Blocktermine: 6.11./20.11./4.12./11.12./8.1./15.1./22.1.2020 - 8-12 Uhr
The class is designed to familiarize students with the recent political and security trends in the Baltic Sea region. Students will debate actors, institutions and challenges that shape the contemporary security landscape. Since 1991, the Baltic Sea region has undergone profound changes, witnessing consolidation of democratic regimes, transition to market economies and NATO enlargement. However, since 2014, relations with Russia have entered a downward spiral, thus pushing this part of Europe back into the geopolitical spotlight. Thematically, students will focus on NATO’s presence on eastern flank, Germany’s evolving security role, external influence by the Unites States as well as region’s increasingly antagonistic relations with Russia.
Literature:
William H. Hill. No Place for Russia: European Security Institutions Since 1989. 2018. New York: Columbia University Press.
Joshua Shifrinson. Deal or No Deal? The End of the Cold War and the U.S. Offer to Limit NATO Expansion.” Quarterly Journal: International Security, 2016, https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/files/publication/003-ISEC_a_00236-Shifrinson.pdf
Alexander Lanoszka. Thank goodness for NATO enlargement, International Politics, 2020. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41311-020-00234-8
Andrey Makarychev and Alexandra Yatsyk. Borders in the Baltic Sea Region: Suturing the Ruptures. 2017. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Ann-Sofie Dahl and Pauli Järvenpää, Northern Security and Global Politics Nordic–Baltic strategic influence in a post-unipolar world. 2014. London: Routledge.
Agnia Grigas. The Politics of Energy and Memory between the Baltic States and Russia. 2013. New York: Ashgate Publishing.
David A. Shlapak and Michael Johnson. ‘Reinforcing Deterrence on NATO’s Eastern Flank’, 2016. RAND Organization.
Leistungsnachweis: Hausarbeit im Umfang von 20 bis 25 Seiten
- Dozent/in: Andris Banka
- Dozent/in: Martin Kerntopf
- Dozent/in: Steffi Krohn