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Poslední úprava: doc. Martin Riegl, Ph.D. (28.10.2019)
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D. (27.09.2021)
Literatura na seminář v Moodle (přístup zapsaným studentům). Účast na semináři a četba10% Prezentace - seminar 20% Midterm 20% Závěrečný test 50%
Známkování 100 % - 91 % ...A 90 % - 81 % ... B 80 % - 71 % ... C 70 % - 61 % ... D 60 % - 50% ... E Less than 50 % ... F
Témata seminářů a četba: 1) Introduction - no seminar 5.10.
2) Borders of Europe 12.10. a) European colonialism - links of UK, France, Spain and Portugal to their ex-colonies b) Borders of Europe
Reading: KOLOSSOV, V. (2005) "Border Studies: Changing Perspectives and Theoretical Approaches", Geopolitics 10/4, pp. 606-32 SACK, R.D. (1983) "Human Territoriality: A Theory", Annals of Association of American Geographers 73/1, pp. 55-74 MARCU, S. (2009) "The Geopolitics of the Eastern Border of the European Union: The Case of Romania-Moldova-Ukraine", Geopolitics 14/3, pp. 409-32
3) Geopolitical theories 19.10. a) Europe as a Geopolitical Actor in the 21st Century b) Position of Central Europe c) Europe and Geoeconomics
Reading: COHEN, S. B. (2015). Geopolitics: The Geography of International Relations (London: Rowman & Littlefield), pp. 1-11, 179-216 LUTTWAK, E. N. (2003). From Geopolitics to Geo-economics: Logic of Conflict, Grammar of Commerce. In: Ó Tuathail, G.; Dalby, S.; Routledge, P., The Geopolitics Reader (London: Routledge), pp. 125-130
4) Future of the EU 26.10. a) EU institutions b) History and future of Schengen area c) Extremism Reading: ZIELONKA, J. (2006) Europe as Empire: The Nature of the Enlarged European Union (Oxford: Oxford University Press) pp. 1-20 ZIELONKA, J. (2014) Is the EU Doomed? (Cambridge: Polity Press) pp. 101-114
5) Secessionism in Europe 2.11. a) secessionism in the EU (Scotland) b) secessionism in the EU (Catalonia, Venezia,...) c) secessionism in Europe and frozen conflicts (Crimea, Transdniestria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia,...)
Reading: BERAN, H. (1984) "A Liberal Theory of Secession", Political Studies 32, pp. 21-31. BIRCH, A. H. (1984) "Another Liberal Theory of Secession", Political Studies 32, pp. 596-602. WILLIAMS, P. R. Et col. (2014) "Earned Sovereignty Revisited: Creating a Strategic Framework for Managing Self-determination Based Conflicts" ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 21/2, pp. 425-51 STERIO, M. (2013) "On the Right to External Self- Determination: "Selfistans," Secession, and the Great Powers’ Rule", Minnesota Journal of International Law 19/1, pp. 137-76
6) Minorities and languages 9.11. a) special territories in Europe (Gibraltar, Ceuta and Melilla, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Aland Islands,...) b) significant minorities in Europe c) Language policies of EU and European countries
Reading: TOFT, M. D. (2003) The Geography of Ethnic Violence: Identity, Interests, and the Indivisibility of Territory (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press), pp. 17-44 GRINDHEIM, J. E. (2008) "Lost in Translation? European Integration and Language Diversity", Perspectives on European Politics and Society 9/4, pp. 451-465 BLOMMAERT, J. (2011) "The long language-ideological debate in Belgium", Journal of Multicultural Discourses 6/3, pp. 241-56
7) European security architecture 23.11. a) Post-Cold War expansion of NATO - Future predictions? Common European foreign and security policy - Tatevik b) Russian geopolitics - case of A. Dugin - Nika c) Ukrainian Crisis -
Reading: MCFAUL, M., SESTANOVICH, S., MEARSHEIMER, J.J. (2014) "Faulty Powers: Who Started the Ukrainian Crisis" Foreign Affairs at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/eastern-europe-caucasus/2014-10-17/faulty-powers RINGSMOSE, J., RYNNING, S. (2017) "Now for the Hard Part: NATO´s Strategic Adaptation to Russia", Survival 59/3, pp. 129-146. DUKE, S. W. (2019) "The Competing Logics of EU Security and Defence", Survival 61/2, pp. 123-142.
8) Europe and energy 30.11. a) Energy security of Europe b) Impact of "green" energy on Europe
Reading: ERICSON, R. E. (2009) "Eurasian Natural Gas Pipelines: The Political Economy of Network Interdependence" Eurasian Geography and Economics 50/1, pp. 28-57 BOSCE, A.-M. (2018) "EU Energy Diplomacy: Searching for New Suppliers in Azerbaijan and Iran" Geopolitics, pp. 1-29
9) Integration and Disintegration of the EU 7.12. a) Brexit b) Potential "leavers" c) New members of the EU
Reading: JOSPEH, E. P., VANGELOV, O. (2018) "Breakthrough in the Balkans: Macedonia´s New Name", Survival 60/4, pp. 37-44. HEISBOURG, F. (2018) "Europe´s Defence: Revisiting the Impact of Brexit", Survival 60/6, pp. 17-26.
10) Migration and illegal activities 14.12. a) Migration from and to Europe b) Foreign fighters in the Middle East c) Illegal activities - drug trade, human trafficking, weapons proliferation in Europe
Reading: Stambøl, E. M. (2016) "EU initiatives along the ‘cocaine routes’ to Europe: Fighting drug trafficking and terrorism by proxy?", Small Wars and Insurgencies 27/2, pp. 302-324 KOCH, A. (2019) "The Non-Jihadi Foreign Fighters: Western Right-Wing and Left-Wing Extremists in Syria", Terrorism and Political Violence, pp. 1-28
11) Interventions 21.12. a) European interventions in Africa b) European interventions in Middle East c) European interventions in South Asia
Reading: GRIFFIN, C. (2016) "Operation Barkhane and Boko Haram: French Counterterrorism and Military Cooperation in the Sahel" Small Wars and Insurgencies 27/5, pp. 896-913. SOULEIMANOV, E. A., PETRYLOVA, K. (2015) "Russia´s Policy Toward the Islamic State" Middle East Policy 22/3, pp. 66-78. |
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Poslední úprava: doc. Martin Riegl, Ph.D. (06.01.2022)
Required Reading: Carter, D.B., Poast, P. (2015). Why Do States Build Walls? Political Economy, Security, and Border Stability. Journal of Conflict Research, p. 1 – 32. Cohen, S.B. (2008). Geopolitics: The Geography of International Relations. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. - Chapter 7 De Blij, P.Muller. (2010). Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts (14th edition). John Wiley and Sons. Nex York. De Blij, H. (2010). The Power of Place. Geography, Destiny, and Globalization´s Rough Landscape. Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Chapter 2. The Imperial Legacy of Language - Chapter 3. The Fateful Geography of Religion Farrel, M., Hettne, B. and L. van Langenhove (2005): Global Politics of Regionalism: Theory and Practice . London: Pluto Press. Fawcett, L. (2005). Regionalism in World Politics: Past and Present. Ó Tuathail, P., Dalby, S. and P.Routledge (2003). Geopolitics Reader. London and New York: Routledge. Rosiére, S., Jones, R. (2012). Teichopolitics: Re-considering Globalisation Through the Role of Walls and Fences. Geopolitics, 17, p. 217 – 234. Snyder, T. (2014). Europe and Ukraine Putin´s Project. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/timothy-snyder-about-europe-and-ukraine-putin-s-project-12898389.html Tilly, Ch. (1975). The Formation of National States in Europe. New Jersey: Princetown University Press. - Chapters 1, 2 and 9. Walton, N., Zielonka, J. (2013). The New Political Geography of Europe. European Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR72_POLICY_REPORT_AW.pdf EU history. Official EU website: https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/history_en Documents: Final Act of the Congress of Vienna-General Treaty (1815) Brezhnev doctrine Brussels Treaty of Economic, Social and Cultural Collaboration and Collective Self-defense, March 17, 1948 http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/we001.asp Common European Home (Gorbachev 1989): http://polsci.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/1A_Gorbachev.pdf The General Act - The Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 by European Powers Maps of geopolitical changes from 1900 to 2000. Further articles will be announced during the semester.
Recommended literature: Z.Brzezinski. (2012). Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power. Basic Books. Buruma, A. Occidentalism. The New York Review of Books, 2002. Vol. 49, no. 1. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2002/jan/17/occidentalism/?pagination=false De Blij, H. (2012). Why Geography Matters: More Than Ever. Oxford:Oxford University Press. Chapter 9 (pp. 241-265), Chapter 10 (pp.265-293). Delanty, Gerard. Inventing Europe. Idea, Identity, Reality. London: Macmillan Press, 1995,200 s. ISBN: 0312125690. s. 84-99 and 115-155. Glassner, M. I.(1996): Political geography (second edition), John Wiley, New York (Chapters - geopolitical theories) Huntington, S. P. (1993): The Clash of Civilizations? In Foreign Affairs. http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/faculty/hauser/ps103/readings/huntingtonclashofcivilizationsforaffsummer93.pdf Mansfield, E.D., Milner, H.V. (1999). The New Wafe of Regionalism. In International Organization. Nye, J.S. The Future of Power. 2011. Public Affairs. 320 s. ISBN: 1610390695. Wallace, W. The Sharing of Sovereignty: the European Paradox. Political Studies, 1999, vol. 47, p. 503-521. ISSN: 0032-3217.
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Poslední úprava: RIEGL (01.08.2013)
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Poslední úprava: doc. Martin Riegl, Ph.D. (08.01.2024)
Course sylabus:
1. Introduction 2. Definitions: structure and dynamic of power in the world system, powers shifts https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mvpen8Fkypzd6JLAGWulBrvTvLAoQdg7/view 3. Definitions/theories: Europe in geopolitical theories Reading: Cohen, S. (2008). Geopolitics: The Geography of International Relations. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 470 pp., Chapter 2. De Blij, P.Muller. (2010). Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts (14th edition). John Wiley and Sons. Nex York. Glassner, M. I.(1996): Political geography (second edition), John Wiley, New York (Chapters - geopolitical theories) Ó Tuathail, P., Dalby, S. and P.Routledge (2003). Geopolitics Reader. London and New York: Routledge. 4. What is Europe? Creation of state system and Geopolitics of Europe till 20th century Reading: Tilly, Ch. (1975). The Formation of National States in Europe. New Jersey: Princetown University Press. Further reading: Delanty, Gerard (1995) Inventing Europe. Idea, Identity, Reality. London: Macmillan Press, pp. 84-99 and 115-155. 5. European Colonial History - Heart of Darkness Reading: Carmody, P. (2011) The New Scramble for Africa. Cambridge: Polity Press. 240 pp. Chapter 1,2. 6. European minorities - Europe on the way to WW 1, Europe between wars and in WW 2 Reading: 7. Political geography of Europe - European regionalism Reading: Cohen, S. (2008). Geopolitics: The Geography of International Relations. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 470 pp., Chapter 7. De Blij, P.Muller. (2010). Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts (14th edition). John Wiley and Sons. Nex York Walton, N., Zielonka, J. (2013). The New Political Geography of Europe. European Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR72_POLICY_REPORT_AW.pdf 8. Mid-term test 9. European integration process - model for world regions? Reading: Primary documents (treaties) of the EU, available at: http://europa.eu/eu-law/treaties/index_en.htm 10. Political geography of languages and religions as a factor of global politics Reading:. Huntington, S. P. (1993): The Clash of Civilizations? In Foreign Affairs. http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/faculty/hauser/ps103/readings/huntingtonclashofcivilizationsforaffsummer93.pdf 11. Geopolitics and geography of contemporary Europe Reading: De Blij, H. (2012). Why Geography Matters: More Than Ever. Oxford:Oxford University Press. Chapter 9 (pp. 241-265), Chapter 10 (pp.265-293) Kaplan, R.D. (2009). The Revenge of Geography. http://www.colorado.edu/geography/class_homepages/geog_4712_sum09/materials/Kaplan%202009%20Revenge%20of%20Geography.pdf 12. Geopolitics of Europe in 21st century Reading: Snyder, T. (2014). Europe and Ukraine Putin’s Project. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/timothy-snyder-about-europe-and-ukraine-putin-s-project-12898389.html Carter, D.B., Poast, P. (2015). Why Do States Build Walls? Political Economy, Security, and Border Stability. Journal of Conflict Research, p. 1 – 32. Friedman, G. (2015). What Borders Mean toEurope. Geopolitical Weekly, June 23. https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/what-borders-mean-europe Rosiére, S., Jones, R. (2012). Teichopolitics: Re-considering Globalisation Through the Role of Walls and Fences. Geopolitics, 17, p. 217 – 234. 13. Final test
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Poslední úprava: RIEGL (18.02.2013)
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