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1 RUSSIA IN WORLD AFFAIRS

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3 The State Emblem of the Russian Federation

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5 Monument to Peter the Great, St.Petersburg

6 COURSE REQUIREMENTS Fall Term 1 class report or short essay (6-8 pages double-spaced) - 10% Major essay (15-17 pages double-spaced) - 30% Participation - 10% Winter Term 1 class report or short essay (6-8 pages double-spaced) - 10% Major essay (15-17 pages double-spaced) - 30% Participation - 10%

7 THEMES Part One. The Historical Context 1.RUSSIA IN EURASIA 2.THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND ITS INTERNATIONAL CONSEQUENCES 3.THE RISE OF FASCISM AND STALINISM 4.THE SOVIET UNION IN WORLD WAR II 5.THE FORMATION OF THE COLD WAR SYSTEM 6.THE ARMS RACE AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE 7.THE RISE AND FALL OF DÉTENTE 8.GORBACHEV AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR

8 Part Two. Russia and the Post-Soviet States 1.RUSSIA IN THE POST-COLD-WAR WORLD 2.RUSSIA, THE WEST, AND EASTERN EUROPE 3.RUSSIA’S SOUTHERN FRONTIER: THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA 4.RUSSIA IN THE EAST ASIAN CONTEXT

9 The Fall Term Goldgeier, James and Michael McFaul. Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy Toward Russian After the Cold War. Brookings Institution Press, 2003 Kennedy-Pipe, Caroline. Russia and the World 1917- 1991. Arnold, 1998 Lafeber, Walter. America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-2002. McGraw-Hill, 9th edition, 2002 Trenin, Dmitri and Jessica Mathews. The End of Eurasia: Russia on the Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2002

10 The Winter Term Cleveman, Lutz. The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003 Garnett, Sherman (ed.). Rapprochement or Rivalry? Russia-China Relations in a Changing Asia. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2000 Goldgeier, James and Michael McFaul. Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy Toward Russian After the Cold War. Brookings Institution Press, 2003 Trenin, Dmitri and Jessica Mathews. The End of Eurasia: Russia on the Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2002

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