96-4.01 Current trends and developments in Russian foreign and security policy

Instructors: Regina Heller

Event type: Seminar

Displayed in timetable as: 96-4.01

Hours per week: 2

Credits: 6,0

Language of instruction: German/English

Min. | Max. participants: 6 | 20

Waiting list:

Waiting list quota:  20%

More information:
The course is also open to students of other degree programmes. The prerequisite for participation in the course is attendance at the first session. In the event of non-attendance, the place will be lost and will be made available to a successor.

Comments/contents:
Based on Moscow's military aggression against Ukraine, the seminar deals with current trends and developments in Russian foreign and security policy. It sheds light on the background of these developments and asks to what extent the Ukraine war is changing the realization of Russia's great power ambitions. It examines the material and ideational foundations of Russian power projection in regional and global perspective, the foreign policy decision-making processes and internal developments shaping Moscow's external policy as well as the various instruments of soft and hard power that Russia has used in recent years. In concrete case studies, Russia's bilateral policy vis-à-vis other actors of world politics (USA, NATO, EU, China) is examined, as well as vis-à-vis individual regions (neighborhood countries, Middle East, Africa and Latin America), and in the context of regional and international institutions (e.g. Eurasian Economic Union, United Nations, OSCE). 

Learning objectives:
Deepened understanding of the influencing factors, decision-making processes and strategies of Russian foreign and security policy in the context of current developments, in particular the war in Ukraine.

Didactic concept:
- Group discussions

- Presentations

Literature:
To be announced.

Additional examination information:
- Oral presentation and written semester work