Central Asian Politics and Societies

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Course ID:	2102-ANG-L-D5CAPS
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Central Asian Politics and Societies
Name in Polish:	Central Asian Politics and Societies
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Political Science and International Studies
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Prerequisites (description):	The aim of the course is: - acquainting students with key issues related to the domestic and foreign policy of Central Asian states - improving the skills of critical analysis of sources - improving the ability to analyze events and processes and draw conclusions - improving the ability to conduct discussions within the issues included in the program of the subject
Mode:	Remote learning
Short description:	1. Introductory remarks 2. Kazakhstan - domestic policy issues 3. Kazakhstan - foreign policy issues 4. Uzbekistan - domestic policy issues 5. Uzbekistan - foreign policy issues 6. Kyrgyzstan - domestic policy issues 7. Kyrgyzstan - foreign policy issues 8. Turkmenistan - domestic policy issues 9. Turkmenistan - foreign policy issues 10. Tajikistan - domestic policy issues 11. Tajikistan - foreign policy issues 12. Exam
Full description:	1. Introductory remarks 2. Kazakhstan - domestic policy issues - political system - economy - general overview - society 3. Kazakhstan - foreign policy issues - key foreign policy goals - main foreign policy directions , key partners - 'hot spots' 4. Uzbekistan - domestic policy issues - political system - economy - general overview - society 5. Uzbekistan - foreign policy issues - key foreign policy goals - main foreign policy directions , key partners - 'hot spots' 6. Kyrgyzstan - domestic policy issues - political system - economy - general overview - society 7. Kyrgyzstan - foreign policy issues - key foreign policy goals - main foreign policy directions , key partners - 'hot spots' 8. Turkmenistan - domestic policy issues - political system - economy - general overview - society 9. Turkmenistan - foreign policy issues - key foreign policy goals - main foreign policy directions , key partners - 'hot spots' 10. Tajikistan - domestic policy issues - political system - economy - general overview - society 11. Tajikistan - foreign policy issues - key foreign policy goals - main foreign policy directions , key partners - 'hot spots' 12. Exam
Bibliography:	2-3. Kazakhstan: • R. Abazov, Practice of Foreign Policy Making: Formation of Post-Soviet Politics of Kazahkstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, 1998, http://www.nato.int/acad/fellow/96-98/abasov.pdf • Y. N. Bastas, The Foreign Policy of Kazakhstan. An analysis of Kazakhstan’s multi-vector policy, https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/36938/BastasxMasterxoppgxStatsvitenskap.pdf?sequence=1 • K. Diyarbakırlıoğlu, S. Yiğit, Kazakh Multi Vector Foreign policy in Action, „Turkish Journal of International Relations”, http://alternatives.yalova.edu.tr/article/viewFile/5000150753/5000136896 • Foreign Policy Concept, http://www.embkaz.it/pdf/Foreign_Policy_Concept_for_2014-2020_en.pdf • I. Ivanov, V. Volovoj, Geopolitics of Kazakhstan: Theory and Practice, „The Russian Academic Journal”, http://oaji.net/articles/2014/1391-1417702498.pdf • A. Jarosiewicz, Kazakhstan’s attitude towards integration with Russia: less love, more fear, https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/osw-commentary/2014-05-26/kazakhstans-attitude-towards-integration-russia-less-love-more • A . Jarosiewicz, Perestroika – the Nazarbayev way. Crisis and reforms in Kazakhstan, https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/point-view/2016-06-17/perestroika-nazarbayev-way-crisis-and-reforms-kazakhstan • R. Weitz, Kazakhstan and the New International Politics of Eurasia, Silk Road Paper, June 2008,http://www.silkroadstudies.org/resources/pdf/SilkRoadPapers/2008_07_SRP_Weitz_Kazakhstan-Eurasia.pdf 4-5. Uzbekistan: • A. Kuchins, J. Mankoff, A. Kourmanova, O. Backes, Central Asia in a Reconnecting Euriasia. Uzbekistan’s Evolving Foreign Economic and Security Interests, CSIS Report, June 2015, https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/150612_Kuchins_CentralAsiaUzbekistan_Web.pdf • A. Malashenko, Uzbekistan: What Changes can be expected?, http://carnegieendowment.org/files/MalashenkoBriefing_14-5-12_eng_uz.pdf • A. Dubnov, Will Mirziyoyev Bring Change to Uzbekistan?, http://carnegie.ru/commentary/?fa=66493 . • J. Lang, Śmierć Karimowa: gra o Uzbekistan, Analizy OSW, 7.09.2016, https://www.osw.waw.pl/pl/publikacje/analizy/2016-09-07/smierc-karimowa-gra-o-uzbekistan • J. Lang, Uzbekistan: normalizacja relacji z sąsiadami, Analizy OSW, 4.01.2017, https://www.osw.waw.pl/pl/publikacje/analizy/2017-01-04/uzbekistan-normalizacja-relacji-z-sasiadami • http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/pa.1611/full • http://jhss-khazar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2NEW-tUGCE-VAROL-SEV-M-1.pdf • http://poli.haifa.ac.il/~bshaffer/Foreign_Policies_Landlocked_States.pdf • http://www.nato.int/acad/fellow/96-98/abasov.pdf 6-7. Kyrgyzstan: • http://www.ponarseurasia.org/sites/default/files/policy-memos-pdf/Pepm418_McGlinchey_Jan2016.pdf • http://sam.gov.tr/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/yasar_sari.pdf • http://www.nato.int/acad/fellow/96-98/abasov.pdf • http://carnegieendowment.org/files/MalashenkoBrifing_14-2-12_Eng_Kyrg.pdf 8-9. Turkmenistan: • A. Jarosiewicz, M. Falkowski, Wielka Gra wokół Turkmenistanu, „Punkt widzenia OSW”, sierpień 2008. • http://sam.gov.tr/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/BORIS-O.-SHIKHMURADOV.pdf • http://isdp.eu/content/uploads/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2009_horak-sir_dismantling-totalitarianism.pdf • https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/view/178761 • https://books.google.pl/books?id=TtJ9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=foreign+policy+turkmenistan+pdf&source=bl&ots=I3oGjvNTkS&sig=DLDL6nlO6ahjH7Nlpmtc8k13ar8&hl=pl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq0OryppfSAhXMCiwKHcmqAd84ChDoAQhXMAc#v=onepage&q=foreign%20policy%20turkmenistan%20pdf&f=false 10-11. Tajikistan: • http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/32194/7/07_chapter%202.pdf • http://mfa.tj/files/kitobkhona/tajikistan_diplomacy_the_past_and_the_present_1/tajikistan_diplomacy_the_past_and_the_present_en.pdf • http://www.css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/pdfs/RAD-165-13-16.pdf • http://carnegieendowment.org/files/rahmon_phenomenon.pdf • http://www.ponarseurasia.org/sites/default/files/policy-memos-pdf/Pepm418_McGlinchey_Jan2016.pdf
Learning outcomes:	- acquainting students with key issues related to the domestic and foreign policy of Central Asian states - improving the skills of critical analysis of sources - improving the ability to analyze events and processes and draw conclusions - improving the ability to conduct discussions within the issues included in the program of the subject
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Online exam (test in Google Classroom)
Practical placement:	-

This course is not currently offered.

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