RUSSIA
IN WORLD AFFAIRS
The State Flag of the Russian Federation
The State
Emblem of
the Russian
Federation
Moscow Kremlin
Monument to Peter the Great, St.Petersburg
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Fall Term
1 class report or short essay (6-8 pages double-spaced) - 10%
Major essay (15-17 pages double-spaced)
Participation
- 30%
- 10%
Winter Term
1 class report or short essay (6-8 pages double-spaced) - 10%
Major essay (15-17 pages double-spaced)
Participation
- 30%
- 10%
THEMES
Part One. The Historical Context
1. RUSSIA IN EURASIA
2. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND ITS INTERNATIONAL
CONSEQUENCES
3. THE RISE OF FASCISM AND STALINISM
4. THE SOVIET UNION IN WORLD WAR II
5. THE FORMATION OF THE COLD WAR SYSTEM
6. THE ARMS RACE AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE
7. THE RISE AND FALL OF DÉTENTE
8. GORBACHEV AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR
Part Two. Russia and the Post-Soviet States
1. RUSSIA IN THE POST-COLD-WAR WORLD
2. RUSSIA, THE WEST, AND EASTERN EUROPE
3. RUSSIA’S SOUTHERN FRONTIER: THE CAUCASUS AND
CENTRAL ASIA
4. RUSSIA IN THE EAST ASIAN CONTEXT
5. A NEW COLD WAR OR A NEW NORM?
Required readings for the Fall Term
Donaldson, Robert H. and Joseph L. Nogee. The Foreign Policy of Russia:
Changing Systems, Enduring Interests. 3d edition. M.E.Sharpe, 2005
Lafeber, Walter. America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-2002.
McGraw-Hill, 9th edition, 2002 (earlier editions also acceptable)
Trenin, Dmitri and Jessica Mathews. The End of Eurasia: Russia on the
Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization. Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, 2002. (e-book)
http://www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/books/36275.htm
Required readings for the Winter Term
Donaldson, Robert H. and Joseph L. Nogee. The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing
Systems, Enduring Interests. 3d edition. M.E.Sharpe, 2005
Motyl, Alexander, Blair A.Ruble, Lilia Shevtsova (eds.), Russia's Engagement With the
West: Transformation And Integration in the Twenty-first Century, M.E.Sharpe, 2005
Trenin, Dmitri and Jessica Mathews. The End of Eurasia: Russia on the Border Between
Geopolitics and Globalization. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2002. (e
book) http://www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/books/36275.htm
Wilson, Jeanne Lorraine, Strategic Partners: Russian-Chinese Relations in the PostSoviet Era, M.E.Sharpe, 2004
“A Survey of Russian Federation’s Foreign Policy”. Moscow: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Russian Federation, 2007 –
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