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