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Archived Curricula Guide 2015–2017
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RES008 Dynamics of Russian Foreign Policy 5 ECTS
Organised by
MDP in Russian and European Studies
International Relations
Person in charge
Professor/International Relations

Keywords

Strategic themes: Internationalisation

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course students are able to

• appreciate and critically analyze the historical contexts of Russian foreign policy

• identify main issues and actors in contemporary Russian foreign policy

• choose and critically apply different theoretical approaches in FPA to the study of Russian foreign policy

• present and critically evaluate competing interpretations on Russian foreign policy

• identify suitable research materials and undertake foreign policy analysis

• articulate informed judgments on Russian foreign policy and communicate them in a way relevant to public discourse

Contents

Concepts, theories and methods in Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA); elements of continuity and change in Russian (Soviet) foreign policy; current challenges and main driving forces in Russian foreign policy; the Russian foreign policy decision-making process, including its main actors and institutional parameters.

Teaching language

English

Modes of study

Option 1
Available for:
  • Degree Programme Students
  • Other Students
  • Open University Students
  • Doctoral Students
  • Exchange Students
Participation in course work 
In English
Option 2
Available for:
  • Degree Programme Students
  • Other Students
  • Open University Students
  • Doctoral Students
  • Exchange Students
Essay 
In English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

Study materials 

Duncan, Russian Foreign Policy: From El?tsin to Putin, Routledge 2014. 

Leichtova, Misunderstanding Russia, Ashgate 2014. 

Tsygankov, Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity, Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. 

Belongs to following study modules

School of Management
2015–2016
Teaching
Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.
School of Management