UNIVERSITY OF OSLO
Norwegian University Centre in St Petersburg (Russia)
Semester: Autumn 2006
Lecturer: Associate Professor Viatcheslav Morozov (St Petersburg State University)
Period: 17 September – 15 December 2006
Dates/Time: tba
Exam: Thursday 14 December at 10-13
Course Description:
The aim of the course is to provide the students with necessary theoretical and empirical background for the analysis of Russian foreign and security policy, taking into account its specificity and general patterns. One of the central topics of the course is the policy agenda formation, including the public discussion on foreign policy and security issues. Another key topic is national identity of contemporary Russia and its significance for the foreign and security policy discourse. Finally, the institutional aspects and decision-making procedures are also examined.
The course opens with an introductory part, which provides a brief review of theoretical approaches to foreign policy, examines the significance of historical narratives and national identity for contemporary foreign and security policy, and maps the current foreign policy debate. The second part of the course is devoted to Russia’s relations with main international actors and the regional dimension of its foreign policy. The third and final part is centred on the key problems which Russia faces on the international arena and in its domestic security policy. The questions of security are addressed throughout the course as they come up in various domestic and international contexts.
Course requirements:
The course consists of 12 lectures (2 academic hours each) and 12 seminars, where the students present their research projects/paper proposals.
Students are expected to attend the lectures and participate actively in the seminars. In addition, the students are expected to write a paper related to one of the topics discussed in the course. The topic should be agreed with Professor Morozov. The paper should be 15–20 pages long (including references/literature) and be submitted by 7 December. The written exam will take place on 14 December.
The course will give 15 ECTS.
Readings:
Hedenskog, Jacob, et al. (eds), Russia as a Great Power: Dimensions of Security under Putin. London: Routledge, 2005 (366 p.).
Additional compulsory and optional readings are assigned to selected lectures. Their primary purpose is to familiarize the students with the Russian debate.
Lecture 1: Introduction. International Relations theory and the study of Russian foreign and security policy
Lecture 2: Russian national identity and foreign policy
Neumann, I. Uses of the Other. “The East” in European Identity Formation. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999, chapters 1 and 6.
Bloom, W. Personal Identity, National Identity and International Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Tolz, V. A Search for a National Identity in Yeltsin’s and Putin’s Russia // Restructuring Post-Communist Russia / Ed. by Y. Brudny, S. Hoffman and J. Frankel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Lecture 3: Russia and the outside world: Main historical narratives
Neumann, Iver B. Russia and the idea of Europe. A study in identity and international relations. London, New York: Routledge, 1996.
Lecture 4: Public debate and decision-making patterns
Hopf, Ted. Social Origins of International Politics. Identities and Foreign Policies, Moscow, 1955 and 1999, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2002, pp. 154–158, 211–257.
The Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation. Approved by the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin, June 28, 2000. URL: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/doctrine/econcept.htm.
National Security Concept of the Russian Federation. Approved by Presidential Decree No. 1300 of 17 December 1999. URL: www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/doctrine/gazeta012400.htm.
Trenin, Dmitry, and Lo, Bobo. The Landscape of Russian Foreign Policy Decision-Making. Moscow: Moscow Carnegie Center, 2005. http://www.carnegie.ru/ru/pubs/books/9211doklad_fin.pdf
Kosachev, Konstantin. “Russian Foreign Policy Vertical”, URL: http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/8/578.html.
Lecture 5: Russia in the European security architecture: relations with EU, NATO and OSCE
Moshes, Arkady. “Reaffirming the Benefits of Russia’s European Choice”, Russia in Global Affairs, 2005, No. 3. URL: eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/12/942.html.
Browning, Christopher C. “Westphalian, Imperial, Neomedieval: The Geopolitics of Europe and the Role of the North”, in C. S. Browning (ed.) Remaking Europe in the Margins: Northern Europe after the Enlargements. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005, pp. 85–101.
Smith, Karen E. “The Outsiders: The European Neighbourhood Policy,” International Affairs 81(4), 2005, pp. 757–773.
Lecture 6: Russia and the US
Zlobin, Nikolai, “Limited Possibilities and Possible Limitations,” Russia in Global Affairs, 2005, No. 1. URL: eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/10/822.html.
Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005 – 2006. U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., April 5, 2006. URL: www.usembassy.ru/bilateral/bilateral.php?record_id=report_supporting_rights_2005.
Adomeit, H., Åslund A. (eds). Russia versus the United States and Europe – or “Strategic Triangle”? Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik; Moscow: Moscow Carnegie Center, 2005, pp. 65–94. URL: www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/books/9479RussiaGMF_end_Carnegie.pdf
Lecture 7: “The new europe” and the post-soviet space
Adomeit, H., Åslund A. (eds). Russia versus the United States and Europe – or “Strategic Triangle”? Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik; Moscow: Moscow Carnegie Center, 2005, pp. 43–62. URL: www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/books/9479RussiaGMF_end_Carnegie.pdf
Zatulin, Konstantin. “Fighting for Ukraine: What’s Next?”, Russia in Global Affairs, no. 2, 2005. URL: eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/11/909.html.
Bugajski, Janusz. “Russia’s New Europe”, National Interest, Winter2003/2004, Issue 74, pp. 84–91.
Lecture 8: Asian dimension of Russia’s foreign and security policy: Middle East, India, Central Asia
Evtushenkov, Vladimir. “After the Lull: Russia and the Arab World at a New Stage,” Russia in Global Affairs, 2005, no. 3. URL: eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/12/950.html
Sokov, Nikolai. The Not-So-Great Game in Central Asia. PONARS Policy Memo No. 403. Washington, D. C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005. URL: www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/pm/.
Baev, Pavel K. Russia’s Counterrevolutionary Offensive in Central Asia. PONARS Policy Memo No. 399. Washington, D. C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005. URL: www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/pm/.
Lecture 9: Asian dimension of Russia’s foreign and security policy: Japan, China, Korea
Chugrov, Sergei. “Russia and Japan: A Failed Breakthrough,” Russia in Global Affairs, 2005, no. 3. URL: eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/12/944.html.
Lecture 10: Human rights and democracy vs Holy Russia: identity and security in domestic policial debate
Morozov V. Resisting Entropy, Discarding Human Rights. Romantic Realism and Securitization of Identity in Russia // Cooperation and Conflict. 2002. Vol., 37. No.4. P. 409–430.
Lecture 11: ethnicity, religion, and security
Hahn, Gordon M. (2006) "The Perils of Putin's Policies" The Journal of International Security Affarirs (10).
Twigg, Judyth. Differential Demographics: Russia’s Muslim and Slavic Populations. PONARS Policy Memo No. 388. Washington, D. C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005. URL: www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/pm/
Ponarin, Eduard. Russian State Nationalism vs. Local Nationalisms: The Case of Tatarstan. PONARS Policy Memo No. 381. Washington, D. C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005. URL: www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/pm/
Lecture 12: Russia and the global political context: the war against terrorism and the prospects for the global governance
Morozov, Viatcheslav. Inside/Outside: Europe and the Boundaries of Russian Political Community. PONARS Working Paper 23. Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 2004. 16 pp. URL: http://www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/
Stepanova, Ekaterina. Illicit Drug Trafficking and Islamic Terrorism as Threats to Russian Security: The Limits of the Linkage. PONARS Policy Memo No. 393. Washington, D. C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005. URL: www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/pm/
Baev, Pavel K. Russia’s Counterrevolutionary Offensive in Central Asia. PONARS Policy Memo No. 399. Washington, D. C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005. URL: www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/pm/.
Bloom, W. Personal Identity, National Identity and International Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Bugajski, Janusz. “Russia’s New Europe”, National Interest, Winter2003/2004, Issue 74, pp. 84–91.
Chugrov, Sergei. “Russia and Japan: A Failed Breakthrough,” Russia in Global Affairs, 2005, no. 3. URL: eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/12/944.html.
Evtushenkov, Vladimir. “After the Lull: Russia and the Arab World at a New Stage,” Russia in Global Affairs, 2005, no. 3. URL: eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/12/950.html
Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation. Approved by the President of the Russian Federation V. Putin, June 28, 2000. URL: http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/doctrine/econcept.htm.
Hahn, Gordon M. (2006) “The Perils of Putin’s Policies” The Journal of International Security Affairs (10).
Hedenskog, Jacob, et al. (eds), Russia as a Great Power: Dimensions of Security under Putin. London: Routledge, 2005 (366 p.).
Hopf, Ted. Social Origins of International Politics. Identities and Foreign Policies, Moscow, 1955 and 1999, Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2002, pp. 154–158, 211–257.
Kosachev, Konstantin. “Russian Foreign Policy Vertical”, URL: http://eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/8/578.html.
Morozov V. Resisting Entropy, Discarding Human Rights. Romantic Realism and Securitization of Identity in Russia // Cooperation and Conflict. 2002. Vol., 37. No.4. P. 409–430.
Morozov, Viatcheslav. Inside/Outside: Europe and the Boundaries of Russian Political Community. PONARS Working Paper 23. Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 2004. 16 pp. URL: http://www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/
Moshes, Arkady. “Reaffirming the Benefits of Russia’s European Choice”, Russia in Global Affairs, 2005, No. 3. URL: eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/12/942.html.
Ponarin, Eduard. Russian State Nationalism vs. Local Nationalisms: The Case of Tatarstan. PONARS Policy Memo No. 381. Washington, D. C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005. URL: www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/pm/
National Security Concept of the Russian Federation. Approved by Presidential Decree No. 1300 of 17 December 1999. URL: www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/doctrine/gazeta012400.htm.
Neumann, Iver B. Russia and the idea of Europe. A study in identity and international relations. London, New York: Routledge, 1996.
Smith, Karen E. “The Outsiders: The European Neighbourhood Policy,” International Affairs 81(4), 2005, pp. 757–773.
Sokov, Nikolai. The Not-So-Great Game in Central Asia. PONARS Policy Memo No. 403. Washington, D. C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005. URL: www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/pm/.
Stepanova, Ekaterina. Illicit Drug Trafficking and Islamic Terrorism as Threats to Russian Security: The Limits of the Linkage. PONARS Policy Memo No. 393. Washington, D. C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005. URL: www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/pm/
Tolz, V. A Search for a National Identity in Yeltsin’s and Putin’s Russia // Restructuring Post-Communist Russia / Ed. by Y. Brudny, S. Hoffman and J. Frankel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Twigg, Judyth. Differential Demographics: Russia’s Muslim and Slavic Populations. PONARS Policy Memo No. 388. Washington, D. C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005. URL: www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/pm/
Zatulin, Konstantin. “Fighting for Ukraine: What’s Next?”, Russia in Global Affairs, no. 2, 2005. URL: eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/11/909.html.
Zlobin, Nikolai, “Limited Possibilities and Possible Limitations,” Russia in Global Affairs, 2005, No. 1. URL: eng.globalaffairs.ru/numbers/10/822.html.