National Research University- Higher School of Economics
Department of World Economy and International Affairs
Chair of Civilization Development of the Eastern Countries
BA Program in International Affairs: Academic Year- 2015
COURSE TITLE: COMPARATIVE POLITICS CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND AND ASPECTS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
(in English)
Instructor: Dr. Vladimir I. Sotnikov (sotnikov.vladimir@gmail.com ),
Associate Professor, Candidate of History (MGIMO –University, Russia)
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Eastern Studies,
Russian Academy of Sciences
Моscow - 2015
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1.Prerequisites
This course is designed for Bachelor students who are especially interested in world
politics, international relations, national security, international conflicts and crises,
global and regional problems of international and interstate affairs, contemporary
Russian foreign policies and Russian – U.S. relations. It is desirable, but not essential,
that students have a basic familiarity of the history and theory of international relations
in the 20th century as well as contemporary international affairs and foreign policies
of Eastern ( the Middle East, North Africa, South and South -East Asia and the Near
East) and Western (Europe, Japan, Australia and the USA) countries, and also some
knowledge of international relations theory. The course presumes the making of
students to familiarize themselves with a range of I.R. theories—eg. Realism,
liberalism, Neo –Liberalism, Neo-Conservatism, Historical materialism,
Constructivism.
2.Course Description
The purpose of the course “COMPARATIVE POLITICS” (in English) is to
provide the students with the insight into urgent contemporary problems of world
affairs and the Eastern and Western countries’ foreign policies and interstate relations
as well as with exploring general issues of global affairs, e.g. nuclear proliferation and
nuclear weapons –free zones, limitation and elimination of WMDs and arms control,
international terrorism, world atomic energy renaissance; urgent conflicts and crises
and their resolution and management, contemporary relations between Russia and
the United States, and other countries interstate relations and the growing role of the
non-state actors in the international relations system.
At the heart of this course is the review of the various conceptual and
theoretical issues with respect to the making of foreign policy in general and
contemporary international affairs problems in particular and the study of the urgent
problems of international relations in the East and in the West with the particular
emphasis on the Eastern countries.
Among other aspects, students will explore the following topics: The origins
and terrorist activities of IS (ISIS), the Afghanistan internal crisis, the Syrian crisis,
the ongoing Indo-Pakistani conflict and its implications for South Asia and the Near
East; The Iranian Nuclear Program and the prospects of reaching the so-called
“nuclear deal” by the international community; the contemporary state of Pakistani –
American relations and their influence on the AfPak region; the origins and
peculiarities of internal terrorist activities in Pakistan (with the emphasis on activities
of Pakistani Taliban and the possible cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan’s
Taliban with the ISIS militants; the problems of de-facto nuclear powers (India,
Pakistan, North Korea and Israel) and their impact on the global and regional nuclear
non –proliferation; the problems of maintaining of international security; the origins
and peculiarities of so-called “Arab Spring” and the emergence of Islamic State; the
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ongoing Ukrainian crisis and the question of Crimea reunification with Russia and the
state of Russian – U.S. relations; the peculiarities of Russian foreign policies under
Western sanctions with the view of Russia’s pivot to Asia; the spread of so-called
Terrorist – Jihadist International in the world and how to cope with it; the origins and
peculiarities of conflicts in the Greater Middle East (e.g. – in Yemen, Libya, Egypt,
Tunisia, Lebanon, Persian Gulf states); the problems and prospects of tackling with
Israeli – Palestine conflict and its final settlement, the Russian policies towards
growing threat of terrorism inside Russia and beyond it, the Russian –NATO relations,
especially in the light of EC sanctions due to the ongoing Ukrainian crisis; the origins
and problems of Jihadi terrorism in Western Europe and U.K., the problems and
peculiarities of the internal and external developments in the Central Asian states; the
origins and developments of arms control and limitation of WMD; the problems and
prospects of global as well as regional nuclear non-proliferation and maintaining
nuclear security and safety; the U.S-India nuclear deal, the role of the U.N. in tackling
the acute internal crises in Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan and in the Iranian nuclear
program; the peculiarities of Pakistani and Indian nuclear program and their nuclear
rivalry vis-à-vis growing China’s nuclear capabilities; the policies of global energy
supply, especially under the conditions of the crisis in crude oil supply and high
demand for oil and its low prices with the view of Russia’s special relations with
Turkey and Egypt, especially in the energy sector; The China factor in the global
system of international relations and the rise of China and India as the most capable
world powers in the XXIst century; the decline of American influence and its claim
for the mono-polar world with the emergence of multi-polar world; the peculiarities of
the new world centers of power (e.g. BRICS); the origins and use of so-called “soft
power”; the peculiarities and role of non-governmental international organizations
(NGOs) in the fabric of global affairs; the growing role of the new and old
international organizations such as SCO, ARF, ASEAN etc. ; and the peculiarities and
growing influence of emerging non-state actors on the global affairs; the origins and
peculiarities of global regimes of WMD control and elimination ( such as
chemical, biological and nuclear weapons); the role of social media and the World
Wide Web (Internet) on the domestic as well as foreign policies of the world states
and the development of a particular conflict/crisis situation in the conflict –prone areas
in the Middle East and North Africa, South –East Asia, and Latin America. Finally,
the students will get acquainted with the some basic techniques and peculiarities of
making political predictions and forecasting of future developments in global
international affairs and with the essentials of forecasting political and business risks
while dealing with the specific international problem or with the specific country and
learn to how to make basic analysis and forecasts of future trends in global
international relations and/or specific country/problem under study.
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3.Objectives
This course combines theoretical, historical, and policy-relevant readings as well as
developing among the students some practical skills, e.g. teaching them to learn how
to make basic political/business/ economic risks predictions and foreign policy
forecasts. A specific portion of readings is devoted to make it possible for students to
engage with a range of I.R. theories—eg. Realism, liberalism, historical materialism,
constructivism. At the same time, the theory does not get in the way of historical and
policy analysis. The readings for the class include scholarly journal articles; articles
from electronic versions of popular magazines devoted to the International affairs and
international policy studies, both published in English in the East as well as in the
West which are available in the Internet; some primary documents; chapters from
monographs and working papers and special policy reports of the renowned Russian
and Western analytical think-tanks (such as Russian International Affairs Council;
U.S. Carnegie Endowment in N.Y., New York and Moscow Carnegie Center,
International Crisis Group based in Brussels, Council for Foreign Relations in the
U.S., Center for Strategic and International Studies, James Martin Center for NonProliferation Studies, Rand Corporation, HIS Global Insight (London) etc.) and
anthologies. In addition, there are assigned a number of excerpts from four excellent
textbooks: Andrew Heywood; Politics. (2nd Edition, Palgrave, New York, N.Y.,
U.S.A., 2002): Jennifer S. Holmes: New Approaches to Comparative Politics. Insights
From Political Theory (2008) and Patrick H. O’Neil: Essentials of Comparative
Politics, 4th International Students Edition (2012) and Gabriel A. Almond, G. Bingham
Powell, Jr., Kaare Strom and Russel J. Dalton: Comparative Politics Today. A World
View. Seventh Edition, Longman, 2000.
Special note from the instructor: all lectures will be read and conducted in the
interactive mode with a particular student allowed to ask any particular question from
the instructor related to a particular topic under study at any given time during lecture
or seminar with the aim of starting the discussion among his fellow students. Some
topics presume lectures delivered by guest speakers (in English)
4.Topics and structure of the course
Class work (hours)
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1.
Topics
Introduction to the
course. The applied
Hours
4
Home work and
Seminars home assignments
Lectures
and
practical
tasks
2
0
0
4
methodology and
political and I.R.
theories (such as
Realism, liberalism,
Neo –Liberalism, NeoConservatism,
Historical materialism,
Constructivism. used
for the study of the
problems of
contemporary
comparative politics
2.
The origins and
terrorist activities of
the ISIS. The battle of
the International
Coalition against ISIS
led by the U.S. and the
role of Russia and
Arab states and other
neibours of Iraq and
Syria (Kurds, Kurdish
Peshmerga), Iranian
Revolution Guardians
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2
0
0
3.
The Afghan Taliban
background and the
origins and
peculiarities of
Afghanistan acute
internal crisis. The socalled direct
negotiations between
the “moderate Taliban”
and the U.S. The Role
of different
stakeholders – that of
Pakistan, China, Saudi
Arabia, Iran, India and
Russia and the
situation after
drawdown of the main
U.S. and NATO
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2
0
1
5
combat troops from
Afghanistan
4.
The origins and
peculiarities of the
Ukrainian crisis and the
problem of the Crimea
reunification with
Russia. The Russian –
American relations in
the light of the crisis in
Ukraine – will further
U.S. sanctions against
Russia follow? Part 1
2
2
0
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5.
The Russia – U.S.
relations and their
further development
(improvement or
worsening). The future
of major Russian –
American arms control
agreements and
International Treaties
(ABM Treaty, BMD,
CFE Treaty, CTBT,
FMCT, GICNT, INF
Treaty, MTCR, New
START Treaty,
START (I, II, III),
Russia – NATO
Council, CBTO) and
their mutual
cooperation in dealing
with regional conflicts
– such as Syria, Iraq,
ISIS, Afghanistan,
Israel – Palestine
conflict settlement and
concluding the final
deal on Iranian Nuclear
Problem. global issues
of international
relations – nuclear non
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2
0
2
6
–proliferation, arms
control and limitation
and destruction of
WMD in the third
countries; international
terrorism. Part 2
6.
The origins and
peculiarities of Syrian
internal crisis. The
position of the U.S.
Administration towards
Syrian crisis and the
question of Syrian
chemical weapons
elimination. The role of
Russia in it and
Russia’s support of
Bashar al –Asad. The
Geneva I and Geneva II
international
conferences of the
major stake holders in
this crisis with the aim
of reconciliation
between the regime of
Bashar al –Asad and
the opposition. The
Moscow conference of
the representatives of
Syrian opposition and
of the Bashar al –Asad
government (January
2015). The role of Iran,
Turkey, Saudi Arabia,
Qatar and Egypt in the
tackling of the Syrian
crisis. The Prospects
for future Syrian
regime and the fight of
Syrian governmental
forces against IS
militants
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4
0
2
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The Iranian Nuclear
Problem and the
negotiations to finally
conclude a deal by
Western Powers (5+1)
including Russia by
July 1, 2015. The
origins and
peculiarities of the
development of nonpeaceful nuclear
program by IRI. The
Russia’s initiative of
repatriating enriched
Uranium to Russia in
2006 and Iran’s refusal.
The Role of the U.S. –
direct U.S.- Iranian
talks between Obama
and President Rouhani
in 2013. The Role of
Russia and Venezuela
in dealing with Iranian
nuclear issue. Russia’s
relations with Iran
under the policy of
Western Sanctions for
both Iran and Russia.
The visit of Russian
Defence Minister
Shoigu and signing of
the Russian – Iranian
agreement on Military
Technical Ties. Iranian
oil swap for Russia and
the prospects of the
comprehensive nuclear
deal with Iran by the
group of “six”. Secret
Iranian non-peaceful
program and the role of
the IAEA.
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2
0
2
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8.
9.
The Pakistan – U.S.
relations and the
origins and
peculiarities of
Pakistani – American
ties. The U.S. –
Pakistan Strategic
dialogue No. 5
(January 2015).
Pakistan role in
Afghanistan in the light
of U.S. combat forces
drawdown from
Afganistan in
December 2014 and the
secret support of
Pakistani special
services (ISI) of the
afghani Taliban against
India and the Role of
India in containing
Pakistan in
Afgahnistan. Possible
Russia’s support and
training of ANA and
Afghan National
Police. Part 1
The U.S. – India
Nuclear deal and the
possible emerging of
the U.S. as the main
supplier of atomic
commercial stations to
the lucrative Indian
Market. The ChinaIndia relations and the
Chinese support of
Pakistan. The U.S,
attempt to play an
Indian Card against
China emergence as a
global nuclear power in
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2
2
2
0
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the XXIst century.
India’ s role as a
regional power and the
future nuclear global
Power competing with
China. Russia –Indian
Relations and the fifth
visit of Russian leader
to India with signing a
range of business and
military agreement.
Russian supplies of
Commercial Atomic
Power stations to India
and Military – Technic
al ties between the two
countries. Russian –
Pakistani deal in
supplying the military
hardware to Pakistan
and the reaction of
India. Russia’s search
for the new Asian
markets like Iran’s and
Indian markets for its
arms and goods as a
substitute for the
Western markets under
the policy of Western
and the U.S. sanctions.
Part 2
10. The American decline
as the only superpower
in the world. The
Policy of nonengagement of the U.S.
in the deadly world
conflicts and crises,
e.g. Iraq, Syria,
Afghanistan and
Ukraine. The U.S.
Policy of
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2
0
2
10
Rapprochement with
Iran and Cuba under
the Administration of
President Obama. The
cooling of relations
between the U.S. and
its European NATO
allies over the
sanctions against
Russia due to
Ukrainian crisis. The
American Policy of
containment of China
and the engagement of
India to support that
policy. The decline in
U.S. – Russia relations
and over the Ukraine
and the prospects of
their improvement in
the near future. The
possible engagement of
the U.S. in the Middle
East to fight off ISIS
with the help of its
Arab allies – Saudi
Arabia and Qatar and
woes – Syria and Iran.
American – Egyptian
relations and the
cooling its relation with
Israel. The ongoing
battle of the U.S. with
international terrorism
– against Al-Qaeda and
ISIS in the Middle East
(Lybia, Iraq, Syria,
Yemen, Pakistan and
Afghanistan). America
and Global Crisis: the
impossibility for the
U.S. to twart off the
Russia’s pivot to Asia
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(China, India, Iran) in
the wake of sanctions
against Moscow. The
striving of the U.S. to
make a stronghold in
Central Asia and
Caspian region using
oil diplomacy and
inviting Caucasian
states (Azerbaijan and
Georgia) to NATO.
The policy of
encircling Russia using
its proxies in the Baltic
states and former
COMECON states in
the Eastern Europe
(Poland, Bulgaria,
Romania). The U.S.
Policy of the
“coloured” revolutions
in the Arab East, in
Georgia and support
for the so-called
Russian formal
opposition to the policy
of President Putin
using NGOs and social
media. Ukraine as a
lithmus test of U.S.
policy towards Russia
11. The making of the
International Jihadist
movement and Radical
Islamists and the role
of the U.S. in it.
European decline in
dealing with Russia
over the Ukrainian
crisis and the question
of “annexation” of
Crimea. U.S. – China
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2
0
2
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bitter rivalry over the
predominant power
status in the XXIst
century. The Islamist
militancy and terrorist
activities including
those jihadi groupings
supporting ISIS in the
U.S., Europe (Charlie
Habdo affair) and in
the South Asia and
Central Asia as well as
in the South East Asia,
and North America (
the cases of Canadian
parliament attack and
Australia terror attack
in Kanberra, and
France terror attack in
Paris. The Clash of
civilizations by Samuel
Huntington and the
End of History? By
Francis Fukuyama.
12. The Russia’s active and
pragmatic foreign
policies but often case
–oriented. The Role of
China in this century
and possible Chinadominated world. The
role of new power
centers (such as
BRICS) in the multipolar world and the
decline of the post
World War II world
order and of the UN
system after the Lybia
case and Arab spring.
The question of piracy
in the high seas off the
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2
0
4
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coast of Somalia and
the US and Russia and
other world powers’
role in rescuing the
cargo ships – victims of
the piracy. The role of
the US and Russia in
maintaining the global
non –proliferation
regime and the regimes
of biological and
chemical non –
proliferation. Their
possible cooperation in
preventing the deadly
international conflicts.
In conclusion of the
course – the reaching
students of the basic
techniqies in making
predictions and
forecasts of the future
developments of
international affairs and
particular conflict and
crisis situation. And the
teaching students as to
hoe to make good oral
presentations in
political matters using
the auxiliary
equipment, such as
overhead projector and
Power Point slides.
The formal conclusion
of the course in
Comparative politics.
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5.Forms of control and evaluation of students’ knowledge
Types of Control
Current
Final
Forms of Control
Notes
Class practical assignments
(45 minutes) and short
presentations (15 minutes
each) – discussions in the
class among students in the
free question and answers
form)
Mainly oral, with written
Exam
Oral
Pre-examination in the
class (90 minutes)
Conclusion of the course.
6. Model questions for exam preparations
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1. The main objectives and goals of the subject of Comparative Politics.
2. The contemporary Western interpretations of Neo-Liberalism.
3. The contemporary Western interpretations of Neo-Realism.
4. The contemporary Western concepts of the models of a state and a society
5. The contemporary poltical definitions.
6. The contemporary concepts of comparative states of the East and the West.
7. The contemporary Western views on political regimes.
8. The Western interpretation of contemporary international relations.
9. The contemporary state of the relations between Russia and the West.
10. The Western approaches to the BRICS significance
11. The Western views on the main tendencies in the post-Soviet space
12. The Western views on the development of Euroasian integration.
13. The West’s approach to the shaping up of the new system of international
security.
14. The contemporary state of the U.S. –Pakistani relations (according to the
Western interpretaion)
15. The contemporary Western estimates of European integration project’s
development.
16. The Western approached to the problem of the settlement of the crisis in
Afghanistan.
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17. The Western estimates of the crisis around the “Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria”
18. The Western estimates of the role and significance of Turkey in the
interstate relations in the Middle East, Caucases and Black Sea area.
19. The Western estimates of the prospects for concluding Iran nuclear program
deal.
20. The Western views on the prospects of Russian –U.S. relations.
21. The West’s interests in the Ukranian crisis
22. The Western estimates of the prospects for maintaning the WMD nonproliferation regime.
7. Estimation procedure of the final grade
The final grade in the special course “U.S.-Russian Relations: Legal and
Political Aspects” (in English) is estimated according to the following formula:
The final grade = O (accumulated) + O (exam).
The share of the relative importance of the controls:
Accumulated score - 0.5
Exam - 0.5
Cumulative score is calculated using a weighted sum of estimates for certain
forms of monitoring (current performance at seminars - 0.5; abstract - 0.5).
Rounding method and the resulting cumulative count: 0.4 and up - in favor of
the student.
8. Basic sources
1. Andrew Heywood; Politics. (2nd Edition, Palgrave, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.,
2002):
2. Jennifer S. Holmes: New Approaches to Comparative Politics. Insights From
Political Theory (2008);
3. Patrick H. O’Neil: Essentials of Comparative Politics, 4th International Students
Edition (2012).
4. Gabriel A. Almond, G. Bingham Powell, Jr., Kaare Strom and Russel J. Dalton:
Comparative Politics Today. A World View. Seventh Edition, Longman, 2002.
8.1.Supplementary Reading Materials
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1. Sreedharan E. A manual of historical research methodology. Trivandrum, Centre for South
Indian Studies. 2007.
2. Zbiegniew Brzezinski: The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic
Imperatives;
3. Zbiegniew Brzezinski: The Choice: Global Domination or Global Leadership;
4. Zbiegniew Brzezinski: Second Chance: Three Presidents and The Crisis of American
Superpower. Basic Books, an Imprint of Perseus Books, Inc. (U.S.A.), N.Y., 1997, 2004,
2007.
5. Zbiegniew Brzezinski: Strategic Vision: America and The Crisis of Global Power. Basic
Books, an Imprint of Perseus Books, Inc. (U.S.A.), N.Y., 2012
6. Peters G. Comparative Politics: Theory and Methods, New York University Press, New
York, 1998.
7. Smelser J. N. Comparative Methods in the Social Sciences, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1976.
8. Dogan M., Kazancigil A. Comparing Nations: Concepts Strategies, Substance, Blackwell,
Oxford UK & Cambridge, Oxford, 1994.
9. Pennings P., Keman H., Jas K. Doing Research in Political Science: An Introduction to
Comparative Methods and Statistics, Sage Publications, London, 1999.
10. Przeworski A., Teune H. The Logic of Comparative Social Inquiry, Wiley-Interscience, New
York, 1970.
11. Rose R. Comparing Forms of Comparative Analysis// Political Studies, 1991, Vol. 39. P.
446-462.
12. Anderson P. The origins of postmodernity. London: Verso, 1998.
13. Bielskis A. Towards a Postmodern Understanding of the Political: From Genealogy to
Hermeneutics. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
14. Greer R. C. Mapping Postmodernism. IL: Intervarsity Press, 2003.
15. Darcy R., Rohrs R. C. A Guide to Quantitative History. Westport, CT, Praeger, 1995.
16. Jarausch K. H., Hardy K. A. Quantitative Methods for Historians: A Guide to Research,
Data, and Statistics. Chapel Hill NC, UPNC, 1991.
9. Methodology. International Relations Theories.
International relations and the Changing Contemporary World. The alliance of history and
international relations. The teories and history of international relations. The early study of
international relations: utopian liberalism. Realism and the Twenty Years’ Crisis. The voice of
Behavioralism in International relations. Neoliberalism: institutions and interdependence.
Neorealism: bipolarity and confrontation. International Society: The English School of international
relations theory. International political economy. Alternative approaches to international relations.
Realism. Classical realism (Thycydides, Machiavelli, Hobbes and the Security Dilemma).
Neoclassical realism of Morgenthau. Schelling and strategic realism. Waltz’s Neorealism. Neorealist
Stability Theory. Realism and the Cold War: the issue of NATO. Critiques of realism.
Liberalism. Basic liberal conjectures. Sociological liberalism. Interdependence liberalism.
Institutional liberalism. Republican liberalism. Neorealist critiques of liberalism (The retreat to weak
liberalism. The counterattack of strong liberalism).
International society. Basic International society assumption. The Tree traditions: theory and
practice. Order and justice. Statecraft and responsibility (National, international, humanitarian
responsibility). Critics of International society.
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International political economy. Mercantilism. Economic liberalism. Marxism. Classical theories
combined. The debate on US hegemonic stability. Development and underdevelopmet in the Third
World. Economic globalization and a changing role for states.
Methodological debates. The Behavioral revolution. The classic approach strikes back. Positivist
methodology in International relations. Post-Positivism (Critical theory, Postmodernism,
Constructivism, Normative Theory).
New Issues in International relations. The Environment. Gender. Sovereignty.
9.1.Supplemental Reading Materials
1. Dunne T., Kurki M., Smith S. International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity. Oxford
University Press, 2007.
2. Smith S., Hadfield A., Dunne T. Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases Oxford University Press.
2008.
3. Shambaugh D. L., Yahuda M. B. International Relations of Asia. Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.
4. Ikenberry G. J., Mastanduno M. International Relations Theory and the Asia-Pacific. Columbia
University Press, 2003.
5. Sutter R. G. China's Rise In Asia: Promises And Perils. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.
6. Kim S. S. The International Relations of Northeast Asia. Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.
7. Xia, Yafeng. New Scholarship And Directions in the Study of the Diplomatic History of the
People'S Republic of China. // Chinese Historical Review, Spring 2007, Vol. 14. Issue 1. P. 114–140.
8. Sreedharan E. A textbook of historiography: 500 BC to AD 2000. New Delhi: Orient Longman.
2004.
9. Across Cultural Borders: Historiography in Global Perspective / Ed. by E. Fuchs, B. Stuchtey.
2002.
10. Historical Truth, Historical Criticism and Ideology: Chinese Historiography and Historical
Culture from a New Comparative Perspective. Ed. H. Schmidt-Glintzer, A Mittag and J. Rüsen,
2005.
11. Wang Q. E. Is There A Chinese Mode of Historical Thinking? A Cross-Cultural Analysis. //
History and Theory, 46:2 (May 2007). P. 201-209.
12. Wang Q. E. Beyond East and West: A Critical Comment on the Development of Modern Chinese
Historiography. // Storia della Storiografia [History of Historiography], V. 47. 2005. P. 49-55.
13. Tsuneo Akaha Politics and Economics in Northeast Asia: Nationalism and Regionalism in
Contention Palgrave Macmillan, 1999.
14. Sreedharan E. A manual of historical research methodology. Trivandrum, Centre for South
Indian Studies. 2007.
15. Manicas P. Interaction of Theory and Method in Social Science.// UNESCO Encyclopedia of
Life Support Systems. Oxford: EOLSS Publishers, 2008.
16. Peters G. Comparative Politics: Theory and Methods, New York University Press, New York,
1998.
17. Smelser J. N. Comparative Methods in the Social Sciences, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1976.
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18. Dogan M., Kazancigil A. Comparing Nations: Concepts Strategies, Substance, Blackwell, Oxford
UK & Cambridge, Oxford, 1994.
19. Pennings P., Keman H., Jas K. Doing Research in Political Science: An Introduction to
Comparative Methods and Statistics, Sage Publications, London, 1999.
20. Przeworski A., Teune H. The Logic of Comparative Social Inquiry, Wiley-Interscience, New
York, 1970.
21. Rose R. Comparing Forms of Comparative Analysis// Political Studies, 1991, Vol. 39. P. 446462.
22. Anderson P. The origins of postmodernity. London: Verso, 1998.
23. Bielskis A. Towards a Postmodern Understanding of the Political: From Genealogy to
Hermeneutics. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
24. Greer R. C. Mapping Postmodernism. IL: Intervarsity Press, 2003.
25. Darcy R., Rohrs R. C. A Guide to Quantitative History. Westport, CT, Praeger, 1995.
26. Jarausch K. H., Hardy K. A. Quantitative Methods for Historians: A Guide to Research, Data,
and Statistics. Chapel Hill NC, UPNC, 1991.
27. Harvey Robinson J. The Historical point of View. // Readings in European History, Vol I.
Boston: Ginn, 1904. P. 1-13.
28. Primary Sources on the Web //http://www.eduplace.com/ss/hmss/primary.html
29. Dobson M., Ziemann B. Reading Primary Sources: The Interpretation of Texts from Nineteenth
and Twentieth Century History. (Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources). London; New
York: Routledge, 2009.
10.Electronic resources of the HSE
Electronic library system “Znanium”: http://znanium.com/
Scientific electronic library (NEB): http://elibrary.ru/defaultx.asp
Universal encyclopedia “Rubricon”: http://www.rubricon.com/default.asp
11.Material and technical support
Notebook computer, video (overhead) projector, PowerPoint presentations,
internet access for the instructor and students.
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