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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KAP
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GEG
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Geopolitics and Geostrategy
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
6
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Oral
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Type of completion
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Oral
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Time requirements
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Lecture
3
[Hours/Week]
Seminar
1
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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-
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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34 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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10
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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-
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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KAP/GG
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Course objectives:
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The aim of this M .A. course is to introduce geopolitics and geostrategy as disciplines closely related to political geography, international relations and security studies, and discuss and analyze historical and contemporary geopolitical processes and relations. Students will deal with the main tenets of geopolitical thinking including its main sources of inspiration - social darwinism, German geopolitics, classical British and American approaches to geostrategy, as well as critical geopolitics. The course will also discuss practical aspects of geopolitics, i.e. the spatial dimension of international politics, role of the state and other actors as subjects and objects of geopolitics, as well as geopolitical concepts and practices in the policies of traditional and new powers.
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Requirements on student
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The course concludes with a credit and final examination. In order to get the credit, students have to prepare a semestral paper and a seminar presentation. The final oral examination will focus on issues presented in lectures and on assigned reading.
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Content
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1. Introduction - defining the discipline, basic terms, historical conditions and the birth of geopolitical thinking. 2. Beginnings of geopolitics - organic theory of the state 3. Anglophone geopolitics before 1945 (Mahan, Mackinder, Spykman and others) 4. German geopolitical tradition 5. American geopolitics after World War II (Cohen, Meinig, Brzezinski and others) 6. French and Russian geopolitics 7. Critical geopolitics 8. Geopolitics of selected traditional powers 9. Geopolitics of the Cold War 10. Geopolitics of selected new powers 11. Geopolitics of transport and supply routes 12. Geopolitics of energy resources 13. Contemporary geopolitical relations in selected region
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Cohen, Saul Bernard. Geopolitics : the geography of international relations. 2nd ed. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7425-5676-8.
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Basic:
Buzan, Barry; Little, Richard. International systems in world history : remaking the study of international relations. 1st pub. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-878065-6.
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Recommended:
MOTYL, Alexander J. . Imperial Ends. The Decay, Collapse, and Revival of Empires.. Columbia University Press: New York., 2001.
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Recommended:
Landes, David S. Bohatství a bída národů : proč jsou někteří tak bohatí a někteří tak chudí. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha : BB art, 2004. ISBN 80-7341-291-8.
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Recommended:
PAIN, Rachel - SMITH, Susan J., eds. Critical Geopolitics and Everyday Life. Ashgate: Aldershot., 2008.
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Recommended:
SPYKMAN, Nicholas, T. Geography and Foreign Policy I a II.. The American Political Science Review. Vol 32, No. 1 a 2., 1938.
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Recommended:
DODDS, Klaus. Geopolitics. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press: New York., 2007.
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Recommended:
PIKNEROVÁ, Linda - ŠANC, David a kol. Nové mocnosti globálního jihu. Čína, Indie, Brazílie, Jihoafrická republika a Indonésie v mezinárodním systému.. Dokořán: Praha., 2015.
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Recommended:
Baylis, John - Wirtz, James - Cohen, Eliot - Gray, Colin S. Strategy in the Contemporary World. An Introduction to Strategic Studies.. Oxford University Press,, 2003.
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Recommended:
MACKINDER, halford, M. The Geographical Pivot of History. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4, 1904.
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Recommended:
Ó TUATHAIL, Gearóid. The Postmodern Geopolitical Condition: States, Statescraft, and Security at the Millennium. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 90, No. 1., 2000.
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Recommended:
BRZEZINSKI, Zbigniew. Volba: globální nadvláda nebo globální vedení.. Mladá fronta: Praha., 2004.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Contact hours
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52
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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50
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Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
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10
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Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
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40
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Total
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152
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
charakterizovat procesy, které ovlivňují vnitřní i zahraniční politiku státu |
charakterizovat význam politické geografie pro obor politologie a mezinárodní vztahy |
vysvětlit vztah mezi geografickou sférou a politikou v rámci státu i v mezinárodním prostředí |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
analyzovat a interpretovat vliv politicko-geografických faktorů na vnitřní i zahraniční politiky států |
interpretovat historické i současné konflikty ve vztahu k politicko-geografickým aspektům |
na základě získaných znalostí samostatně analyzovat vliv politicko-geografických faktorů na stabilitu státu respektive regionu |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
charakterizovat obor geopolitika a geostrategie a identifikovat jejich vztah k mezinárodním vztahům a politické geografii |
popsat vývoj disciplíny a vymezit jeho základní etapy |
rozlišit základní geopolitické teorie a přístupy |
vysvětlit geopolitické koncepce a praktické geopolitické působení tradičních i nastupujících mocností |
zhodnotit ideové zdroje nejvýznamnějších geopolitických škol |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
interpretovat roli vybraných aktérů mezinárodních vztahů jako objektů a subjektů geopolitiky |
na základě analýzy geopolitických procesů zhodnotit míru vlivu teoretických východisek geopolitiky na reálné chování aktéra |
na základě analýzy zahraniční politiky vybraného aktéra identifikovat jeho geopolitické priority |
zasadit vybraný konflikt do geopolitického rámce |
zhodnotit roli geopoliticky významných faktorů (nerostné suroviny, transportní trasy) na zahraniční politiku státu |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Oral exam |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Seminar work |
Group presentation at a seminar |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
Self-study of literature |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Seminar |
Individual study |
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