IR2567 RUSSIA AND THE EUROPEAN STATE-SYSTEM
| Course Code: |
3142567 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
International Relations |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Masters |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
This post-graduate course seeks to explore and analyse the evolution of Russia´s place in the European state-system, especially in the post-Cold war era. The first part of the course discusses various conceptual frameworks that are used to analyse the dilemmas in Russia´s process of Westernization and the existing conceptions of Europe among the Russian intelligentsia. The next part deals mainly with the historical evolution of Russia´s orientation towards the European state-system during both the Tsarist and Soviet periods. Afterwards, the course will discuss Russia´s place in the emerging institutional architecture of Europe in the post-Cold War era. In this part, the emphasis will be on Russia´s relations with CSCE/OSCE, NATO and the European Union. In the penultimate section, the course will examine Russia´s relations with the Western European countries, the Central and East European countries, the Balkans and the Baltics. The concluding part will discuss the change and continuity in Russia´s place in the European state-system.
