The International Situation and the Foreign Policy of Slovenia
Course type
Study programme and level
Language
slovenščina
Lectures | Seminar | Tutorial | Other forms of study | Individual Work | ECTS |
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20 | 280 | 10 |
Content (Syllabus outline): |
The course International Status and Foreign Policy of Slovenia focuses on select key concepts and categories of foreign policy analysis (national interest, power and its essential aspects, the anarchic nature of international society, morality and foreign policy goals, legitimacy, diplomacy, the specifics of small states) – all of which are important for the analysis of current circumstances in the international community. The course then focuses on the genesis of European / international states system, especially from the point of view of significance for Slovenian nation and statehood. On this basis, the course focuses on the analysis of Slovenia’s status in the international community, primarily within the EU, and the challenges for its foreign policy, also in the light of the key current challenges of the international community. I. Some concepts and categories and theories involved in foreign policy analysis National interest, the anarchic nature of international society, morality and foreign policy goals: Oppenheim, 1998, pp. 53-108. Power and its essential aspects: Baldwin, pp. 49-122. Legitimacy: Ian Hurd, Legitimacy in International Politics, in: Robert J. Art, Robert Jarvis, International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues, Pearson, New York, 2016, pp. 16-19. Diplomacy: Morgenthau, 1995, pp. 660-693. The specifics of small states: Thorhallsson, Wivel, 2006; Wivel, 2021.
II. The genesis of European / international states system and Slovenia The Thirty Years’s War and The Peace of Westphalia; principles of autonomy and equality: Kissinger, pp. 11-41; Osiander, pp. 16-17, 316-333. The French revolution, the Napoleonic wars and the European concert; the system of balance of power and the principle of great powers: Kissinger, pp. 41-82; Osiander, pp. 166-171, 316- 333. Illyrian provinces, congress of Vienna and Ljubljana, March Revolution: Rupel, 2009b, pp. 42-63. Illyrian provinces: Vidmar, pp. 276-296. Paris Peace Conference and the Slovenian problem: Žebot, pp. 160- 164, 219-224; Ehrlich, pp. 73-87. Central European integration plans between 1918 and 1945 and Slovenians: Godeša, pp. 335-355. The concept of European integration: Schuman, pp. 9-132. Post-Cold War European order: Charter of Paris for a New Europe, Bobbitt, pp. 610-639.
III. International Status and Foreign Policy of Slovenia Geopolitical-civilizational position of Slovenia and the period until the Second World War: Jambrek, pp. 21-61. Slovenian national interes: Grdina. On the way to an independent Slovenian state and self-determination: Jambrek, pp. 237-282. Slovenia and Europe, integration into the EU: Bučar, 2003, 2006; Rahten. Incorporation of Slovenia in the international community – bilateral, multilateral and European aspects: Rupel, 2009a, 2009b, 2011, 2013, 2018; Jambek, pp. 495-530. Normative framework: Foreign Affairs Act, Act on Cooperation between the National Assembly and the Government in European Union Affairs, foreign policy strategy of Slovenia, Declaration on guidelines for the operation of the Republic of Slovenia in the institutions of the European Union in the period 2021-2024 Key challenges: Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU (2008, 2021). IV. Contemporary challenges of international community, Slovenia and its national interest The future of Europe and the European Union: Walt; Conference on the future of Europe. The normative foundations of post-Cold War Europe and the revisionist challenge: Colby, Mitchell; Marten; Bērziņš; Rynning. The liberal order, its evolution and its crisis: Ikenberry; Posen; Pabst (Hubris: the rise and fall of the liberal world order, pp. 5-23; Interregnum: the battle for hegemony, pp. 45-62).
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