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Lecturer(s)
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Plundrich Miroslav, Mgr.
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Jurek Petr, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Historical context (development phases) of American foreign policy 2. American foreign policy institutions and competences 3. American foreign policy doctrines and ideology 4. National security strategy 5. USA and world regions 6. US-Latin-American relations 7. US-African relations 8. US-Asian relations
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Self-study of literature, Seminar
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 34 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to identify the fundamental turning points that had a major impact on the events structure of the international system |
| to identify and characterise individual key actors in various stages of the international system |
| Skills |
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| to critically evaluate the role of actors in the contemporary international system |
| to interpret historical and political events on the basis of knowledge of the system characteristics of the international system in individual stages |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to evaluate the basic directions and goals of the foreign policy of the United States of America in individual stages |
| to explain the causes of US economic and political rise |
| to characterise the key ideological currents shaping American foreign policy |
| to characterise the role of the USA in shaping the international system |
| to justify changes in the US power position in the international system |
| to distinguish the various stages in the development of American foreign policy |
| Skills |
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| to independently analyse US foreign policy in a certain period or in relation to a certain actor |
| to analyse and interpret foreign policy priorities in individual stages and to individual regions |
| independently analyse the role and strategy of the USA in a specific international conflict |
| to critically evaluate the impact of a particular major political event on the shape of American foreign policy |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| Skills |
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| Seminar |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Barša, Pavel. Hodina imperia, Zdroje současné zahraniční politiky USA,. MU v Brně, Mezinárodní politologický ústav.
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Brzezinski, Z. Velká šachovnice. K čemu Ameriku zavazuje její globální převaha. Praha, 1999.
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Buzan, Barry. The United States and the great powers : world politics in the twenty-first centrury. Cambridge : Polity Press, 2004. ISBN 0-7456-3375-7.
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Kissinger, H. Potřebuje Amerika zahraniční politiku? Cesta k diplomacii pro 21. století. Praha, 2002.
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Kuchyňková, Petra; Rojčík, Ondřej; Vilímek, Petr; Suchý, Petr. Zahraniční politika USA v devadesátých letech dvacátého století. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2001. ISBN 80-210-2644-8.
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