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Bachelor 2017/2018

Diplomacy and Crisis Management

Area of studies: International Relations
When: 2 year, 4 module
Mode of studies: offline
Instructors: Dmitry Novikov
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 32

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course explores how modern diplomacy and negotiation can effectively address seemingly “intractable” international conflicts and overcome barriers to agreement in civil wars, interstate conflicts, and in trade and finance. Each section of the course looks at a small number of abstract theoretical arguments or discussions, and a handful of more concrete applications of those theoretical ideas to specific historical episodes. The course consists of the two educational elements. Theoretical part focuses on understanding, assessment, and application of various theoretical lenses for explaining bargaining strategies, processes and outcomes. It includes such fields as evolution of the institution of diplomatic norms and practices, the nature of bargaining “power” in international politics, basic game theoretic and rational choice accounts of negotiation, theory of conflict and conflict diplomacy. The second. Practical part includes foreign policy analysis practices, case studies and simulation games which allow students to advance and use their negotiation skills
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Knowledge of issues in global diplomacy in historical and contemporary contexts.
  • An understanding of changes in diplomatic practices and procedures and the relationship of those changes to contemporary politics;
  • Develop the ability to demonstrate a critical understanding of the nature and development of global diplomacy, drawing on a variety of relevant contributing disciplines in the broad field of International Studies;
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • You should be able to: explain how diplomacy actually works in real-world conditions
  • Know the qualities of a good diplomat
  • Understand the role of modern diplomacy in foreign policy.
  • understand the application of various theoretical lenses for explaining bargaining outcomes;
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Week 1: Introduction and Overview: What is diplomacy and negotiations? Why negotiations matter in world politics? Why and how diplomatic relations differ from other political and social relations?
  • Week 2: Negotiations in World Politics
  • Week 3: Diplomacy as a part of Foreign Policy
  • Week 4: Multilateral Negotiations and International Organizations
  • Week 5: Crisis Management
  • Week 6: Commercial Negotiations
  • Week 7: Mechanisms and Institutions
  • Week 8: Negotiation Skills
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Quizzes in Seminar to test if you’ve done the reading
  • non-blocking Group Project
  • non-blocking Seminar Participation
  • non-blocking Final Exam
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • Interim assessment (4 module)
    0.35 * Final Exam + 0.2 * Group Project + 0.2 * Quizzes in Seminar to test if you’ve done the reading + 0.25 * Seminar Participation
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • A. C. T. (2007). The Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to the Nation State. Contemporary Review, 289(1684), 134. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=f5h&AN=24884411
  • Anderson, M. . (2014). The Rise of Modern Diplomacy 1450 - 1919. Hoboken: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=813141
  • Fermandois, J. (2002). The invention of peace. Reflections on war and international order; by Michael Howard, New Haven, Londres : Yale University Press, 2000. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.4A8F8FA
  • Hamilton, K., & Langhorne, R. (2011). The Practice of Diplomacy : Its Evolution, Theory and Administration (Vol. 2nd ed). London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=343024
  • Kissinger, H. (2012). Diplomacy. London: Simon & Schuster UK. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1992748
  • Kleiner, J. (2008). The Inertia of Diplomacy. Diplomacy & Statecraft, 19(2), 321–349. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592290802096380
  • Ross, C. (2017). Independent Diplomat : Despatches From an Unaccountable Elite. London: Hurst. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1832291
  • Russell, R. (2000). American Diplomatic Realism: A Tradition Practised and Preached by George F. Kennan. Diplomacy & Statecraft, 11(3), 159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592290008406175

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Iselin, J. (1970). Are diplomats really necessary? The Swiss Observer : The Journal of the Federation of Swiss Societies in the UK, (1605), _. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-691701