Syllabus Post-Soviet Foreign Policies

Syllabus Post-Soviet Foreign Policies=

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Office Hours: 4:15-6:00 Wednesday and By Appointment=

Telephone: 854-54= 26 E-Mail: rhl1@columbia.edu

Web Page: http://www.columbia.edu/~rhl1

Teaching Assistant: Vsevolod Gunitskiy

E-Mail:= vg2122@= columbia.edu =

&n= bsp;          This course explores the international relations of the new states of the former= Soviet Union. Our attention will be on factors shap= ing the foreign policies of these states, the evolution of relations among these states, and the way developments in the post-Soviet space fit into the larg= er international setting. Although Russia is the centerpiece of this course, as it is of the region itself, the forei= gn policies of other post-Soviet states are also important. Thus, the course, devotes a good deal of attention to the dynamics within key sub-regions, su= ch as the Caucasus and Central Asia, and to broad themes affecting all the post-Soviet states, such as forces aiding or impeding integration, shifting alignments among these states, the relationship between national security policies and mutual security, and the problem of regional instability.

        &= nbsp;   Student responsibilities in the course are three: (1) to read with care the followi= ng assigned reading in advance of the lecture, (2) to write an hour and a final examination, (3) and to submit a paper on a theme of the student's choice b= ut with the instructor or teaching assistant's approval. The paper assignment = is intended to allow you to explore in greater depth a topic from the course t= hat is of particular interest to you. It is not meant to be an original research paper written from primary sources, but rather one that can be based on existing secondary sources. The paper should be between 15 and 20 pages, double-spaced, and is due Tuesday, December 5.

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        &= nbsp;   The location of material is either on Social Science Reserves in Lehman Library, the Internet, or to be purchased. Books marked with an asterisk are availab= le at the Columbia University Bookstore. All articles, unless otherwise identi= fied are available as e-journals on the Columbia Libraries page. Book chapters a= re on reserve. Finally, on the web site noted above, you will find a copy of t= his reading list as well as a resource page providing Internet links to assist = you in your research.

Assigned Reading

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Part I. The Past and Future in Perspective= :        September 12

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  =           Legvold, Robert, “Introduction” and Chapter 2, “Russian Foreign Po= licy During Periods of Great State Transformation,” in Robert Legvold, ed.= , Russian Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century and the Shadow of the Past (New York: Columbia University Press, forthcoming 2007). This is from a draft manuscri= pt. Copies of the Introduction and Chapter 2 are in Course Works (under “class Files,” then “Shared Files,” and then under “Russian Foreign Policy in the 21^st Century and the Shadow of the Past= 221;)         =

    =         Hosking, Geoffrey, = Russia and the Russians: A History (Cambridge= : Harvard University Press, 2001), pp. 231-4= 0; 249-55; 285-89; 304-06; 313-17; 320-44; 386-400.

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Part II. Ending the Cold War: September 19

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  =           Chernyaev, Anatoly, My Six Years with Gorbachev (College Station: Penn State University, 2000), pp. 233-95.

  =           English, Robert, Russia and the Idea of the West (New York: = Columbia University Press, 2000), Chapter 6= , pp. 193-228.

  =           Brooks, Stephen G. and William C. Wohlforth, “Pow= er, Globalization, and the End of the Cold War: Reevaluating a Landmark Case for Ideas,” International Security, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Winter 2000/01= ), pp. 5-53.

  =           Larson, Deborah Welch and Alexei Shevchenko, “Shortcut to Greatness: The New Thinking and the Revolution in Soviet Foreign Policy,” Internation= al Organization, Vol. 57 (Winter 2003), pp. 77-109.

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Part III. Russian Foreign Policy: September 26 and October 3

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= ;           Reading:

  =           *Lo, Bobo, Vladimir Putin and the Evolution of Ru= ssian Foreign Policy ( London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2003), in entirety.

  =           Andrei P. Tsygankov, “New Challenges for Putin’s Foreign Policy,= 221; Orbis: Journal of World Affairs, Vol. 5= 0, no. 1 (January 2006), pp. 153-165.

  =           Trenin, Dmitri, “Russi= a Leaves the West,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 85, no. 4 (July-August 2007), pp. 87-96.
        &= nbsp;   Kosachev, Konstantin, “A Dictatorship of Incompetence,” Russia in Global Affairs, Vol. 4, no. 2 (April-June 2006), pp. 92-99.

Furman, Dmitry, “A Si= lent Cold War,” = Russia in Global Affairs, Vol. 4, no. 2 (April-June 2006), pp. 68-75.

Part IV. Hour Examination October 10<= /o:p>

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Part IV. Revolutionary Change at Home= and Foreign Policy: October 17

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McFaul, Michael, “A Precarious Peace: Domes= tic Politics In The Making Of Russian Foreign Policy,” International Security, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Winter 1997-9= 8), pp. 5-35.

  =           Trenin, Dmitri and Bobo Lo, The Landscape of Russian Foreign Policy Decision-Making, Carnegie Endowment for International Pe= ace, (2005) (Available online at: http://www= .carnegie.ru/en/pubs/books/9200doklad_fin.pdf )

  =           Shevtsova, Lilia, Putin’s Russia (Rev.ed., Washington DC: The Carnegie Endowment = for International Peace, 2005), Chapter 11, pp. 322-351.

Fedorov, Yuri, “’Boffins’ and ‘Buffoons,’ Different Strains of Thought in Russian Strateg= ic Thinking,” Chatham House Briefing Paper, REP-BP   06-01 (March 2006) at h= ttp://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/pdf/research/rep/BP0306russia.pdf

Papazian, Taline, “= From Ter-Petrossian to Kocharian: Explaining Continuity in Armenian Foreign Policy, 1991-2003,” Demokratizatsia, Vol. 14, no. 2 (Spring 2006),= pp. 235-251.

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Part VI. Uk= raine and Belarus:   October 24

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  =           Wilson, Andrew, The Ukrainians: Unexpected Nation (New= Haven: Yale University Press, 2001), Chapter 1= 3, pp. 279-310.

  =           Wilson, Andrew and Clelia Rontoyanni, “Security or Prosperity? Belarusian and Ukrainian Choices,R= 21; in Robert Legvold and Celeste A. Wallander, eds., Swords and Sustenance: The Economics of Security in Be= larus and Ukraine (Cambridge: The MI= T Press, 2004), pp. 23-62. (The .pdf file for this chapter is available online at: http://= mitpress.mit.edu/books/chapters/0262621827chap1.pdf. For those who prefer to read the c= hapter in Russian, a .pdf file is available at: ht= tp://www.amacad.org/publications/swords_russian/chapter_1.pdf )<= /o:p>

        &= nbsp;   Rontoyanni, Clelia, ̶= 0;Belarus and the East,” in Stephen White, Elena Korostele= va, et. Al., eds., Post-Communist Belarus (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), pp. 123-142.

Sushko, Oleksander, “The Dark Side of Integration: Ambitions of Domination in Russia’s Backyard,” Washington Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Spring 2004),= pp. 119-131.

  =           Larrabee, F. Stephen, “<= st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Ukraine and the West,” = Survival, Vol. 48, no. 1 (March 2006), pp. 93-110.

Part VII. The Cauldron in the Caucasus: October 31

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Ruseckas, Laurent and Hendrik Spruyt, "Eco= nomics and Security along Russia's Southern Tier: Liberal Expectations and Likely Realities," in Rajan Menon and Yuri Fedorov, eds., Russia and the Sout= h: The 21^st Century Security Environment (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 19= 99), Chapter 3.

Hill, Fiona and Omar Taspinar, “Turkey and Russia:= Axis of the Excluded,” Survival, Vol. 48, no. 1 (March 2006), pp. 81-9= 2.

Nodia, Ghia, “Georgia: Dimens= ions of Insecurity,” in Bruno Coppieters and Robert Legvold, eds., Statehood and Security: Georgia After the Rose Revolution (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2005), pp. 39= -82.

deWaal, Thomas, “Ge= orgia and Its Distant Neighbors,” in Coppieters and Legvold, Statehood a= nd Security, pp. 307-338.

Mansfiel= d, Ed and Jack Snyder, “Democratic Transitions, Institutional Strength, and War,” I= nternational Organization, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Spring 2002), pp. 297-337.

King, Charles, “The Benefits of Ethnic War: Understanding Eurasia’s Unrecognized States, World Po= litics, Vol. 53 (July 2001), pp. 524-52.

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Part VIII. Central Asian Foreign Policy: November 14

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  =           Olcott, Martha Brill, Central Asia’s Second = Chance (Washington DC: The Carnegie Endowment for Interna= tional Peace, 2005), Chapters 3 and 6, pp. 52-82 and 173-205.

  =           Saivetz, Carol R., “Perspectives on the Caspian Sea Dilemma: Russian Policies Since the Soviet Demise,” Eurasian Geography and Economics, Vol. 44,= No. 8 (December 2003), pp. 588-606.

  =           Menon, Rajan, “The = New Great Game in Central Asia,” Su= rvival, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Summer 2003), pp. 187-204.

  =           Perovič, Jeronim, “From Disengagement to Active Economic Competition: Russia’s Return to the South Caucasu= s and Central Asia,” Demokr= atizatsia, Vol. 13, no. 1 (Winter 2005), pp. 61-85

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Part IX. Energy and the Post-Soviet Space: November 21=

Reading:

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Arbatov, Alexander, Maria Belova, and Vladimir Feygin, “Russian Hydocarbons and World Markets,&#= 8221; Russia in Global Affairs, Vol. 4, no. 1 (January-March 2006), pp. 118-131.

Goldstein, Lyle and Vitaly Kozyr= ev, “China, Japan and the Scramble for Siberia,” Survival, Vol. 48, no. 1 (March 2006), pp. 163-177.

Grigoriev, Leonid and Marsel Salikhov, “<= st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Ukraine—Growth and Gas,” Russia in Global Affairs, Vol. 4, no. 2 (April-June 2006), pp. 10-34.

Monaghan, Andrew, “Russia-EU Relations: An Emer= ging Security Dilemma,” Pro et Contra, Vol. 10, no. 2-3 (Summer 20= 06) pp. 1-13. At http:/= /www.carnegieendowment.org/files/EmergingDilemma1.pdf

Olcott, Martha Brill, “’Friendship of Nations’ in the World of Energy,” <= u>Pro et Contra, Vol. 10, no. 2-3 (Summer 2006), p= p. 1-11. At http://www.c= arnegieendowment.org/files/Friendship.pdf

Part X. National Security and the Post-Soviet States: November 28=

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Allison, Roy, “Regionalism, Regional Structures, and Security Management in Central Asia,” International Affairs (London), Vol. 80, No. 3 (May 2004), pp. 463-83.

Miller, Steven E. and Dmitri Trenin, eds., The Rus= sian Military: Power and Policy (Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2005), Introduction and Conclusion, pp. 1-42 and 217-232. (The .pdf= files for these chapters are online at: http://ww= w.amacad.org/publications/russian_military.aspx. Russian translations are at: http://= www.amacad.org/publications/russian_mil_russian.pdf)

Allison, Roy and Christoph Bluth= , eds., Security Dilemmas in Russia = and Eurasia (London: RIIA, 1998), Part II, Chap= ters 7-10, pp. 134-205.

Giragosian, Richard, “Redefining Armenian National Security,” <= u>Demokratizatsia, Vol. 14, no. 2 (Spring 2006), pp. 223-234.

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XI.   The Post‑Soviet States= and the Great Powers: December 5<= o:p>

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Brzezinski, Zbigniew, The Grand Chessboard (New York: Basic Bo= oks, 1997), pp. 87-122.

Bobo Lo, “China and = Russia,” Asian Geopolitics: Special Report (Chatham House), May 2006. pp. 1-32. At http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/pdf/research/rep/RussiaChinaMay06.pdf=

Legvold, Robert and Celeste Wallander, “Conclusion,” in Legvold and Walla<= /st1:PersonName>nder, Swords and Sustenance, pp. 227-259. (Available as a .pdf file at: http:/= /mitpress.mit.edu/books/chapters/0262621827chapm1.pdf A Russian translation is at: h= ttp://www.amacad.org/publications/swords_russian/conclusion.pdf )

Richard Weitz, “Ave= rting a New Great Game in Central Asia,” The Washington Quarterly, Vol. 29, no.= 3 (Summer 2006), pp. 155-167.  &nbs= p;

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