IREn5001 European security architecture

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Barbora Halašková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Adriana Ilavská (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 M117
Prerequisites
! EUP424 NATO History && ! NOW ( EUP424 NATO History )
To be able to work with the English academic literature.
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
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is the interpretation of the NATO issues against the background on the post-Cold War trends in international security. The course is mainly focused on the clarification of the historical circumstances of the NATO creation, decision-making mechanisms, NATO expeditionary operations and changes of NATO after the end of the Cold War. The course touches other security institutions in Europe as well, especially the Warsaw Pact, the Western European Union and the European Union.
Learning outcomes
Lectures, study of literature, delivery of presentations. Course objectives are to understand the functioning principles of NATO, to learn the historical evolution of NATO, to define main differences between NATO and other security organizations, and to understand current trends in the NATO development and international security.
Syllabus
  • 1.Introduction to the course (Padrtová, Kříž) 2. The NATO Founding (Kříž) 3. NATO during the Cold War (Kříž) 4. Types of Security Organizations: Collective Defence and Collective Security (Padrtová) 5. How does NATO work (Padrtová) 6. NATO and France (Padrtová) 5 7. NATO after the End of the Cold War (Kříž) 8. NATO enlargement (Padrtová) 8 9. NATO in European security architecture (Padrtová) 10. NATO and Russia (Padrtová) Nov 22 11. NATO and crisis management operations (Padrtová) 12. NATO and the South Caucasus region (Padrtová) 13. NATO and the Ukraine (Kříž)
Literature
    required literature
  • Kříž, Zdeněk. 2015. NATO after the End of the Cold War. A Brief History. Brno: Muni Press
    not specified
  • Timothy Andrews Sayle. See this image Follow the Author Timothy Andrews Sayle + Follow Enduring Alliance: A History of NATO and the Postwar Global Order. Cornell University Press (April 15, 2019)
  • Seth A. Johnston. How NATO Adapts: Strategy and Organization in the Atlantic Alliance since 1950. Johns Hopkins University Press (February 1, 2017)
  • COLLINS, Brian J. NATO : a guide to the issues. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2011, xiv, 178. ISBN 9780313354915. info
  • DUIGNAN, Peter. NATO : its past, present, and future. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, 2000, x, 149. ISBN 0817997822. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, study of literature, elaboration and presentation of a presentation, elaboration of an essay, class discussions.
Assessment methods
To complete this course and receive credits, students are required to: • Actively participate at 70% of lectures • Submit and present 4 presentations (10-minute presentation + 5-minute discussion) - Students are required to upload presentations on IS (Homework Vault/Presentations/Folder with students’ name) 24 hours before presenting in the class. Evaluations of presentations will be combination of peer-assessment (50%) and teachers’ assessment (50%).Each presentation will be evaluated pass or fail.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
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