Преподавател(и):

проф. Антоний Тодоров  д.н.
гл. ас. Катя Христова-Вълчева  д-р
гл. ас. Живко Минков  д-р
гл. ас. Петя Георгиева  д-р

Описание на курса:

Компетенции:

Students shall know:

1) leading theories and paradigms in the understanding and studying of the international relations;

2) the origins, evolution, role and way of functioning of the contemporary leading international organizations,

Students shall develop the capacity to:

1) explain the functioning of the contemporary leading international organizations,

2)

Предварителни изисквания:
Good commabd of English language at level B.2.2

Форми на провеждане:
Редовен

Учебни форми:
Семинар

Език, на който се води курса:
Български

Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:

1. The first complex of related topics included into the seminar - course has an introductional character and is focused on the leading theories and paradigms in the understanding and studying of the international relations. The second and more extensive complex of topics is focused on the origins, evolution, role and way of functioning of the contemporary leading international organizations. Study-objects here are international organizations involved in different dimensions of the international interrelation and cooperation – UNO, OSCE OECD, NAFTA (USMCA), ASEAN, MERCOSU, WB, IMF, WTO and the different G-formats.
2. The students should prepare a paper (10 - 15 pages) on one of the topics listed below. Theme 1: International relations and international organizations. Why and how do states interact and what is the role of the international organizations? Theme 2: Historical evolution of the international organizations. Types of international organizations and criteria of international organizations classification. Contemporary tendencies: from intergovernmental cooperation towards global governance. Theme 3: What is globalization? Dimensions of globalization (economic, cultural, political and institutional). Theme 4: United Nations Organization (UNO): Origins and evolution. UNOs role in the system of the international relations: preservation of the human rights and preservation of the international peace and security. Theme 5: UNO as an organization: structure, main bodies, organizations under the UNOs umbrella. Way of functioning and decision-making process. Theme 6: UNO and the preservation of the international peace in the Cold war period and in the post-bipolar world – cases of failures and successes (choose one peace - keeping operation conducted by UNO). Theme 7: Regional intergovernmental organizations and regional trade organizations and communities. OECD, NAFTA (USMC), ASEAN, MERCOSUR. The case of the European Union. Theme 8: International military (defense) organizations: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO. Theme 9: Intergovernmentalism and supranationalism. Theme 10: International economic and financial organizations : The World Bank (WB). Theme 11: International economic and financial organizations: The World Trade Organization (WTO). Theme 12: International economic and financial organizations: The Internnational Monetary Fund (IMF) and the new international economic forums and formats (G-formats). Theme 13: The new functional, economic and military configurations in the international environment: BRICS, the Eurasian Economic Union. Theme 14: The global governance and the boundaries of the sovereignty.
3. On-line presentation

Литература по темите:

Barry Buzan, “The Inaugural Kenneth N. Waltz Annual Lecture: A World Order Without Superpowers: Decentred Globalism. In International Relations, 25(1)/ 2011, SAGE, pp. 3-25.

D. Babai, “The International Monetary Fund” and “The World Trade Organization,” in Joel Krieger, ed., The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, second edition (Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. 412-18, 919-27.

D. Babai, “The World Bank,” in The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World, second edition, pp. 911-18.

Ernst B. Haas, “Why Collaborate? Issue-Linkage and International Regimes,” World Politics, vol. 32, no. 3 (April 1980), pp. 357-405.

Ignaz Seidl-Hohenfelder & Gerhard Loibl, Das Recht der Internationalen Organisationen einschließlich der supranationalen Gemeinschaften (7th ed. 2000).

Kenneth N. Waltz, Theory of International Politics”, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., University of California, Berkeley, 1979.

Kofi Annan, “Courage to Fulfill our Responsibilities” (on report of High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change), The Economist, Dec. 4-10, 2004, pp. 23-25.

Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst, International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance, second edition (Lynne Rienner, 2010).

Paul F. Diehl and Brian Frederking, eds., The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World, fourth edition (Lynne Rienner, 2010).

Robert Axelrod and Robert Keohane. 1993. “Achieving Cooperation Under Anarchy: Strategies and Institutions.” In Neorealism and Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Debate, edited by David A. Baldwin. New York: Columbia University Press (1993) 85-115.

Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, Power and Interdependence, fourth edition (Longman, 2012).

Scott Burchill, Andrew Linklater, Richard Devetak, Jack Donnelly, Matthew Paterson, Christian Reus-Smit and Jacqui True, “Theories of International Relations. Third edition, PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, New York, 2005.

Stanley Hoffmann, “The Politics and Ethics of Military Intervention,” Survival, vol. 37, no. 4 (Winter 1995-96), pp. 29-51.

Stephen Krasner. “Globalization and Sovereignty.” In States and Sovereignty in the Global Economy, edited by D. Smith. Routledge (1999) 34-52.

Thomas G. Weiss, David P. Forsythe, Roger A. Coate, and Kelly-Kate Pease, The United Nations and Changing World Politics, seventh edition (Westview, 2013).