Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course students will have developed a better understanding of:
• Explanations of Russian foreign policy based on major theories of International Relations
• Continuity and change in Soviet/Russian foreign policy, both regionally (esp. Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Black Sea regions) and globally
• Soviet and Russian understandings of, and policy towards, Europe and the transatlantic community
• Russia’s relations with its neighbors, including bilateral and multilateral political, economic and security dimensions