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Oliver Stone. The Putin Interviews. 4 parts. Access from https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oliver+stone+putin+interview+ |
Introduction. How You Are Going to Learn About Russia from the Russian. |
Intro
Q&A
Discussion |
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Örmeci & Kısacık, pp.27 – 36;
Ülger, pp. 9 – 20.
Roskin, pp. 212 – 261. Russia. |
History, Geography and Culture. Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Cold War. |
Lecture
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Discussion |
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Örmeci & Kısacık, pp.41 – 50, 75 – 112;
Ülger, pp. 21 – 72, 135 – 172.
Wegren, pp. Chapters 1, 2, 3
Roskin, pp. 212 – 261. Russia. |
Political System of the Russian Federation After the Collapse of the USSR. |
Lecture
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Discussion |
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Ülger, pp. 151 – 188.
Wegren, Chapter 7&10
Irina Papkova (2011) Russian Orthodox concordat? Church and state under Medvedev, Nationalities Papers, 39:5, 667-683, DOI: 10.1080/00905992.2011.602394
Paul Chaisty & Stephen Whitefield, Putin’s Nationalism Problem, in Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska & Richard Sakwa (eds), Ukraine and Russia: People, Politics, Propaganda and Perspectives. E-International Relations, Bristol, UK, 2015. pp. 165 – 172.
Film Matilda (2017); Leviathan (2014). |
Social Constructivism as a Framework for Discussing Russian Society. Nationalism, Ideology and Role of Church. |
Lecture
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Örmeci & Kısacık, pp. 113 – 132, 153 – 166, 271 – 286, 355 – 362; Ülger, pp. 73 – 96, 387 - 410.
Tsygankov, pp.1 – 33 |
Main Vectors and Considerations of the Russian Foreign Policy After 1991. Search for the Lost Great Power Status? |
Lecture
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Ülger, pp. 189 – 204, 281 – 302;
Örmeci & Kısacık, pp. 133 – 152, 167 – 174, 309 - 338.
Wegren, Chapter 14.
Stefan Bouzarovski & Mark Bassin (2011) Energy and Identity: Imagining Russia as a Hydrocarbon Superpower, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 101:4, 783-794 |
Energy Politics and Energy Security. Energy as a Leverage of Russian Policies in Europe and Near Abroad. |
Lecture
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Discussion |
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Halidov, pp.37 – 75.
Nye, pp. 1 – 32 (theory compulsory for all students); 73 – 75;
Jeanne L. Wilson (2015) Soft Power: A Comparison of Discourse and Practice in Russia and China, Europe-Asia Studies, 67:8, 1171-1202, DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2015.1078108 |
Soft Power of the Russian Federation. Education, Science, Culture, Religion. |
Lecture
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MID-TERM EXAM |
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Ülger, pp. 411 – 456, 571 – 611.
Blank, pp. 175 – 207. |
Realism in Russian Foreign Policy. Russian Policies Towards the Former USSR States. |
Lecture
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Ülger, pp. 611 – 650; Örmeci & Kısacık, pp. 175 – 192.
Elizabeth Wishnick (2017) In search of the ‘Other’ in Asia: Russia–China relations revisited, The Pacific Review, 30:1, 114-132, DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2016.1201129 |
Moscow – Beijing Relations. |
Lecture
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Discussion |
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Ülger, pp. 457 – 570, 347 – 376.
Tsygankov, pp. 59 – 208
Wegren, Chapter 11 |
Russia – the United States. |
Lecture
Q&A
Discussion |
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Örmeci & Kısacık, pp. 215 – 252; Ülger, pp. 377 - 386.
Paul D’Anieri, Democracy and Geopolitics: Understanding Ukraine’s Threat to Russia, in Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska & Richard Sakwa (eds), Ukraine and Russia: People, Politics, Propaganda and Perspectives. E-International Relations, Bristol, UK, 2015. pp.233 – 241
Allison, Roy. "Russian ‘deniable’ intervention in Ukraine: how and why Russia broke the rules." International Affairs 90.6 (2014): 1255-1297. |
Ukraine in the Russian Domestic and Foreign Policies. Orange Revolution, Energy Wars and 2014 Interventions. Annexation of Crimea and Conflict in Donbass. Propaganda and Hybrid Warfare. Azov Crisis. |
Lecture
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Discussion |
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Ülger, pp. 189 – 204; 281 – 302;
Örmeci & Kısacık, pp.253 – 286.
Ben Rich & Dara Conduit (2015) The Impact of Jihadist Foreign Fighters on Indigenous Secular-Nationalist Causes: Contrasting Chechnya and Syria, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 38:2, 113-131, DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2014.979605
Stent, Angela (2016). Putin's Power Play in Syria: How to Respond to Russia's Intervention. Foreign Affairs, 95, 106. |
Russia’s Engagement into Syria. Implications for Regional Security and Impact on Domestic Affairs. Predictions as to the Future Developments. |
Lecture
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Discussion |
14 |
Örmeci & Kısacık, pp. 363 – 470.
Hossein Aghaie Joobani & Mostafa Mousavipour (2015) Russia, Turkey, and Iran: Moving Towards Strategic Synergy in the Middle East?, Strategic Analysis, 39:2, 141-155, DOI: 10.1080/09700161.2014.1000658
• Ziya Öniş & Şuhnaz Yılmaz (2016) Turkey and Russia in a shifting global order: cooperation, conflict and asymmetric interdependence in a turbulent region, Third World Quarterly, 37:1, 71-95, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1086638 |
Russia and Turkey. History of the Ottoman Policies Towards the Russian Empire. Early Soviet Period. Cold War. Post-Independence Political, Economic and Military Relations. |
Presentations
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Discussion |
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Örmeci & Kısacık, pp. 363 – 470.
Hossein Aghaie Joobani & Mostafa Mousavipour (2015) Russia, Turkey, and Iran: Moving Towards Strategic Synergy in the Middle East?, Strategic Analysis, 39:2, 141-155, DOI: 10.1080/09700161.2014.1000658
• Ziya Öniş & Şuhnaz Yılmaz (2016) Turkey and Russia in a shifting global order: cooperation, conflict and asymmetric interdependence in a turbulent region, Third World Quarterly, 37:1, 71-95, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1086638 |
Russia and Turkey. Post-Independence Political, Economic and Military Relations. Role of Syria and S-400 in Russo – Turkish Relations. Predictions as to the Future Developments. |
Presentations
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Discussion |
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FINAL EXAM |
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FINAL EXAM |
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