James Q. Whitaker Special Course I - JPM510 (US Foreigh Policy: Contemporary Security Challenges)

• Anglický název: James Q. Whitaker Special Course I
• Zajišťuje: Katedra mezinárodních vztahů (23-KMV)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2010 do 2010
• Semestr: oba
• E-Kredity: 7
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: kombinovaná
• Rozsah, examinace: 1/1, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: zimní:neomezen / neomezen (25); letní:neurčen / neurčen (25)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: nevyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu; předmět lze zapsat v ZS i LS
• Garant: doc. PhDr. Běla Plechanovová, CSc.; Dr. rer. pol. Michal Parízek, M.Sc., Ph.D.; Prof. David Haglund
• Vyučující: doc. PhDr. Běla Plechanovová, CSc.
• Je prerekvizitou pro: JPM523

Anotace

Poslední úprava: PARIZEK (20.02.2010)

In Summer semester 2010 this course offers a series of lectures on US FOREIGN POLICY: CONTEMPORARY SECURITY CHALLENGES delivered by prof. David Haglund, Queens University.
The lectures take place during the week 19 - 23 APRIL 2010. The one-week course will introduce students to contemporary policy discussions in Washington regarding the nature of current and likely future security challenges and the most appropriate responses thereto.

Literatura

Poslední úprava: PARIZEK (19.02.2010)

The readings will be posted here well in advance of the course; there will be two short articles for each lecture. Students subscribing to the course will be notified.

Metody výuky

Poslední úprava: PARIZEK (19.02.2010)

Block course, 5 seminars taking place on:

Monday April 19, 15.30 - 16.50

Tuesday April 20, 12.30 - 13.50

Wednesday April 21, 11 - 12.20

Thursday April 22, 12.30 - 13.50

Friday April 23, 11 - 12.20

Attendance is required, one absence is tolerated.

Term paper, 3000 words

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: PARIZEK (26.02.2010)

Monday, 19 April: International Terrorism

Leslie S. Lebl, "Radical Islam in Europe," Orbis 54 (January 2010): 46-60.

Dov S. Zakheim, "What?s In a Name? Ending the ?War? on Terror," American Interest (May/June 2008): 17-24.

Tuesday, 20 April: "Revisionist" States

Christopher Layne, "The Waning of U.S. Hegemony - Myth or Reality?" International Security 34 (Summer 2009): 147-72.

Daniel W. Drezner, "Bad Debts: Assessing China?s Financial Influence in Great Power Politics," International Security 34 (Fall 2009): 7-45.

Wednesday, 21 April: Nuclear Weapons

Francis J. Gavin, "Same As It Ever Was: Nuclear Alarmism, Proliferation, and the Cold War," International Security 34 (Winter 2009/10): 7-37.

Bradley L. Bowman, "The ?Demand-Side?: Avoiding a Nuclear-Armed Iran," Orbis 52 (January 2008): 627-42.

Thursday, 22 April: Environment (including Resources)

Michael T. Klare, "Oil, Iraq, and American Foreign Policy: The Continuing Salience of the Carter Doctrine," International Journal 62 (Winter 2006/2007): 31-42.

David G. Victor et al., "The Geoengineering Option: A Last Resort Against Global Warming?" Foreign Affairs 88 (March/April 2009): 64-76.

Friday, 23 April: Transatlantic Alliance

Stephen M. Walt, "Alliances in a Unipolar World," World Politics 61 (January 2009): 86-120.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, "An Agenda for NATO: Toward a Global Security Web," Foreign Affairs 88 (September/October 2009): 2-20.