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Foreign Policy of Small Countries
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:08
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PZK_158 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | International Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Māris Cepurītis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge on the concepts of International Relations. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To identify small states, challanges and issues they face, as well as the unique oppurunities that avail in succeeding in survival and development in the international context. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 2 | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 3 | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 4 | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 5 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 6 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 7 | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Mandatory literature (up to 100 pages per lecture), two essays, positive grade in workshops, individual paper and presentation thereof, as well as the exam. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Participation and acitivity in lectures and workshops – 15%; Essays – 25%; Presentation of the individual paper – 10%; Individual paper – 25%; Exam – 25%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knowledge on the foreign policy challanges and available solutions and examples in succesfully conducting foreign policy. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Understanding limitations of small states in international politics and the importance of unique strategies employed. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Ability to comprehend and conduct research on foreign policy of small states. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Brown Chris, Ainley Kirsten. Understanding International Relations. Third Edition. (Palgrave Macmillian. 2005) 63-79 pp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Guntis Štamers. Mazas valsts jēdziens un pētījumi starptautisko attiecību teorijā. Latvija pasaules politikā: iespējas un ierobežojumi. Ž. Ozoliņa. Ed. (Latvijas ārpolitikas institūts 2001.) 10-19 pp. http://liia.lv/site/attachments/17/01/2012/Latvija_pasaules… | ||||||||
| 3 | Daina Bleiere. Mazas valsts ārpolitiskā autonomija. Latvija pasaules politikā: iespējas un ierobežojumi. Ž. Ozoliņa. Ed. (Latvijas ārpolitikas institūts 2001.) 31-45 pp. http://liia.lv/site/attachments/17/01/2012/Latvija_pasaules… | ||||||||
| 4 | Robert Steinmetz and Anders Wivel, Introduction. Small States in Europe. Challenges and Opportunities. Robert Steinmetz, Anders Wivel Ed. (Ashgate: Farnham, 2010), 3-14 | ||||||||
| 5 | Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, and Ramesh Thakur ed. The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy, (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2013), 35-69 | ||||||||
| 6 | Pauline Kerr, Geoffrey Wiseman ed., Diplomacy in a Globalizing World. Theories and Practices (Oxford University Press: New York, 2013), 68-84 | ||||||||
| 7 | Gabriel Sheffer. The security of Small Ethnic States: A counter Neo-Realist Argument. in Inbar Efraim and Sheffer Gaqbriel ed. The National Security of Small States in a Chaning World. 9-40 pp | ||||||||
| 8 | Clive Archer, Small States and the European Security and Defence Policy. Small States in Europe. Challenges and Opportunities. Robert Steinmetz, Anders Wivel Ed. (Ashgate: Farnham, 2010), 47-62 | ||||||||
| 9 | Vytautas Kuokštis. Baltic States in World Markets: Does Katzenstein`s Framework Still Hold? http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2083838_cod… | ||||||||
| 10 | Alan K. Henrikson. Diplomacy and Small States in Today`s World http://textus.diplomacy.edu/thina/txgetxdoc.asp?idconv=3224 | ||||||||
| 11 | Naren Prasad. Small but Smart: Small States in the Global System. in Andrew F. Cooper, Timothy M. Shaw. The Diplomacies of Small States: Between Vulnerability and Resilience. Palgrave Macmillian – Houndmils, Basinggstoke, Hampshire, New York – 2009, 41-64 pp. | ||||||||
| 12 | Baldur Thorhallsson. Small States in the UN Security Council: Means of Influence? The Hague Journal of Diplomacy 7 (2012) 135-160 pp. http://uni.hi.is/baldurt/files/2012/08/Small-States-UN-Secu… | ||||||||
| 13 | Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury. Small states in UN System: Constrains, Concerns, and Contributions. ISAS Working Paper. No. 160-22 October 2012. http://mercury.ethz.ch/serviceengine/Files/ISN/154305/ipubl… | ||||||||
| 14 | Toms Rostoks. Latvija — vai viegli būt mazam? In Latvijas intereses Eiropas Savienībā. Ž. Ozoliņa Ed. 2012/3, 33-45 pp. http://www.mfa.gov.lv/es_03_2012_netam.pdf | ||||||||
| 15 | Anders Wivel. Optimizing small state interests in the European Union: lessons from the past, prospects for the future. In Latvijas intereses Eiropas Savienībā. Ž. Ozoliņa Ed. 2012/3, 46-53 pp. http://www.mfa.gov.lv/es_03_2012_netam.pdf | ||||||||
| 16 | Jozef Batora Public Diplomacy in Small and Medium-Sized States: Norway and Canada. http://www.cceae.umontreal.ca/IMG/pdf/13_Batora.pdf | ||||||||
| 17 | Pauline Kerr, Geoffrey Wiseman ed., Diplomacy in a Globalizing World. Theories and Practices (Oxford University Press: New York, 2013), 141-159 | ||||||||
| 18 | Toms Rostoks. Latvija — vai viegli būt mazam? In Latvijas intereses Eiropas Savienībā. Ž. Ozoliņa Ed. 2012/3, 33-45 pp. http://www.mfa.gov.lv/es_03_2012_netam.pdf | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Raimo Varyrynen. Small States: persisting Despite Doubts. in Inbar Efraim and Sheffer Gaqbriel ed. The National Security of Small States in a Changing World. 41-76 pp | ||||||||
| 2 | Giorgi Gvalia, David Siroky, Bidzina Lebanidze, Zurab Iashvili, Thinking Outside the Bloc: Explaining the Foreign Policies of Small States (Security Studies, 22:98-131, 2013) | ||||||||
