Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Seminars / Tutorials | 8 Hours. (8 x 1 hour) |
Lecture | 14 Hours. (14 x 1 hour) |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Seminar Performance | 10% |
Semester Assessment | 2,500 word essay | 40% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours Exam | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this module students should be able to:
- Analyse the impact of Gorbachev on Russian security
- Analyse the major security debates which have taken place in Russia since 1992
- Discuss the security issues raised by Russia's wars against Chechnya
- Consider the contribution which peacekeeping makes to Russia's security
- Discuss the problems associated with the reform of the armed forces and the conversion of the defence industry in Russia
Brief description
This module provides an examination of a number of internal and external components which affect Russia's search for security in the post-Soviet period.
Content
Lectures
1. Gorbachev and Soviet security: breaking with the past?
2. Influences on security policy in post-Soviet Russia
3. What constitutes security: Russian debates
4. Russia's security forces: Ministry of Defence
5. Russia's security forces: internal security forces, civil-military relations and the Russian defence industry
6. Organised crime, criminal behaviour, terrorism
7. Economic collapse, environmental degradation, ethnic/religious tension
8. Russia's first Chechen war: 1994-96
9. Russia's second Chechen war: 1999-?
10. Russia's 'near abroad' and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
11. Russian peacekeeping in the CIS
12. Regional threats to Russia's security
13. Russia's relations with the United States: 9/11 and after
14. Russian security and Moscow's role in the World
Aims
The aim of this module is to examine a range of contemporary security concepts and issues from a Russian perspective.
Transferable skills
10 ECTS Credits
Reading List
General TextLo, Bobo (Nov. 2003) Vladimir Putin and the Evolution of Russian Foreign Policy John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated Primo search Lo, Bobo (Oct. 2002) Vladimir Putin and the Evolution of Russian Foreign Policy Wiley-Blackwell [Imprint] Primo search Recommended Text
Miller, Steven E. & Trenin, Dmitri (ed.) (2004) The Russian military :power and policy /edited by Steven E. Miller and Dmitri Trenin. Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6