Theories of International Relations - JPM945

• Title: Theories of International Relations (TIR)
• Guaranteed by: Department of International Relations (23-KMV)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 80 / unknown (80)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Aliaksei Kazharski, Ph.D.; Mgr. Jakub Tesař, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Aliaksei Kazharski, Ph.D.; Mgr. Jakub Tesař, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses not for incoming students
• Co-requisite : {Group of co-requisites for JPM945 (J#0881 nebo J#0891)}
• Incompatibility : JPM043, JPM314
• Is incompatible with: JPM043, JPM314

Annotation

Last update: Aliaksei Kazharski, Ph.D. (09.10.2023)

Link to the course in Moodle (this is where you will find the readings and the doc version of the syllabus):


https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=15633

1) The teaching of the course starts in the second week of the semester, on Monday, October 9th.
2) Due to the last-minute change of the head teacher, the new syllabus will be uploaded at the end of September.
3) For now, people should contact Aliaksei Kazharski at [e-mail]

The course provides students with advanced understanding of key theories and concepts for analysis of international politics. It covers major subjects of international relations, both perennial and of particular concern at the present time, from war and peace to how power and wealth are distributed, cooperation works sometimes (and not at other times), and megatrends such as climate change impacts on global politics.

The course is divided into twelve sessions. Attendance of the sessions is strongly recommended. Students are expected to have read and familiarised themselves with assigned reading prior to each lecture.

Literature

Last update: doc. PhDr. Ondřej Ditrych, M.Phil., Ph.D. (18.09.2022)

Please see syllabus. All readings are available in the Moodle.

Teaching methods

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Tesař, Ph.D. (19.09.2023)

The classes take place each week in Jinonice. The course consistly of assigned literature, weekly lectures and the final exam.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Tesař, Ph.D. (19.09.2023)

In line with Opatření děkanky 17/2018, the following grading scale is used:

91% and more         A

81-90%                   B

71-80%                   C

61-70%                   D

51-60%                   E

0-50%                     F

Syllabus

Last update: Aliaksei Kazharski, Ph.D. (06.10.2023)

The course is divided into the following sessions:

Session 1. Intro session. Rules and requirements. Warm-up discussion

Sessions 2. War, hegemony,  power transitions: offensive realism and beyond

Session 4. Nuclear arms and deterrence: strategic realism and game theory

Session 5. Domestic politics and foreign policies: neoclassical realism
Session 6. International institutions and regimes: liberalism and rational choice theory
Session 7. Theorizing regional integration. Neofunctionalism, intergovernmentalism, post-functionalism
Session 8. Non-governmental organizations and international humanitarian aid: neo-institutionalist organizational theory
Session 9. National interest, identity, and recognition: “a narrative theory of action” (social constructivism)
Session 10. Critical perspectives on international security. Securitization theory
Session 11. Borders, spaces, and regions: post-structuralism and critical geopolitics
Session 12. Reserve session. Revision and discussion