Course Details
Country:
France
Institution:
Sciences Po - Paris campus
Course Title:
Russia-Ukraine: Politics Inside, Policies Outside.
Course Number:
DAFF 25A07
Course Description:
This course is an introduction to Soviet and post-Soviet politics and external policies, with a special emphasis on domestic developments in Russia and Ukraine, and Moscow's foreign behavior. The key paradigm is the close interaction between internal and external factors. Vladimir Putin's confrontational strategies demonstrate that an autocratic regime is prone to conflict and war. The course will address: 1.The building and unbuilding of an empire: from the Tsarist empire to the USSR; from the fall of the USSR to the consolidation of new independent republics in Europe. 2.From Gorbachev and Yeltsin's reforms to Putin's authoritarianism. From partnership to confrontation with Western countries. 3.Russia's wars: Chechnya, Georgia, Syria, Ukraine. 4.The question of democracy versus autocracy, European security, Russia-West relations, the future of Ukraine and Russia.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 338
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