Introduction to international relations 2104-ERASMUS-INIR
The course will examine three key themes of the post-Cold War international relations: (1) the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the new international order; (2) the post-Cold War era: democratic peace, conflict of civilizations or return to Big Power politics, and the division of the West; and (3) the rise of China and the future of Russia as world powers
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Assessment criteria
20%-news report
80%- written final exam
students volunteering for class presentations may earn up to 20% of the course grade
Bibliography
READINGS:
(1) Brzezinski, Zbigniew, Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power (New York: Basic Books, 2012);
(2) Cooper, Robert, The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-First Century (New York: Grove Press, 2003) ISBN 0-8021-4164-1;
(3) Kagan, Robert, Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order (New York: Vintage Books, 2004) ISBN 1-4000-3418-3;
(4) Kagan, Robert, The Return of History and the End of Dreams (New York: Vintage Books, 2009) ISBN 978-0-307-38988-6;
(5) Kennan, George F., “The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” Foreign Affairs, July 1947;
(6) Kissinger, Henry, Diplomacy (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994) ISBN 0-671-65991-x;
(7) Kissinger, Henry, On China (New York: Penguin, 2011) ISBN 978-1-59420-271-1;
(8) Putin, Vladimir, Address by President of the Russian Federation, March 18, 2014 [http:en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/20603];
(9) Putin, Vladimir, Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly, December 4, 2014 [http:en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/47173];
(10) Putin, Vladimir, Putin’s speech at the Valdai Club – full transcript, Oct. 25, 2014 [vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2014/10/putins-speech-at-valdai-club-full.html].
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