USESEN022 International Relations in Eastern Europe

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Jirásek, CSc.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In its three freely chronologically successive study blocks, the course is intended to approximate the main trends and key events from history of international relations and diplomacy in the region of central and eastern Europe from the end of World War I till present day. The first block reminds the forms and decline of Versailles system as well as preparation of new organization of central-eastern Europe after World War II, the second then follows the foreign policy and diplomacy of Soviet block in the period of cold war, the third deals with current international relations in given region. The specific attention is then paid to foreign policy of Czechoslovakia and the Czech republic and relation with neighbour countries and superpowers. The main aim is to portray the continuity of historical development, influential and international relations and solving key regional problems in current globalized world.
Syllabus
  • 1. The causes of foundation of Versailles system and its consequences in central-eastern Europe
    2. Central Europe between communism and Nazism
    3. Preparations of new structure of central European in World War II
    4. Foundation of Soviet block and beginnings of cold war
    5. East - West: key problems of international relations in the period of cold war
    6. Forced cooperation and mechanicals of government in Soviet block
    7. Kremlin and crisis of Soviet empire
    8. Main concepts and trends of current international relations viewed by central and eastern Europe
    9. Russian foreign policy after 1991
    10. Conflicts and stabilization of youth-east Europe
    11. Perspectives of integration and cooperation of central European countries
    12. Problems of regional cooperation in north-east Europe
Literature
    required literature
  • Časopisy. Mezinárodní vztahy, Mezinárodní politika. ISBN Mezinárodní vztah. info
  • DURMAN, K. Popely ještě žhavé. Velká politika 1938 - 1991 I. Praha: Karolinum, 2004. info
  • WAISOVÁ, Š. Mezinárodní organizace a režimy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2003. info
  • CABADA, L. (ed.). Perspektivy regionu střední Evropy. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2002. info
  • DURMAN, K. Útěk od praporů. Kreml a krize impéria 1964-1991. Praha, Karolinum, 1998. info
  • PLECHANOVOVÁ, B. - FIDLER, J. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1945 - 1995. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a po, 1997. info
  • MORAVCOVÁ, D.- BĚLINA, P. - Pečenka, M. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1914 - 1941. Praha:I.S.E, 1994. info
    recommended literature
  • WAISOVÁ, Š. Řešení konfliktů v mezinárodních vztazích. Praha: Portál, 2005. info
  • DEJMEK, J. Československo, jeho sousedé a velmoci ve XX. století (1918-1992). Vybrané kapitoly z dějin čs. zahraniční politiky. Praha: CEP, 2002. info
  • ZEMAN, Z. Vzestup a pád komunistické Evropy. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2012, Summer 2014, Summer 2015.
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