MVZb2092 Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Peter Kacziba, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Martin Chovančík, Ph.D. (deputy)
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
Mon 9. 3. 14:00–15:40 U43, 16:00–17:40 U33, Tue 10. 3. 12:00–13:40 U23, Wed 11. 3. 8:00–9:40 P22, 14:00–15:40 P21, Thu 12. 3. 16:00–17:40 U23
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course aims to explore traditional and contemporary security challenges in the wider region of the Eastern Mediterranean. Besides providing a theoretical framework, the course offers to study the basic geopolitical dynamics of the whole region, selects security-related processes and analyze them from a regional, (Central) European and global perspectives. The theme itself define the challenges that the course needs to review: beyond traditional military and terrorist threats, risks of migration, hydrocarbon discoveries and geopolitical antagonism also needs to be discussed. Although the first and the last part of the programme seek to understand the region as a whole, the course cannot discuss every major issue in detail. Thus, the lectures will rather explore selected themes from the region's security environment: it examines tensions over Macedonia, analyzes aspects of the Aegean dispute and summarizes recent developments of the Cyprus conflict.
Syllabus
  • 1. Theoretical frameworks of (regional) security 2. The geopolitics of Eastern Mediterranean 3. Tensions over Macedonia 4. The Aegean conflict 5. The Cyprus conflict 6. Potential opportunities and risks of regional hydrocarbon discoveries
Assessment methods
Course is concluded by a short test in the last lecture. 50% is necessary to pass.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Teacher's information
· Alexis Heraclides (2011): Imagined Enemies: The Aegean Conflict. Mediterranean Politics, Volume 16, Issue 2, pp. 221-239. · D’Aponte, Tullio (2014): A Geopolitical Overview on the Mediterranean Sea. Rivista Italiana di Economia Demografia e Statistica, Volume LXVIII, No. 2, pp. 77-96. · Morelli, Vincent L. (2019): Cyprus: Reunification Proving Elusive. US Congressional Research Service Report, accessible at https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41136.pdf, last downloaded on 08/01/2020. · Putten, Frans Paul van der (2016): Infrastructure and geopolitics: China’s emerging presence in the Eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp. 1-15. · Roucek, Joseph S. (1953): The Geopolitics of the Mediterranean I. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 347-354. · Roucek, Joseph S. (1953): The Geopolitics of the Mediterranean II. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 71-86. · Šorović, Mira (2019): The Republic of North Macedonia – A 'New' Country in the Western Balkans. Research in Social Change – RSC, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp. 87-107. Accessible at http://www.fuds.si/sites/default/files/priloge-aktualnosti/mira_sorovic_87-107.pdf, last downloaded on 08/01/2020. · Stergiou, Andreas (2019): Geopolitics and Energy Security in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Formation of New ‘Energy Alliances’. In: Zenonas Tziarras (ed.): The New Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean. Peace Research Institute of Oslo – PRIO, pp. 11-30. Accessible at https://www.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=11329, last downloaded on 08/01/2020. · Stivachtis, Yannis A. (2019): Eastern Mediterranean: A New Region? Theoretical Considerations. In: Spyridon N. Litsas – Aristotle Tziampiris (eds.): The New Eastern Mediterranean: Theory, Politics and States in a Volatile Era. Springer International Publishing, pp. 45-59.
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