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週次
Week
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課程主題
Topic
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課程內容與指定閱讀
Content and Reading Assignment
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教學活動與作業
Teaching Activities and Homework
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學習投入時間
Student workload expectation
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課堂講授
In-class Hours
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課程前後
Outside-of-class Hours
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1
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Course Introduction
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The weekly topic is assigned with two articles (journal articles or book chapters).
For a detailed syllabus, please see the course attachment.
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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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3
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0
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2
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Tsarist and Soviet Foreign Policy
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- Robert H. Donaldson, Joseph L. Nogee, and Vidya Nadkarni, The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests, 5th ed. (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2014), ch. 2.
- Donaldson, Nogee, and Nadkarni, The Foreign Policy of Russia, 5th ed., chs. 3-4.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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3
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The Sources and Making of Russian Foreign Policy
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- Donaldson, Nogee, and Nadkarni, The Foreign Policy of Russia, 5th 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.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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4
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Greater Eurasia and Eurasian Regionalism
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- 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.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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5
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The Social Construction of Russia’s Resurgence
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- Andrei P. Tsygankov, Russia’s Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity, 4th 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.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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6
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Russian Public Diplomacy and Sharp Power
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- 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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3
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6
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7
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Intercollegiate Activities
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(No Class)
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0
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0
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8
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Hybrid Warfare
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- 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
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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9
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The Causes of Russia-Ukraine War
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- 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.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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10
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Critical Review on Russia-Ukraine War Analysis
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- 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
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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11
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Russian War Strategy and Military Capabilities
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- 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.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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12
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Nuclear Deterrence
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- 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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3
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6
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13
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Russia and the United States, and China
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- 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.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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14
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University Anniversary and Athletic Contests
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(No Class)
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0
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0
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15
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Russia and India, and the Global South
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- 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.
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Discussion/Lecture/Presentation/Reading
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3
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6
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16
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Russia and Turkey, and Iran
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- 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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3
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6
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17&18
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Flexible Learning
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No reading assignments
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Independent research on final paper; One-on-One meeting by appointment
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0
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0
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