MVZ418 German Foreign and Security Policy

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Urbanovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 U43
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MVE410 Ger. Foreign and Secur. Policy
Schopnot číst německou odbornou literaturu a porozumět jí. Aktivní znalost němčiny není nezbytná.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on the interpretation and analysis of German foreign and security policy. Emphasis is in particular placed on the German foreign and security policy after the reunification, whereby certain attention is paid to historical themes as well. In the analysis of German foreign and security policy, theoretical concepts of “power”, “civil power” and “trading state” are used. In terms of methodology, the method of historical description and comparative analysis are used particularly.
The aims of the course is to enable students to get a data basis relating to the German foreign policy, to strengthen their understanding of the historical context of Germany's foreign policy, to define the main differences in comparison with other European powers, and to analyze its basic current trends on the basis of the theory of international relations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory lesson, introduction of the literature, assignment of the presentations.
  • 2. German foreign and security policy until 1945.
  • 4. Basic trends of German foreign and security policy during the Cold War era.
  • 5. Theoretical concept of a civilian power in the analysis of German foreign and security policy.
  • 6. Basic trends of German foreign and security policy after the reunification of the country.
  • 7. German foreign and security policy of the red-green coalition in 1998-2005.
  • 8. German foreign and security policy in the view of the opposition in 1998-2005.
  • 9. Deployment of the Bundeswehr in military operations in the framework of crisis management.
  • 10. Reform of the Bundeswehr - the course, international political aspects, military aspects, and the context.
  • 11. Perspectives of the foreign and security policy of Germany.
  • 12. Presentation of remaining presentations and general consultation.
  • 13. Credit written test.
Literature
  • EHLER, Tomáš. USA a znovusjednocení Německa : diplomatický proces v letech 1989-1990. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2006, 132 s. ISBN 802104067X. info
  • MÜLLER, Helmut, Karel Friedrich KRIEGER, Hanna VOLLRATH and Ivona ŘEZANKOVÁ. Dějiny Německa. Translated by František Kubů. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004, 609 s. ISBN 80-7106-188-3. info
  • Unipolar politics : realism and state strategies after the cold war. Edited by Ethan B. Kapstein - Michael Mastanduno. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999, x, 525 s. ISBN 0-231-11308-0. info
  • MANN, Golo. Dějiny Německa, 1919-1945. Praha: Český spisovatel, 1993, 245 s. ISBN 80-202-0441-5. info
  • JANSEN, Thomas. Abrüstung und Deutschland-Frage : die Abrüstungsfrage als Problem der deutschen Außenpolitik. Mainz: Hase & Koehler Verlag, 1968, 206 s. info
Assessment methods
Compulsory-elective course - B, completed by credit. The course is completed by a written test. To pass the course, it is necessary to submit a presentation on a chosen topic, to elaborate a “position paper” on the given topics and to pass a credit written test with the success rate of 60 % points.
Teaching methods: lectures, discussions at the seminar, elaboration of position papers, reading literature, elaboration and presentation of presentations.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nezapisují studenti, kteří již předmět absolvovali pod kódem MVE410.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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