Syllabus
Course sylabus: 1. Introduction 2. Definitions: structure and dynamic of power in the world system, powers shifts 3. Definitions/theories: Europe in geopolitical theories
Reading:
Cohen, S. (2008). Geopolitics: The Geography of International Relations. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 470 pp., Chapter 2.
De Blij, P.Muller. (2010). Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts (14th edition). John Wiley and Sons. Nex York.
Glassner, M. I.(1996): Political geography (second edition), John Wiley, New York (Chapters - geopolitical theories)
Ó Tuathail, P., Dalby, S. and P.Routledge (2003). Geopolitics Reader. London and New York: Routledge. 4. What is Europe? Creation of state system and Geopolitics of Europe till 20th century
Reading:
Tilly, Ch. (1975). The Formation of National States in Europe. New Jersey: Princetown University Press.
Further reading:
Delanty, Gerard (1995) Inventing Europe. Idea, Identity, Reality. London: Macmillan Press, pp. 84-99 and 115-155. 5. European Colonial History - Heart of Darkness
Reading:
Carmody, P. (2011) The New Scramble for Africa. Cambridge: Polity Press. 240 pp. Chapter 1,2. 6. European minorities - Europe on the way to WW 1, Europe between wars and in WW 2
Reading: 7. Political geography of Europe - European regionalism
Reading:
Cohen, S. (2008). Geopolitics: The Geography of International Relations. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 470 pp., Chapter 7.
De Blij, P.Muller. (2010). Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts (14th edition). John Wiley and Sons. Nex York
Walton, N., Zielonka, J. (2013). The New Political Geography of Europe. European Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR72_POLICY_REPORT_AW.pdf 8. European integration process - model for world regions?
Reading:
Primary documents (treaties) of the EU, available at: http://europa.eu/eu-law/treaties/index_en.htm9. 9. Political geography of languages and religions as a factor of global politics
Reading:.
Huntington, S. P. (1993): The Clash of Civilizations? In Foreign Affairs. http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/faculty/hauser/ps103/readings/huntingtonclashofcivilizationsforaffsummer93.pdf 10. Geopolitics and geography of contemporary Europe
Reading:
De Blij, H. (2012). Why Geography Matters: More Than Ever. Oxford:Oxford University Press. Chapter 9 (pp. 241-265), Chapter 10 (pp.265-293)
Kaplan, R.D. (2009). The Revenge of Geography. http://www.colorado.edu/geography/class_homepages/geog_4712_sum09/materials/Kaplan%202009%20Revenge%20of%20Geography.pdf 11. Geopolitics of Europe in 21st century
Reading:
Snyder, T. (2014). Europe and Ukraine Putin’s Project. http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/timothy-snyder-about-europe-and-ukraine-putin-s-project-12898389.html
Carter, D.B., Poast, P. (2015). Why Do States Build Walls? Political Economy, Security, and Border Stability. Journal of Conflict Research, p. 1 – 32.
Friedman, G. (2015). What Borders Mean toEurope. Geopolitical Weekly, June 23. https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/what-borders-mean-europe
Rosiére, S., Jones, R. (2012). Teichopolitics: Re-considering Globalisation Through the Role of Walls and Fences. Geopolitics, 17, p. 217 – 234. 12. Final test
Seminar topics: 1) Introduction 2) Borders of Europe a) European colonialism - links of UK, France, Spain and Portugal to their ex-colonies - David (UK-Africa), Alisson (Spain) b) Borders of Europe - Max
Reading:
KOLOSSOV, V. (2005) "Border Studies: Changing Perspectives and Theoretical Approaches", Geopolitics 10/4, pp. 606-32
SACK, R.D. (1983) "Human Territoriality: A Theory", Annals of Association of American Geographers 73/1, pp. 55-74
MARCU, S. (2009) "The Geopolitics of the Eastern Border of the European Union: The Case of Romania-Moldova-Ukraine", Geopolitics 14/3, pp. 409-32 3) Geopolitical theories a) Europe as a Geopolitical Actor in the 21st Century - b) Position of Central Europe - Daniel c) Europe and Geoeconomics -
Reading:
COHEN, S. B. (2015). Geopolitics: The Geography of International Relations (London: Rowman & Littlefield), pp. 1-11, 179-216
LUTTWAK, E. N. (2003). From Geopolitics to Geo-economics: Logic of Conflict, Grammar of Commerce. In: Ó Tuathail, G.; Dalby, S.; Routledge, P., The Geopolitics Reader (London: Routledge), pp. 125-130 4) Future of the EU a) EU institutions - Sonila b) History and future of Schengen area - Lin c) Extremism - Tereza
Reading:
ZIELONKA, J. (2006) Europe as Empire: The Nature of the Enlarged European Union (Oxford: Oxford University Press) pp. 1-20
ZIELONKA, J. (2014) Is the EU Doomed? (Cambridge: Polity Press) pp. 101-114 5) Secessionism in Europe a) secessionism in the EU (Scotland) - Robert b) secessionism in the EU (Catalonia, Venezia,...) - c) secessionism in Europe and frozen conflicts (Crimea, Transdniestria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia,...) - Knut
Reading:
BERAN, H. (1984) "A Liberal Theory of Secession", Political Studies 32, pp. 21-31.
BIRCH, A. H. (1984) "Another Liberal Theory of Secession", Political Studies 32, pp. 596-602.
WILLIAMS, P. R. Et col. (2014) "Earned Sovereignty Revisited: Creating a Strategic Framework for Managing Self-determination Based Conflicts" ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 21/2, pp. 425-51
STERIO, M. (2013) "On the Right to External Self- Determination: "Selfistans," Secession, and the Great Powers’ Rule", Minnesota Journal of International Law 19/1, pp. 137-76 6) Minorities and languages a) special territories in Europe (Gibraltar, Ceuta and Melilla, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Aland Islands,...) - b) significant minorities in Europe - Sankalp c) Language policies of EU and European countries - Ani
Reading:
TOFT, M. D. (2003) The Geography of Ethnic Violence: Identity, Interests, and the Indivisibility of Territory (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press), pp. 17-44
GRINDHEIM, J. E. (2008) "Lost in Translation? European Integration and Language Diversity", Perspectives on European Politics and Society 9/4, pp. 451-465
BLOMMAERT, J. (2011) "The long language-ideological debate in Belgium", Journal of Multicultural Discourses 6/3, pp. 241-56 7) European security architecture a) Post-Cold War expansion of NATO - Future predictions? Common European foreign and security policy - Tatevik b) Russian geopolitics - case of A. Dugin - Nika c) Ukrainian Crisis -
Reading:
MCFAUL, M., SESTANOVICH, S., MEARSHEIMER, J.J. (2014) "Faulty Powers: Who Started the Ukrainian Crisis" Foreign Affairs at: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/eastern-europe-caucasus/2014-10-17/faulty-powers
RINGSMOSE, J., RYNNING, S. (2017) "Now for the Hard Part: NATO´s Strategic Adaptation to Russia", Survival 59/3, pp. 129-146.
DUKE, S. W. (2019) "The Competing Logics of EU Security and Defence", Survival 61/2, pp. 123-142. 8) Europe and energy a) Energy security of Europe - Jacob b) Impact of "green" energy on Europe - Jifu
Reading:
ERICSON, R. E. (2009) "Eurasian Natural Gas Pipelines: The Political Economy of Network Interdependence" Eurasian Geography and Economics 50/1, pp. 28-57
BOSCE, A.-M. (2018) "EU Energy Diplomacy: Searching for New Suppliers in Azerbaijan and Iran" Geopolitics, pp. 1-29 9) Integration and Disintegration of the EU a) Brexit - Sabuhi b) Potential "leavers" - Cheng c) New members of the EU -David (TUR)
Reading:
JOSPEH, E. P., VANGELOV, O. (2018) "Breakthrough in the Balkans: Macedonia´s New Name", Survival 60/4, pp. 37-44.
HEISBOURG, F. (2018) "Europe´s Defence: Revisiting the Impact of Brexit", Survival 60/6, pp. 17-26. 10) Migration and illegal activities a) Migration from and to Europe - Marjhory
Annotation
Course is offered for IEPS students only. "Students of IEPS programme enrolled after August 2012, for whom this course is mandatory and where they should be registered, will attend the lectures and seminars jointly with courses JPM113 a JPM142 organised for the programme of GPS. These courses are scheduled on Wednesdays at 8:00-9:20 and 18:30-19:50 at Jinonice, halls J3014 and J1031, respectively. Please follow the information in the websites of JPM113 and JPM142."
The course will concentrate on all types of political regions but the sovereign nation-state, and will analyse their role in international politics with a particular focus on the role of European continent in Geopolitical theories, modern geopolitics of Europe, geography and politics in Europe. The aim of this course is to provide students with a basic knowledge of the existing world regions, theories of regionalism, differences between main panregions and key factors determining contemporary geopolitics.
The course will concentrate on political processes of the last hundred years, which shaped the contemporary map and distribution of power in Europe. The main goal of the course is to provide students with a deep knowledge of geopolitical processes which formed the contemporary Europe in the regional perspective.