週次

Week

課程主題

Topic

課程內容與指定閱讀

Content and Reading Assignment

教學活動與作業

Teaching Activities and Homework

學習投入時間

Student workload expectation

課堂講授

In-class Hours

課程前後

Outside-of-class Hours

1

Course Introduction

The weekly topic is assigned with two articles (journal articles or book chapters).

For a detailed syllabus, please see the course attachment.

Twice a semester, students must prepare a ten-minute oral presentation, based on one of the assigned articles of their choice.

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2

Tsarist and Soviet Foreign Policy

• Robert H. Donaldson, Joseph L. Nogee, and Vidya Nadkarni, The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests, 5^th ed. (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2014), ch. 2.


• Donaldson, Nogee, and Nadkarni, The Foreign Policy of Russia, 5^th ed., chs. 3-4.

Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading

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3

The Sources and Making of Russian Foreign Policy

• Donaldson, Nogee, and Nadkarni, The Foreign Policy of Russia, 5^th ed., ch. 5.


• Michael McFaul, “Putin, Putinism, and the Domestic Determinants of Russian Foreign Policy,” International Security, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Fall 2020), pp. 95-139.

Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading

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4

Greater Eurasia and Eurasian Regionalism

• Elias Gotz, “Taking the Longer View: A Neoclassical Realist Account of Russia’s Neighbourhood Policy,” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 74, No. 9 (Nov. 2022), pp. 1729-1763.


• Alexander Libman, “Does Integration Rhetoric Help? Eurasian Regionalism and the Rhetorical Dissonance of Russian Elites,” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 74, No. 9 (Nov. 2022), pp. 1574-1595.

Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading

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5

The Social Construction of Russia’s Resurgence

• Andrei P. Tsygankov, Russia’s Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity, 4^th ed. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016), ch. 1.


• Deborah Welch Larson, “Russia Says No: Power, Status, and Emotions in Foreign Policy,” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 47 (2014), pp. 269-279.

Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading

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6

Russian Public Diplomacy and Sharp Power

• Ignat Vershinin, “The Role of Discursive Practices in Public Diplomacy and International Relations: The Case of Russia-Japan Relations,” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 75, No. 9 (Nov. 2023), pp. 1560-1578.


• Serhii Orlov and Olha Ivasechko, “Russia’s Sharp Power: Tools and Practices of Implementation,” Russian Politics 9 (2024), pp. 257-288.

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7

Intercollegiate Activities

(No Class) 

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8

Hybrid Warfare

• Aiden Hoyle and Josef Slerka, “Causes for Concern: The Continuing Success and Impact of Kremlin Disinformation Campaigns,” Hybrid CoE Working Paper 29 (March 2024), https://www.hybridcoe.fi


• Henrik Praks, “Russia’s Hybrid Threat Tactics against the Baltic Sea Region: from Disinformation to Sabotage,” Hybrid CoE Working Paper 32 (May 2024), https://www.hybridcoe.fi

Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading

3

6

9

The Causes of Russia-Ukraine War

• Elias Gotz and Per Ekman, “Russia’s War against Ukraine: Context, Causes, and Consequences,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 71, No. 3 (2024), pp. 193-205.


• Andrei P. Tsygankov and Eva M. Parker-Bulgakova, “Coercive Diplomacy Gone Wrong: Interactive Leader Psychology and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine,” Russian Politics 9 (2024), pp. 342-365.

Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading

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10

Critical Review on Russia-Ukraine War Analysis

• Mikhail Polianskii, “Russian Foreign Policy Research and War in Ukraine: Old Answers to New Questions?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Vol. 57, No. 2 (2024), pp. 156-172. 


• Eliot A. Cohen and Philips O’Brien, “The Russia-Ukraine War: A Study in Analytical Failure,” CSIS Report (Sept. 2024), https://www.csis.org

Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading

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11

Russian War Strategy and Military Capabilities

• Marat Lliyasov and Yoshiko M. Herrera, “Russia’s War Strategy: What Chechnya Suggests for Ukraine,” Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 40, No. 5 (2024), pp. 383-400.


• Bettina Renz, “Western Estimates of Russian Military Capabilities and the Invasion of Ukraine,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 71, No. 3 (2024), pp. 219-231.

Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading

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12

Nuclear Deterrence

• Keir Giles, “Russian Nuclear Intimidation: How Russia Uses Nuclear Threats to Shape Western Responses to Aggression,” Research Paper (March 2023), Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs,  https://www.chathamhouse.org


• Matthew Evangelista, “A ‘Nuclear Umbrella’ for Ukraine? Precedents and Possibilities for Postwar European Security,” International Security, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Winter 2023/2024), pp. 7-50.

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13

Russia and the United States, and China

• Angela Stent, “Trump’s Russia Legacy and Biden’s Response,” Survival, Vol. 63, No. 4 (August-September 2021), pp. 55-80.


• Igor Denisov and Alexander Lukin, “Russia’s China Policy: Growing Asymmetries and Hedging Options,” Russian Politics 6 (2021), pp. 531-550.

Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading

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14

University Anniversary and Athletic Contests

(No Class)

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15

Russia and India, and the Global South

• Spenser A. Warren and Sumit Ganguly, “India-Russia Relations after Ukraine,” Asian Survey, Vol. 62, Nos. 5-6 (2022), pp. 811-837.


• Karel Svoboda, “Russia’s Loans as a Means of Geoeconomic Competition in Africa and Latin America,” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 71, No. 2 (2024), pp. 156-166.

Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading

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16

Russia and Turkey, and Iran

• Seckin Kostem, “Managed Regional Rivalry Between Russia and Turkey After the Annexation of Crimea,” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 74, No. 9 (Nov. 2022), pp. 1657-1675.


• Ali Omidi, “Russian-Iranian Ties: Strategic Alliance, Strategic Coalition, or Strategic Alignment (Partnership),” Russian Politics 7 (2022), pp. 341-365.

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17&18

Flexible Learning

No reading assignments

Independent research on final paper; One-on-One meeting by appointment

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