village.
5. Nuclear energy and weapon: What should we be afraid of?
6. Nuclear Club and its new members.
7. Non-proliferation or how to slow down the nuclear race?
8. Climate change. Why do we make a harm to ourselves?
9. Hot points: Middle East, Iran, North Korea.
10. US-China: the top of the mountain you cannot get down.
11. Russia: partner or adversary?
12. Poland: where are we on the map of US foreign policy?
Type of course
general courses
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Upon completing this course, a student:
KNOWLEDGE
1. General knowledge in the area of international political and economic relations with special reference to the US role in the global world.
2. General knowledge in the area of international co-operation
3. Functional knowledge on the foreign service structure and practice.
4. Diplomacy language.
SKILLS:
1. Building up the projects in the area of international co-operation.
2. Fluency in analysis of global processes.
3. Building up the professional political, economic, cultural and social contacts in the international area.
SOCIAL COMPETENCES:
1. Communication skills
2. Proficiency in working out the joint international projects.
3. Understanding of the global problems.
Assessment criteria
- Attendance - 20% (max 2 absences accepted)
- Active participation - 40%
- Evaluation of the team elaborated presentation and individual essay on selected problem (min. 1500 words) - 40%
Bibliography
Ralph G. Carter: Making US Foreign Policy. 2019, Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc.
Fareed Zakaria: The Post-America World. 2008, W.W. Norton & Co.
Michael Cox, Dough Strokes, US Foreign Policy, 2018
Thomas H. Henriksen: Cycles in US Foreign Policy Since the Cold War. Springer-Verlag, 2017
https://www.state.gov/a-foreign-policy-for-the-american-people/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/02/04/remarks-by-president-biden-on-americas-place-in-the-world/
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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