IREn5012 International sanctions

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Martin Chovančík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martin Chovančík, 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 12:00–13:40 P21b
Prerequisites
Students will benefit from previous basic knowledge in diplomacy, political regimes, and crisis management.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 11/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course will guide students to an understanding of the context, design, and decision-making process behind the key economic instrument utilized in modern diplomacy and especially crisis and coercive diplomacy - international sanctions. The latter half of the course is dedicated explicitly to EU sanctions (restrictive measures) and examines the reflection of EU members' preferences and EU structures' impact in the innovation, design, and execution of sanction regimes at the forefront of global developments.
Learning outcomes
In successfully concluding this course, students will be able to: - identify appropriate contexts of sanctions use - understand the interplay with other economic and diplomatic instruments - assess the toolkit utilized by the EU to address a crisis or conflict - competently analyze the weaknesses and compromises made in particular sanctions regimes (namely of the EU) - understand the decision-making process within the EU leading to a particular design or innovation of sanctionsions.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
  • . 2. Crises, int. engagement, bargaining theory
  • . 3. Diplomacy and negotiation
  • . 4. Leverage and coercion plus suasion and dissuasion
  • . 5. Economic instruments, aid membership, and MFC status
  • . 6. Sanctions history and key actors
  • . 7. Sanctions logic and its targeting
  • . 8. Sanctions effectiveness
  • . 9. Sanctions circumvention
  • . 10. Specifics of arms embargoes and military aid
  • . 11. Team presentations and debate
  • . 12. Team presentations and debate
  • . 13. Team presentations and debate
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Literature
    required literature
  • CHARRON, Andrea. UN sanctions and conflict : responding to peace and security threats. New York: Routledge, 2011, xvii, 226. ISBN 9780415598354. info
  • HUFBAUER, Gary Clyde. Economic sanctions reconsidered. 3rd ed. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009, xiii, 233. ISBN 9780881324310. URL info
    not specified
  • CHOVANČÍK, Martin. Maximizing EU Sanctions Signaling - Norm Conveyance by Restrictive Measures. In EISA - EWIS-European Workshop on International Studies. 2018. info
  • Economic sanctions and international law. Edited by Matthew Happold - Paul Eden. Oxford: Hart publishing, 2016, xxxvii, 26. ISBN 9781849465908. info
  • Targeted sanctions : the impact and effectiveness of United nations action. Edited by Thomas J. Biersteker - Sue E. Eckert - Marcos Tourinho. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 2016, xv, 405. ISBN 9781107593091. info
  • Administrative sanctions in the European Union. Edited by O. J. D. M. L. Jansen. Cambridge: Intersentia, 2013, xxxiv, 642. ISBN 9781780681368. info
  • GIUMELLI, Francesco. Coercing, constraining and signalling : explaining UN and EU sanctions after the Cold War. Colchester: ECPR Press, 2011, xiii, 210. ISBN 9781907301209. info
  • PORTELA, Clara. European union sanctions and foreign policy : when and why do they work? 1st pub. New York: Routledge, 2010, xvi, 206. ISBN 9780415502740. info
  • SEHNÁLEK, David. Sanctions in International and European Law. In Legal Sanctions: Theoretical and Practical Aspects in Poland and the Czech Republic. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2008, p. 325-334. Spisy Právnické fakulty MU č.340 (řada teoretická). ISBN 978-80-210-4768-6. info
Teaching methods
At the MA level, students are expected to take active part in individual lectures and seminars. Debates on pre-assigned texts and topics are woven into individual lectures. Students present a key learning point case study and a short argumentative pair essay.
Assessment methods
The grading consists of: - student activity in debates - student team project and presentation (rubric in interactive syllabus) - examination which accounts for a minority of the grade
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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