USESEB057 Security Policy in Central Europe

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Katarína Petrlová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Katarína Petrlová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Katarína Petrlová, Ph.D.
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
The aim of the subject is to introduce the security theory to the students. After passing the subject, the student is familiar with perception of security and understands the existing approaches to security conception. The attention is paid also to the security policy of individual Central European countries, with focus on the Czech and the Slovak Republic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Security. Terminology in security.
    2. Security policy.
    3. Security strategy. Security system.
    4. Character of the Central European countries from the point of view of security policy. (2 lectures).
    5. Security threats of Central Europe.
    6. International organizations coping with international security.
    7. The Maastricht Treaty and the second pillar of EU.
    8. Participants and tools of common foreign and security policy.
    9. Security policy of the CR and security strategy of the CR.
    10. Security policy of the SR and security strategy of the SR.
    11. Security strategy documents.
Literature
    required literature
  • Bezpečnostní strategie České republiky. info
  • Bezpečnostní strategie Slovenské republiky. info
  • Evropská bezpečnostní strategie. info
  • Severoatlantická smlouva. info
  • Ústava České republiky. info
  • Ústavní zákon č. 110/1998 Sb. o bezpečnosti České republiky. info
    recommended literature
  • www.army.cz. info
  • www.mvcr.cz. info
  • www.mzv.cz. info
  • DANICS, Š. Bezpečnostní politika. Praha: Vydavatelství PA ČR, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7251-263-8. info
  • KHOL, R. A KOL. Evropská bezpečnostní a obranná politika. Národní perspektivy. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-86506-25-8. info
Language of instruction
English
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 Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2017, recent)
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