Poslední úprava: Aliaksei Kazharski, Ph.D. (06.09.2021)
The course provides the students with a basic overview of regional security with an enhanced focus on European and transatlantic security. Course participants will be introduced to some of the key concepts and problems discussed in the field of regional security studies. They will also gain some empirical knowledge of regional security cooperation outside of the European/Western context and will learn to adopt a comparative regionalist perspective, critically evaluating the similarities and differences in regional security challenges, political and cultural legacies, concomitant path dependencies, and the ensuing trajectories of the local institution building efforts.
Cíl předmětu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Matúš Halás, Ph.D. (15.09.2023)
The primary aim of the course is to introduce the students to the research and policy agenda of regional security. The students should be provided with conceptual and theoretical tools that can help them examine security cooperation in individual regions during later stages of their academic and/or policy careers. A secondary objective is to stimulate the development of reading, writing, debating, and critical thinking skills.
Podmínky zakončení předmětu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Matúš Halás, Ph.D. (17.09.2023)
Grade composition
Policy brief – 2 x 30%
Background paper – 20%
Presence / activity – 20%
Please, see the syllabus for details.
Literatura - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Matúš Halás, Ph.D. (15.09.2023)
Buzan, Barry & Wæver, Ole (2003): Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Katzenstein. Peter J. ed. (1996): The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World Politics. New York: Columbia University Press.
Lundestad, Geir (1999): ‘Empire by Invitation’ in the American Century. Diplomatic History. Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 189-217.
Brzezinski, Zbigniew (1996): Ukraine's Critical Role in the Post-Soviet Space. Harvard Ukrainian Studies, Vol. 20, pp. 3-8.
Kasekamp, Andres (2020): An uncertain journey to the promised land: The Baltic states’ road to NATO membership. Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 43, No. 6–7, pp. 869–896.
Börzel, Tanja A. & Risse, Thomas (2019): Grand theories of integration and the challenges of comparative regionalism. Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 26, No. 8, pp. 1231-1252.
Alberque, William & Schreer, Benjamin (2022): What Kind of NATO Allies Will Finland and Sweden Be? Survival, Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 123-136.
Huntington, Samuel P. (1993): The Clash of Civilizations? Foreign Affairs, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 22-49.
Allison, Graham (2015): The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War? The Atlantic.
Heisbourg, François (2021): Euro-Atlantic Security and the China Nexus. Survival, Vol. 63, No. 6, pp. 45-62.
Calinoff, Jordan & Gordon, David (2020): Port Investments in the Belt and Road Initiative: Is Beijing Grabbing Strategic Assets? Survival, Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 59-80.
Požadavky ke zkoušce - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Aliaksei Kazharski, Ph.D. (06.09.2021)
Viz výše soubor se sylabem kurzu / See the file containing the course syllabus
Sylabus - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Matúš Halás, Ph.D. (18.09.2023)
Intro
Regional Complexes and Security Communities
NATO and the US
Enlargement and Russia
The Baltics (Policy Brief no. 1)
Economy and the EU
The Nordics
Infrastructure (Policy Brief no. 2)
Indo-Pacific
Demographics and Culture
Middle East and North Africa
Final wrap-up (Background paper)
Vstupní požadavky - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Aliaksei Kazharski, Ph.D. (06.09.2021)
Viz výše soubor se sylabem kurzu / See the file containing the course syllabus.
Požadavky k zápisu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Aliaksei Kazharski, Ph.D. (06.09.2021)
Viz výše soubor se sylabem kurzu / See the file containing the course syllabus.
