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Úvod do strategických studií - JPM267
Anglický název: Introduction to Strategic Studies
Zajišťuje: Katedra mezinárodních vztahů (23-KMV)
Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
Platnost: od 2008 do 2009
Semestr: zimní
E-Kredity: 5
Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:1/1, Zk [HT]
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4EU+: ne
Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
Stav předmětu: vyučován
Jazyk výuky: čeština
Způsob výuky: prezenční
Způsob výuky: prezenční
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Garant: Mgr. Petr Anděl, Ph.D.
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Sylabus - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jan Ludvík, Ph.D. (26.09.2012)

Strategic Studies (LECTURE/SEMINAR; 1/1)

 

(academic year 2011-2012)

 

Five-session format, 5 credits

 

Lectures: Fridays: 14.10 (1pm-4pm); 11.11. (1pm-4pm); 25.11. (1pm-4pm)

Seminars: Friday: 9.12. (1pm-6pm)

Examination: 6.1. (10:00 am-12:00 am)

 

CONVENER:

 

PhDr. RNDr. Nik Hynek, M.A., PgDip Res, Ph.D. (Bradford)

  • office hours: upon request

 

TEACHING ASSISTANTS:

 

Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Ludvík

  • office hours: upon request

 

Mgr. Michal Smetana

  • office hours: upon request

 

 

 

AVAILABILITY OF THE COURSE:

This is a compulsory master-level course tailored for the Security Studies Program. The course combines lectures and seminars in 1:1 ratio. Both lectures and seminars are compulsory and both need to be passed successfully in order for the student to qualify for the final grade. The expected maximum number of enrolled students is 30. The course can also be chosen as an elective course by Erasmus students and other exchange students. However, the students of the Program have priority in the enrolment process to all other students regardless of the order/date of the latter’s enrolment.

 

 

PREREQUISITES:

None.

 

 

CO-REQUISITES:

None.

 

 

ANNOTATION AND COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 

This course aims at achieving three broad objectives. Firstly, it establishes a knowledge pool enabling an understanding of the main concepts, issues and contours concerning the field of Strategic Studies. Secondly, it is designed to encourage enrolled students in developing critical thinking and transferable skills. Finally, since the course is organised and taught entirely in English, it intends to improve students’ abilities connected to academic writing and oral skills in this language. With regard to the logic of the course organisation, it is divided into three main parts. The course starts with an introduction to the theory of war and strategy from the perspective of the field of Strategic Studies. It continues with an examination of strategic thinking and practices appertaining to deterrence (both conventional and nuclear) and also analyses its possible links to missile defence. Finally, there are analysed selected issues pertinent to Strategic Studies, namely the topics of modern limited wars, coercive diplomacy and the role of sanctions as strategy.

 

 

TEACHING METHODS:

The course consists of five semi-bloc sessions. The first three sessions consist entirely of lectures and will serve as a theoretical and practical introduction to Strategic Studies. Although lectures usually confer all activity to the lecturer and students listen passively and take notes, it is not going to be the case in this course. Students are encouraged to actively participate, ask questions and challenge some of the concepts and view. Additionally, there will be briefing slots in each of the lectures for students to be able to comment and analyse related issues. The other two sessions will serve as seminars-proper in their entirety. It will be the enrolled students who will take over these sessions. The seminars will be organised around group, in-class presentations of students’ preliminary findings concerning their projects. Each student will present the first stage of her/his project and these findings will be critically discussed and challenged by the classmates. It means that every student needs to be aware of the specifics of the discussed issue and not just those who selected it for a project. At the end of the semester, students will individually hand the final results of their project to the teaching assistant in a form of a report.

 

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

After completing this course, students should be able to bridge relevant concepts with empirical evidence as far as theory and practice of Strategic Studies is concerned.

PREPARATION FOR CLASSES:

Active knowledge of compulsory literature; active preparation for each of the seminars.

 

CREDIT REQUIREMENTS:

 

ATTENDANCE:

Attendance in the lectures as well as in the seminars is compulsory and will be recorded through the means of an attendance sheet. Students are expected to prepare for active participation in the seminars by reading the recommended texts, which will be accessible in the electronic form, in advance, and their individual contributions will be assessed formatively (see below). Students’ active participation will be supported by chosen teaching methods/ activities (e.g. debates, simulations, problem-solving etc.)

 

ASSESSMENT:

The following structure of assessment with three weighted elements ensures continuous active participation of students during the term and aims to decrease the usual level of stress resulting from one dominant assignment (typically an examination) at the end of the term.

 

The Structure of Assessment:

 

1. Active involvement (20 %):

Your active involvement in discussions is strongly encouraged and will be reflected by 20 % in the composition of your overall mark.

 

2. Project (30 %: oral in-class presentation of preliminary results):

Students are expected to select one theme that arises from or is inspired by and related to the course for the preparation of their own project. The choice of topic must be approved by the course leader. The project consists of an oral presentation of your findings during the seminar on a given topic (10 minutes/person, for a PowerPoint presentation contact the teaching assistant in advance) and the submission of the final report (the report will be submitted by a group - i.e. 1 report per group; 2,500 words/person; references not counted; deadline: 24.12.2010, 24:00). In respect of information sources for the project, students are encouraged to utilise the university pre-paid electronic sources as well as familiarise themselves with so-called "grey literature" (working and discussion papers of various research institutes, international organisations and think-tanks). Each presentation and report will have to include additional eight sources per student. Plagiarism is a serious academic offence and is strictly prohibited.

 

3. Examination (50 %):

The final written examination will consist of questions from the required reading and lectures. Three questions will be offered and each student will have to select two according to his/her preferences and answer them (i.e. one will be left unanswered). Questions will be open and the student is expected to give sufficiently detailed, clear, and logically coherent answers, which can contain diagrams and bullet points.

 

The minimal threshold for students to qualify themselves for completing the course is 60 % of the overall mark. Student must complete all four assignments in order to be marked (i.e. all elements need to be over 60 %).

 

Enrolled students are expected to have sufficient knowledge of English for the purposes of this course.

 

 

 

COURSE STRUCTURE - AN OVERVIEW:

 

Session 1 (14.10. 2011; 1pm-4pm): Introduction to the Theory of War and Strategy

 

·         What is strategy?

·         The role and the overview of strategic studies.

·         A theory of victory

·         Strategic thinking beyond Clausewitz and Sun Tzu

 

Compulsory reading:

 

Brodie, Bernard (1949), ‘Strategy as a Science’, World Politics, Vol.1, No.4, pp. 467-488.

Bull, Hedley (1968), ‘Strategic Studies and Its Critics’, World Politics, Vol.20, No.4, pp. 593-605.

Betts, Richard K. (1997), ‘Should Strategic Studies Survive?’, World Politics, Vol. 50, No.1, pp. 7-33.

Freedman, Lawrence (2006), ‘The Transformation of Strategic Affairs’, Adelphi Paper 379, Oxford and London: Oxford University Press/IISS.

Bartholomees, J. Boone (2010), ‘A Theory of Victory’, in J. Boone Bartholomees, U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues Volume I: Theory of War and Strategy, Carlisle PA:  Strategic Studies Institute, pp. 79-94.

Bartholomees, J. Boone (2010), ‘A Survey of the Theory of Strategy’, in J. Boone Bartholomees, U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Issues Volume I: Theory of War and Strategy, Carlisle PA:  Strategic Studies Institute, pp. 13-43.

 

 

Session 2 (11.11. 2011; 1pm-4pm): Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Arms Control

 

·         Basic typology of nuclear weapons and the means of their delivery

·         Nuclear triad and its strategic implications

·         Arms control and disarmament - theory, history and current issues

·         U.S. nuclear strategy in the 21st century - Nuclear Posture Review and Operations Plan

Compulsory reading:

 

Bohlen, Avis (2003) The Rise and Fall of Arms Control. Survival, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 7-34.

Blair, Bruce, Esin, Victor, McKinzie, Matthew, Yarynich, Valery, Zolotarev, Pavel (2010) Smaller and Safer. Foreign Affairs, vol. 89, no. 5, pp. 9-16.

Shultz, George P., Perry, William J., Kissinger, Henry A., Nunn, Sam (2008) Toward a Nuclear-Free World. The Wall Street Journal (15.1.2008) Dostupné z http://www.nuclearsecurityproject.org/publications/toward-a-nuclear-free-world

McDonough, David S. (2003) The 2002 Nuclear Posture Review: The ‘New Triad’, Counterproliferation, and U.S. Grand Strategy. Vancouver: Centre of International Relations.

Nuclear Posture Review Report (2010) United States Department of Defense. Dostupné z http://www.defense.gov/npr/docs/2010%20Nuclear%20Posture%20Review%20Report.pdf (pp. iii-xvi)

 

 

 

Session 3 (25.11.2011, 1pm-4pm): Modalities of Deterrence and Missile Defence

 

·         Conventional deterrence

·         Cold War and nuclear deterrence

·         Current modalities of deterrence (and their relationship do missile defence)

·         Nuclear weapons taboo and non-proliferation

 

Compulsory reading:

 

Wohlstetter, Albert (1959), ‘Delicate Balance of Terror’, Foreign Affairs, Vol.37, No.2, pp. 211-234.

Snyder, Glenn. (1960), ‘Deterrence and Power’, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol.4, No.2, pp. 163-178.

Mearsheimer, John J. (1983), Conventional Deterrence, Ithaca: Cornell University Press. (chapters will be specified in the beginning of the course)

Powell, Robert (2003), ‘Nuclear Deterrence Theory, Nuclear Proliferation, and National Missile Defense’, International Security, Vol.27, No.4, pp. 86-118.

Tannenwald, Nina (2007): The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (chapters 1, 2, 9, 10)

Hynek, Nik (2010), ‘Missile Defence Discourses and Practices in Relevant Modalities of 21st Century Deterrence’, Security Dialogue, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 435-459.

 

 

 

Sessions 4 and 5 (9.12.2011, 1pm-6pm;): Seminar I. and II (presentation of students’ research projects)

 

The final exam (6.1.2012, 10am-12am)

 
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