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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (04.09.2015)
Since China has a major stake in preserving the safety of SLOCs for the import of natural resources from Africa and the Middle East and the export of material goods, its maritime activities are expanding into the Indian Ocean, where they intersect with India, which aspires to a bold strategy of becoming the guarantor of the safety of SLOCs in the Indian Ocean and thereby views any Chinese activity in the region with anxiety. The United States, which still has the most powerful navy in the world and a traditionally strong presence both in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean, serves as a counterweight to the claims and aspirations of regional states - claiming to be neutral in questions of territorial issues, Washington can potentially play the role of a balancer or stabilizer in the case of regional conflict. Tensions in the maritime regions of Eastern, Southeastern and Southern Asia are undoubtedly growing and certain analysts identify the region as having a high potential for future conflict. The role of regional multilateral organizations may play an important role in the event of mitigating conflict. However, the most important part will be played by the three regional powers - United States, China and India - and the interplay of their interests. |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (02.09.2015)
The aim of this course is to provide students with a broad overview of the contemporary dynamics and tensions in the region of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The course will introduce students to international maritime law and its role in the various territorial disputes in the South and East China Seas. The aspirations of regional stakeholders will be analysed with respect to mutual frictions and overlaps of interests. The role of the United States and regional multilateral organizations (such as ASEAN) and their potential part in solving or mitigating conflict in the region will be discussed. The final seminar in the series will focus on the current aspirations of regional powers in the Artic Ocean, as the topic and the ensuing issues are in many ways analogical to problems in the Indo-Pacific region. |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (01.10.2017)
Students will be required to participate actively in discussions and read compulsory readings - this will constitute 20 points of the overall grade During the semester, each student will give a 5-10 minute "news flash" presentation regarding a contemporary issue linked to maritime security and/or territorial disputes in the Indo-Pacific* - this will constitute 30 points of the overall grade At the end of the semester, students will hand in a 8-10 page research paper - this will constitute 50 points of the overall grade In order to pass the course, students will need to gain at least 70 points (out of 100 possible) *Students will choose topics for their presentation arbitrarily based on the monitoring of specialized internet news sites, such as: Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
The length of compulsory readings for each seminar ranges from 20 to 30 pages.
Grading: 100 - 91 points: 1, A 90 - 81 points: 2, B 80 - 70 points: 3, C
Sanctions: Late submission of final essay: -1 points/day Student does not arrive for his/her “news flash” presentation without prior excuse: -20 points
Class Ethics: (A) Any use of quoted texts in essays must be acknowledged. Such use must meet the following conditions: 1. the beginning and end of the quoted passage must be shown with quotation marks 2. when quoting from periodicals or books, the name(s) of author(s), book or article titles, the year of publication, and page from which the passage is quoted must all be stated in footnotes or endnotes; 3. internet sourcing must include a full web address where the text can be found as well as the date the web page was visited by the author. Please, use the style of Chicago Manual of Style. (B) In case the use of any texts other than those written by the author is established without proper acknowledgement as defined in (A), the paper will be deemed plagiarized and handed over to the Disciplinary Commission of the Faculty of Social Sciences. |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (06.09.2015)
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (29.09.2017)
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (29.09.2017)
1. Geography of the region and natural resources (5.10.2017)
2. The law of the seas - UNCLOS (12.10.2017)
3. Security of sea lines of communication (SLOCs) (19.10.2017)
4. Class cancelled (26.10.2017) 5. Territorial disputes - South China Sea, East China Sea, Sea of Japan (2.11.2017)
6. Current and historical presence of the United States in the region (9.11.2017)
7. China' stakes - trade and energy security (16.11.2017)
8. India's aspirations (23.11.2017)
9. Military spending and strategies of regional stakeholders (30.11.2017)
10. Air-Sea Battle and the US "pivot" to Asia-Pacific (7.12.2017)
11. ASEAN and multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific (14.12.2017)
12. Contemporary developments in the Artic area - parallels between South China Sea disputes (21.12.2017)
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (02.09.2015)
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (02.09.2015)
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