Riga Stradins University Faculty of European Studies Department of Political Science Academic Study Program Degree of Master of Social Sciences in International Relations

Description of Study Subject Program

Title and category of study subject program -	History of International Relations and Diplomacy, A
Manager of Academic structural unit -	Dr. Ilga Kreituse
Lecturer involved in study subject program -	Dr. Karlis Dauksts
Auditory (faculty, study program, year of study) -	The students of the Master’s course in InternationalRelations of the Faculty of European Studies
Volume of study program in credit points (CP)	5 credits, 80 hours
Aim of study subject –	To identify and analyze major trends, defining factors and features in history of international relations and diplomacy
Tasks of study program –	To identify the important historical developments in the domain of international relations and diplomacy; to analyze the major actors and factors; to apply the “historical lessons” to contemporary situation
Content of study subject –	1. Approaches to history of international relations and diplomacy 2. Interwar period 3. Second World War and its consequences 4. International relations during the Cold War 5. Post-Cold War period: return to the past? 6. Etnic conflicts in the context of international relatiosn history 7. Historical interpretations and foreign policy
Tests in study subject –	All students must to take part in the lessons, seminaries and the final exam, as to submit reports and presentations.
List of literature-	1. B. Buzan and R.Little, International Systems in World History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 2. P. Calvocoressi, World Politics, 1945-2000. Essex: Longman, 2001. 3. E.H.Carr, The Twenty Years’ Crisis. London: Papermac, 1995. 4. W. Keylor, The Twenty Century World: An International History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. 5. H. Kissinger, Diplomacy. New York: Touchstone, 1994.

Manager of study subject program:

Head of International Relations Master Degree Program, Dr. Andris Spruds

(signature) (scientific degree, academic position, name, family name)
11.04.2007
COORDINATED

Rīga Stradiņš University

Faculty of European Studies

Political Science Dpt. Session

11 April 2007, Record No. 9
Form No. M-3 (3) COORDINATED

Rīga Stradiņš University

Deans’ Council Session on

16 April 2007,

Record No. 29
AFFIRMED

Rīga Stradiņš University

Senate Session on

15 May 2007,

Record No. 1-2/15.05.07

Description of Study Subject Program

Title and category of study subject program -	Evolution of Geopolitical Theories, A
Manager of Academic structural unit -	Dr. Ilga Kreituse
Lecturer involved in study subject program -	Dr. Karlis Dauksts
Auditory (faculty, study program, year of study) -	The students of the Master’s course in InternationalRelations of the Faculty of European Studies
Volume of study program in credit points (CP)	5 credits, 80 hours
Aim of study subject –	To analyze critically major geopolitical theories and identify their place in theoretical thinking within the discipline of International Relations
Tasks of study program –	To identify trends and authors in geopolitical thinking; to criticize and assess the geopolitical approaches, concepts and their applicability to the analysis of the contemporary international developments
Content of study subject –	1. Geopolitical approach to international relations 2. The context of geopolitical thinking 3. Anglo-saxon geopolitical thinking 4. German approach to geopolitics 5. Soviet and Russian geopolitical science 6. Post-Cold War period: return to geopolitics? 7. Prospects of geopolitical approach in International Relations discipline
Tests in study subject –	All students must to take part in the lessons, seminaries and the final exam, as to submit reports and presentations.
List of literature-	Z. Brzezinsky, The Grand Chessboard, American primacy and It’s Geostrategic Imperatives, New York: Basic books, 1997. B. Buzan and R.Little, International Systems in World History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. A.P. Cyganov (ed.), Rossiyskaya nauka mezhdunarodnyh otnoshenii: noviye napravleniya. Moscow, 2005. Fukuyama, Francis. State Building Governance and World Order in the Twenty - First Century, London: Profile Books, 2004 H. Kissinger, Diplomacy. New York: Touchstone, 1994. Stranga A. Mazās valstis un ģeopolitika. //Latvija pasaules politikā: iespējas un ierobežojumi. – Rīga: Latvijas Ārpolitikas institūts, 2001. Trenin, Dmitrij. The End of Eurasia: Russia on the Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization, Moscow: Carnegie Moscow Center, 2001

Manager of study subject program:

Head of International Relations Master Degree Program, Dr. Andris Spruds

(signature) (scientific degree, academic position, name, family name)
11.04.2007
COORDINATED

Rīga Stradiņš University

Faculty of European Studies

Political Science Dpt. Session

11 April 2007, Record No. 9

Form No. M-3 (3) COORDINATED

Rīga Stradiņš University

Deans’ Council Session on

16 April 2007,

Record No. 29

AFFIRMED

Rīga Stradiņš University

Senate Session on

15 May 2007,

Record No. 1-2/15.05.07