POL 040 - Russian Politics and Foreign Policy

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · Political Science and International Relations (English) · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hakan ERDAGÖZ

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to analyze the dynamics of Russian politics through a historical perspective. 

Course Content

Course content includes but not limited to issues such as the state-building in tsarist period, the question of nationalities, the establishment and fall of the communist regime in the twentieth century, the state building in the post-Soviet period, the dynamics of foreign policy options under the reign of Putin and so on. 

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to comprehend central theoretical and public debates about state-society relations in Russia.
  2. Students will be able to demonstrate a basic comprehension of issues, debates, processes, and actors in Russian politics.
  3. Students will have familiarity with themes and debates as well as intellectual school of thoughts about Russian foreign policy.

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%100