Listed in: Political Science, as POSC-380
Constantine V. Pleshakov (Section 01)
[IR] This course will examine the foreign policy of the Russian Federation of the past twenty years. As a successor state Russia has inherited both the Soviet Union's clout (nuclear arms, permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council) and Soviet debts - monetary, psychological, and historical. What are the conceptual foundations of Russian diplomacy? Can we deconstruct Russian nationalism so as to examine its different trends and their impact on foreign policy? Do Russian exports of oil and gas define Russian diplomacy, as it is often claimed? Is there any pattern in the struggle over resources and their export routes in continental Eurasia?
Requisite: A previous POSC course. Limited to 20 students. Spring semester. Visiting Professor Pleshakov.
Section 01
Tu 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM OCTA 200
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The White Guard | Academy Chicago Publishers (1987) | Mikhail Bulgakov ; translated from the Russian by Michael Glenny | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Petrostate : Putin, power, and the new Russia | Oxford University Press (2010) | Marshall I. Goldman | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order | Simon & Schuster (2003) | Samuel P. Huntington | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Russia hand : a memoir of presidential diplomacy | Random House (2003) | Strobe Talbott | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.