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RUSSIAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY DERS TANITIM VE UYGULAMA BİLGİLERİ

Kodu Dersin Adı Yarıyıl Süresi(T+U) Kredisi AKTS Kredisi
POL423 RUSSIAN POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY 5 3 3 5

HAFTALIK DERS KONULARI VE ÖNGÖRÜLEN HAZIRLIK ÇALIŞMALARI

Hafta Ön Hazırlık Konular Yöntem
1 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
2 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. Intro Q&A Discussion
3 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. Intro Q&A Discussion
4 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. Intro Q&A Discussion
5 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? Intro Q&A Discussion
6 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. Intro Q&A Discussion
7 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. Intro Q&A Discussion
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9 Ülger, pp. 411 – 456, 571 – 611. Blank, pp. 175 – 207. Realism in Russian Foreign Policy. Russian Policies Towards the Former USSR States. Intro Q&A Discussion
10 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. Intro Q&A Discussion
11 Ülger, pp. 457 – 570, 347 – 376. Tsygankov, pp. 59 – 208 Wegren, Chapter 11 Russia – the United States. Intro Q&A Discussion
12 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. Intro Q&A Discussion
13 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. Intro Q&A 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 Q&A Discussion
15 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 Q&A Discussion
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