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Academic Year 2000/2001


Security Dilemmas in Russia and Eastern Europe
GOVT 286 SP

This course will examine the new foreign policy and security issues that have arisen in the former Soviet Bloc after the passing of the Cold War. A special emphasis will be placed on the evolving relations between Russia and the former Soviet Republics, on the expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe, and on the role of international organizations in the regulation of ethnic conflicts in the post-Communist world.

MAJOR READINGS

L. Aron & K. Jensen (eds.), THE EMERGENCE OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY W. Orson & R. Dujarric, COMMONWEALTH OR EMPIRE? RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA AND THE TRANSCAUCASUS S. Ratner, THE NEW UN PEACEKEEPING. BUILDING PEACE IN LANDS OF CONFLICT AFTER THE COLD WAR

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm, final exam and term paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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