Бакалавриат 2021/2022

Теория международных отношений

Статус: Курс обязательный (Реклама и связи с общественностью)

Направление: 42.03.01. Реклама и связи с общественностью

Кто читает: Департамент международных отношений

Где читается: Факультет креативных индустрий

Когда читается: 4-й курс, 2 модуль

Формат изучения: с онлайн-курсом

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Королев Александр Сергеевич

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 6

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course aims to familiarize students with the basic theories, history, and philosophy of international relations. This course deals with the leading theories of international relations such as realism, liberalism, marxism, and constructivism and covers such historical topics as World War I, World War II, the Cold War. Students will have the opportunity to assess the main stages in developing the international relations, theoretical approaches, and concepts of international relations prevailing at each historical stage and examine the major historical events from different theoretical perspectives. This course will be held in a blended format, including one introduction lecture, the online-course «Understanding International Relations Theory» on the Coursera platform, two seminar classes, essay and final exam.

Learning Objectives

• The course aims to initiate a systematic and holistic view on the basic theoretical approaches to international relations as a discipline, their historical evolution and influence as well as to form a systemic view on the specificity of key global political and economic processes through the prism of IR theory.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• By reading Thucydides, Morgenthau and other realist scholars students would have a fairly good idea as to how realists understand the world and what lessons they are trying to teach the world
• Students will be able to develop a comprehensive view on democracy and liberal values from different IR theories perspective.
• Students will be able to discuss the great power rivalry though the prism of main IR theories.
• Students will be able to examine the flaws of the traditional explanations for the end of the Cold War
• Students will be able to examine the main causes of WWI, WWII and the Cold War.
• Students will be exposed to Marx’s idea of communism and make a judgment as to what would be our best economic system.
• Students will have a basic understanding of Copenhagen school of IR, namely securitizations theory, as well as security communities theory of Karl Deutsch
• Students will have a basic understanding of realism, liberalism, marxism, constructivism, and neo theories as major theoretical paradigms of international relations in the US and the West: By studying historical cases such as WWI, WWII, the Cold War, etc., students will develop an interest in history. By combining theory, history, and philosophy, students will develop analytical and debating skills that will enable them to succeed in whatever they do
• Students will have a basic understanding of such burning issues in IR theory as anarchic politics, ethical questions, and International Politics, three views of the role of morality.

Course Contents

• An Overview of the course.
• Birth of the science and classical tradition
• Origins of liberalism
• The beginning: the World Wars and genesis of the IR science
• Academic writing – consultation
• Kenneth Waltz and structural theory
• Neoliberalism: the liberal paradigm after the WWII
• Marxism and neo-marxism
• Critical IR theories (constructivism, postmodernism, feminism)
• Actors in International Relations
• Power in International Relations
• Global governance
• Back to classics: the realist paradigm in the XXI century
• Russia as a realist power

Assessment Elements

• In-class Participation
• Essay
  The percentage of originality in the essay should be at least 80%. Please check out what is considered plagiarism here https://www.hse.ru/data/2015/09/08/1088822413/ethics_thesis.pdf
• Final Exam
  The examination is supposed to be carried out in a written form based on the course materials. The exam is conducted on the Socrative platform (https://socrative.com/) and parallel connecting to the Zoom platform (https://zoom.us/). Students must join Zoom conference 10 minutes before the exam begins (Zoom platform). Next, the examiners send the Socrative room number to the Zoom chat, after which the students join the Socrative platform and commit to completing the tests. Information with the date and time of the exam will be sent out by the teachers of the course to the students corporate mail. Examination time - 2 academic hours (1 hour 20 minutes). Technical requirements for the exam: camera on, microphone off, Zoom and Socrative support. To participate in the exam, the student is obliged: to put his/her photo and real first name and last name on the profile, appear for the exam according to the exact schedule, throughout the exam a student has to keep the camera turned on and the sound turned off. During the exam, students are forbidden to: turn off the camera, use notes and tips. In case of technical malfunctions, the student is obliged to immediately notify the teacher. A short-term communication disruption during the exam is considered a communication disruption of less than a minute. Long-term communication disruption during the exam is considered a violation of a minute or more. In case of a long-term communication failure, the student cannot continue to participate in the exam.

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 2nd module
  0.4 * Final Exam + 0.1 * In-class Participation + 0.5 * Essay

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Cristol, J. (2009). Morgenthau vs. Morgenthau? “The Six Principles of Political Realism” in Context. American Foreign Policy Interests, 31(4), 238–244. https://doi.org/10.1080/10803920903136247
• Hamilton, J. B., & Fukuyama, F. (2018). The End of History and the Last Man. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.FFDEB7F0
• Hamnett, C. (2018). A world turned upside down: the rise of China and the relative economic decline of the West. Area Development & Policy, 3(2), 223–240. https://doi.org/10.1080/23792949.2018.1439392
• Lieber, K. A. (2007). The New History of World War I and What It Means for International Relations Theory. International Security, 32(2), 155–191. https://doi.org/10.1162/isec.2007.32.2.155
• Nye, J. S. . (DE-588)128376856, (DE-627)372622542, (DE-576)162411480, aut. (2009). Understanding international conflicts an introduction to theory and history Joseph S. Nye.
• Sutter, R. (2010). Assessing China’s Rise and US Leadership in Asia—growing maturity and balance. Journal of Contemporary China, 19(65), 591–604. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670561003666186
• Титаренко, Л. Г. (2018). Марксизм, неомарксизм и постсоветская модернизация ; Marxism, neo-Marxism and post-soviet modernization / L. G. Titarenko.
• Яснитский, Н. А. (2019). Уильям Митфорд О Причинах Пелопонесской Войны. Proceedings of Kazan University. Humanities Series / Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki, 161(2/3), 34–42. https://doi.org/10.26907/2541-7738.2019.2-3.34-42

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Brooks, S. G., & Wohlforth, W. C. (2007). Clarifying the End of Cold War Debate. Cold War History, 7(3), 447. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682740701474907
• Cohen, D. (2006). War, Moderation, and Revenge in Thucydides. Journal of Military Ethics, 5(4), 270–289. https://doi.org/10.1080/15027570601081127
• Datta Gupta, S. (2012). Marxism in Dark Times : Select Essays for the New Century. Anthem Press India.
• Gartzke, E., & Lupu, Y. (2012). Trading on Preconceptions. International Security, 36(4), 115–150. https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00078
• Jeffrey Haynes. (2019). From Huntington to Trump : Thirty Years of the Clash of Civilizations. Lexington Books.
• Korab-Karpowicz, W. J. (2006). How International Relations Theorists Can Benefit by Reading Thucydides. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.B0893F4B
• Kupchan, C. A., & Kupchan, C. A. (1995). The promise of collective security. International Security, 20(1), 52. https://doi.org/10.2307/2539215
• Milton Friedman, & Anna Jacobson Schwartz. (1971). A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960. Princeton University Press.
• Monten, J. (2006). Thucydides and Modern Realism. International Studies Quarterly, 50(1), 3–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2478.2006.00390.x
• Painter, D. (2006). A Partial History of the Cold War. Cold War History, 6(4), 527. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682740600979295
• Perez Zagorin. (2009). Thucydides : An Introduction for the Common Reader. Princeton University Press.
• St. Louis University. (2003). Universitas - Issue 30.1 (Fall 2003) ; Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University. LD4817 .S52 U5.
• Zubok, V. M. (2002). Gorbachev and the End of the Cold War: Perspectives on History and Personality. Cold War History, 2(2), 61. https://doi.org/10.1080/713999954
• Храмцов, К. (2015). Мировые Войны Xx Века И Их Влияние На Развитие Доктрины Освобождения От Исполнения Обязательств Вследствие Существенного Изменения Обстоятельств.
• Хубулава Н.М. (n.d.). Россия как Великая держава.