Předmět Arms Control and Disarmament (JPM595)

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ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT (JPM595) Institute of Political StudiesDepartment of International Relations Credits: 6Capacity: 20  TEACHER: PhDr. Michal Smetanae-mail: smetana@fsv.cuni.cz    CONVENER: Doc. PhDr. RNDr. Nik Hynek, M.A., PgDip Res, Ph.D. (Bradford)e-mail: hynek@fsv.cuni.cz   AVAILABILITY OF THE COURSE:This is a master-level course tailored primarily for Security Studies and Master in International Security Studies (MISS) study programs. Highly motivated students from other study programs are also allowed to attend the course in case the limited capacity of the course allows it. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:The course is organized and taught entirely in English. Enrolled students are expected to be able to read, speak and write fluently in English language for the purposes of this course. COURSE STRUCTURE AND LOGIC:The course is taught on two closely interconnected levels. First, students attend weekly lectures in order to gain an understanding of main arms control-related concepts and learn relevant empirical facts in a "traditional" way. Second, students participate in a semester-long arms control simulation game that should provide them with an active, experiential learning context. The students are assigned roles of particular nuclear-armed countries whose aim is to negotiate and develop a basic framework for a multilateral nuclear arms control treaty. On a weekly basis, the students are required to complete small tasks related to their country’s position on the respective issues. The last two sessions are reserved for the actual in-class negotiation of the treaty framework. PREPARATION FOR CLASSES / TASKS:For most classes (see the course schedule below), the students are required to produce a so called "mini-report" (approx. 800 words) related to the assigned country’s position on issues that are relevant for the simulation game. These mini-reports must be sent by e-mail to smetana@fsv.cuni.cz no later than 24 hours before the respective session. In order to successfully pass the course, the students are required to complete all the tasks. No more than two times during the course, the students are allowed to send the report up to one week later than required in the original deadline. If the student would fail to produce the report during this extra week or he/she would miss more than two deadlines, he/she would automatically fail the course. All the mini-reports have to meet the basic academic criteria. For each report, the student has to use at least 4 different sources, including at least one article from academic journal. The sources should be listed at the end of the report. ORAL EXAM: During the final oral exam, the students should prove their ability to understand the main concepts behind strategic arms control and disarmament and apply them on real-life empirical examples. Students that will perform excellently in the simulated negotiation will be only asked to give a brief feedback on the simulation game and the negotiation process. ATTENDANCE:Attendance in the lectures is compulsory and will be noted through the means of an attendance sheet. Students are required not to miss more than two lectures in order to successfully pass the course. Students that would miss any of the two rounds of the simulation game will be required to produce a 10-pages long research paper instead.Furthermore, the attendance at the introductory session on September 30th is strictly compulsory for all the students. Students who will not attend the introductory session without a valid prior excuse will be automatically removed from the course. Students that are highly motivated to attend the course and have relevant reasons for not attending the introductory session are obliged to inform the teacher by e-mail before September 30th. ASSESSMENT:The student’s performance in the following three areas will affect the final grade:35%: Performance in the simulation game. The evaluation is based on the active participation in the simulation, convincing role-playing, the ability to adequately reflect the country’s position in the negotiation, and the success in accomplishing the country’s main goals and avoiding the stated redlines. Students that would miss any of the two rounds of the simulation game will be evaluated on the base of the quality of the 10-pages long research paper instead.35%: The quality of the student’s mini-research reports and other weekly tasks.30%: Oral exam. Students that will perform excellently in the simulated negotiation will be only asked to give a brief feedback on the simulation game and receive the full score for passing the oral exam. The student will fail the course if:·         he/she does not actively participate in the simulation game and fails to deliver a 10-pages extra research report that meets the basic academic standardsand/or·         he/she does not complete some of the weekly tasks or some of his/her mini-research reports do not meet the basic academic standardsand/or·         he/she exceeds the limit of two late deliveries for the weekly tasksand/or·         his/her performance in the oral exam is very poor (i.e. corresponding to the grade 4).and/or·         he/she misses more than two lectures COURSE SCHEDULE & TASKS: 30.9. Introductory lecture. Task 1: Read the syllabus! 7.10. Lecture.  Task 2: E-mail the teacher (smetana@fsv.cuni.cz) your role assignment suggestion. You may select up to three countries from the following list and rank them in order of your preference: USA, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom, India, Pakistan. 14.10. Special lecture - Prague Agenda, Czernin Palace. Task 3: Mini-report: Conduct an independent research to find out as much as possible about the historical development of the nuclear program of "your" country. One of the main issues that you should focus on is the rationale/motive behind the nuclear program, i.e. why has your country decided to pursue nuclear weapons in the first place.  21.10. Lecture. Task 4: Mini-report: Conduct an independent research to find out as much as possible about your country’s participation in arms control organizations, regimes, treaties and initiatives (e.g., NPT, CTBT, OPCW, Conference on Disarmament, New START...).  28.10. No lecture (public holiday) Task 5: Mini-report: Prepare a detailed report on your country’s current nuclear stockpile size, nuclear infrastructure, fissile material stocks, ballistic missile program and ballistic missile defense program. Make sure to properly distinguish types and ranges of particular weapons in your arsenal. 4.11. Lecture. Task 6: Mini-report: Conduct an independent research to find out as much as possible about your country’s current nuclear weapons policy, doctrine and strategy. 11.11. Guest lecture. Task 7: Mini-report: Conduct an independent research to find out as much as possible about your country’s position in the NPT Review Conference negotiations. 18.11. Lecture. Task 8: Mini-report: Assess your country’s position on the following issues related to multilateral nuclear arms control treaty: - quantitative and qualitative limits/sub-limits on delivery systems and nuclear warheads - definitions and counting rules for deployed x non-deployed weapons and strategic x non-strategic/tactical weapons 25.11. Lecture. Task 9: Mini-report: Assess your country’s position on the following issues related to multilateral nuclear arms control treaty:- confidence building measures (what measures would be preferable?)- verification (what measures would be acceptable?)- timeframe / schedule for reductions and/or limitations  2.12. Lecture. Task 10: Mini-report: Briefly but very precisely formulate youra) preferred outcome of the simulation gameb) unacceptable outcome ("redlines ") of the simulation gameDownload the file "Instructions - Task 10.pdf " for further instructions.  9.12. Simulation game / round 1. Task 10: Individual preparation for the simulation. 16.12. Simulation game / round 2. Task 11: Individual preparation for the simulation. TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE: - Theory of Arms Control and Disarmament - Arms Control and Disarmament in a Historical Perspective - Typology and Technological Background of WMD and Delivery Systems - U.S.-Soviet/Russian Strategic Arms Control: from SALT to SORT - New START and Current Issues in U.S-Russian Strategic Arms Control - Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: NPT, Test-Bans and Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones - Global Prohibition Regimes: Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Weapons - Multilateral Arms Control/Disarmament and Regional Perspectives - WMD Stigmatization, De-legitimization and Taboo/Tradition of Non-Use PLAGIARISM:Plagiarism is a serious academic offence; students whose research paper would not hold to the basic academic standards will automatically fail the course and their case will be passed to the disciplinary committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences. RECOMMENDED ON-LINE SOURCES:All Things Nuclear - http://allthingsnuclear.org/Arms Control Wonk - http://armscontrolwonk.com/Arms Control Association - http://www.armscontrol.org/Arms Control Center - http://armscontrolcenter.org/Arms Control Now - http://armscontrolnow.orgBulletin of the Atomic Scientists - http://www.thebulletin.org/Federation of American Scientists / Strategic Security Blog - http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/GlobalSecurity.org / WMD - http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/index.htmlNuclear Threat Initiative - http://www.nti.orgRoyal United Services Institute - https://www.rusi.org/ RECOMMENDED ON-LINE DATABASES OF ACADEMIC ARTICLES:EBSCO (Political Science Complete) - *Google Scholar - http://scholar.google.cz/JSTOR - *SAGE - *Taylor & Francis - * *) Access to these databases is available throughhttp://pez.cuni.cz/prehled/fakulta.php?lang=cs&id=24 with your CAS login and password. You are also allowed to use the remote access to these databases, i.e. to access the articles from home. RECOMMENDED JOURNALS:International SecuritySurvivalThe Nonproliferation ReviewSecurity StudiesJournal of Strategic StudiesComparative StrategyStrategic AnalysisDefence StudiesContemporary Security Policy OTHER RECOMMENDED LITERATURE:Adler, Emanuel (1991): Arms Control, Disarmament, and National Security: A Thirty Year Retrospective and a New Set of Anticipations. Daedalus, vol. 120, no. 1, pp. 1-20.Adler, Emanuel (1992): The Emergence of Cooperation: National Epistemic Communities and the International Evolution of the Idea of Nuclear Arms Control. International organization, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 101-145.Berry, Ken et al. (2010): Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons. Monterey: Center for Nonproliferation Studies.Brennan, Donald G. (2007): Arms Control, Disarmament and National Security. Whitefish: Kessinger.Blacker, Coit D., Duffy, Gloria (eds.) (1984): International Arms Control: Issues and Agreements. Stanford:Stanford University Press.Borrie, John Patrick, Randin, Vanessa Martin. (eds.) (2006): Thinking Outside the Box in Multilateral Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations. Geneva: United Nations Publications.Bull, Hedley (1961): The Control of the Arms Race: Disarmament and Arms Control in the Missile Age. New York: Frederick A. Praeger.Cooper, Neil, Mutimer, David (eds.) (2011): Reconceptualising Arms Control: Controlling the Means of Violence. London: Routledge.Croft, Stuart (1996): Arms Control and Disarmament in a Historical Perspective. Manchester: Manchester University Press.Croft, Stuart (1996): Strategies of Arms Contro: A History and Typology. Manchester: Manchester University Press.Downs, George W., Rocke, David M. (1990): Tacit Bargaining, Arms Races, and Arms Control. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.Goldblat, Jozef (1994): Arms control. London: Taylor & Francis.Goldblat, Jozef (2002): Arms Control: The New Guide to Negotiations and Agreements. Oslo: International Peace Research Institute.Harrington de Santana, Anne (2011): The Strategy of Nonproliferation: Maintaining the Credibility of an Incredible Pledge to Disarm. Millennium - Journal of International Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 3-19.Katzenstein, Peter (ed.) (1996:) The Culture of National Security: Norms and Identity in World. New York: Columbia University Press.Krause, Keith (1992): Arms and the State: Patterns of Military Production and Trade. New York: Cambridge University Press.Larsen, Jeffrey A. (ed.) (2002): Arms Control: Cooperative Security in a Changing Environment. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers.Nolan, Janne (2008): The Ambivalence of the Nuclear Taboo. The Nonproliferation Review, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 135-310.Paul, T.V. (2009): The Tradition of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons. Stanford: Stanford University Press.Perkovich, George, Acton, James M. (eds.) (2009): Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: A Debate. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Potter, William C. (2010): In Search of the Nuclear Taboo: Past, Present, and Future. Paris: Institut français des relations internationals.Price, Richard (1995): A genealogy of the chemical weapons taboo. International Organization, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 73-103.Schelling, Thomas C.,  Halperin, Morton H. (1985): Strategy and Arms Control. Washington, DC: Pergamon-Brassey’s.Tannenwald, Nina (1999): The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Normative Basis of Nuclear Non-Use. International Organization, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 433-468.Tannenwald, Nina (2007): The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Wright, Kevin (2000): Arms Control and Security: the Changing Role of Conventional Arms Control in Europe. Aldershot: Ashgate.  

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