INAF U8189x The Politics of History and Reconciliation 3 pts.Not offered in 2012-2013. Since the end of the Cold War historical memory has come to play an increasing role in international and intranational conflicts. In addition numerous countries which are transitioning from dictatorship to democracy have focused on the gross historical violations of the previous regime. But not all. The question is how does a focus on the past facilitate present reconciliation? Societies are faced with the expectation that they will attend to the crimes of previous regimes. But what are crimes in historical perspective? And what are the standards for historical responsibility? How does historical conflict and reconciliation differ from approaches to immediate accountability for the past in newly democratic societies? The course examines these political and ethical dilemmas in a comparative historical perspective. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: ICR.

INAF U8565x European Security 3 pts. This course surveys historical and current case studies in the context of theoretical debates about the sources of security and insecurity and war and peace. The aim is to establish a foundation for analyzing the prospects for a secure order in Europe in the first part of the 21st century. The emphasis is on problems concerning strategic calculations, military strategy and war as well as political processes and institutional dynamics. Separate sections in the second half of the term are devoted to selected current policy challenges, such as transatlantic rifts, identity issues and ethnonational conflict, transitions in Central Europe and the former Soviet Union, NATO and EU enlargements, and European foreign and defense initiatives. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: Europe. SIPA: Intl Org. SIPA: ISP. SIPA: Russia.

REGN U6120y Crime, Corruption and Transition in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union Not offered in 2012-2013. Organized crime and corruption represent one of the central challenges facing all governments in transition from the planned to the market economy. Over two decades after the fall of Communism, they still form a considerable barrier to economic growth and the consolidation of democratic institutions. Dramatic real-life narrative will enhance the solid theoretical foundations of the course. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: ISP. SIPA: Russia. SIPA: Short Courses.

REGN U6200x Troublespot or Hotbed of Creativity? The Politics of Hatred and Fear in the History of Eastern and Central Europe 1918-1990 This territory in the heart of Europe, stretching from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the river Elb to the Eastern Carpathians has ever since the mid-19th century been in the midst of world history. This is the homeland of scientific, technical, literary and artistic excellence but also the home of powerful hatreds and fears. Famous for tremendeous creativity and blamed for causing world wars and bringing about terrible sufferings to many millions of people. The course will try to explain the contradiction. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: Europe. SIPA: Short Courses.

REGN U6300y The Economics of European Integration 3 pts. A course on the theory and institutions of European economic integration stressing contemporary economic policies and problems of the European Union. The course examines both the intra-EU dimensions of these issues and their consequences for other parts of the international system. Topics covered include: the history and institutional arrangements of the EU; the economics of regionalism and Preferential Trade Agreements; empirical research on the trade and welfare effects of economic integration; the economics of the internal market; the theory of optimum currency areas and its application to European Monetary Union, labour markets and EU macroeconomic policy; the Common Agricultural Policy; regional and budget policy; competition and industrial policy; the economic effects of EU enlargement; and the EU's external economic policy. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: IFEP- Finance. SIPA: IFEP- Economic Policy. SIPA: Europe.

REGN U6530x Post-Soviet Russia from the Inside This course will look at the history of modern Russia from perestroika, to the collapse of the USSR, the creation of the Russian Federation, conversion to a market econonmy and the Putin era. The focus will be on the developmnet of the new economy and new business and professional leaders in Russian society. We will explore changes in the loegal structures and commercial practices. Guest speakers who were themselves involved in these processes will add on-the-ground insights into these changes. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: Europe. SIPA: Russia.

REGN U6545x Human Rights in the Western Balkans This course focuses on the Western Balkans of the Former Yugoslavia in a contemporary context. The course focuses on war crimes and their respective consequences that have occurred during the most recent Balkan Wars 1991-1999 in the Former Yugoslav states and will include a detailed review and examination of human rights policies and practices carried out by international, regional and national bodies, laws, organizations, frameworks of transitional justice and evaluative tools employed in an effort to stabilize a post-war, post-Communist, post-conflict scenario. The course will present and examine in detail policies and practices deployed by international and national state structures to address the legacies of war crimes and the emergence of new human rights issues that are currently present in the Former Yugoslav space. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: Europe. SIPA: Human Rights. SIPA: Short Courses.

REGN U6725y Modern Afghanistan: History, Culture, Politics 3 pts.Not offered in 2012-2013. This course will be a weekly seminar, limited to 20 students. It will be a historically-oriented introduction to culture, politics and international relations of Afghanistan; themes to be addressed include state-society relations, ethnic and tribal diversity, modernization and development, nationalism and political identity, the position of women and religion and the state, as well as Afghan relations with outside world. Sources include materials from many disciplines including history, anthropology, political science, literature and film. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: Middle East. SIPA: Russia. SIPA: Southern Asia.

REGN U8730x Reforming Legal Systems after Communism in Eastern Europe and Eurasia 3 pts. This course analyzes legal reforms in Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union which are members of the Council of Europe from legal, political and sociological perspectives. It considers common problems that these societies faced at the end of communist regimes and examines their uneven success in introducing the rule of law.

The course starts with working definitions of the "rule of law." It then focuses on developments in three areas of public law - constitutional, criminal, civil rights and liberties. Did countries in transition simply amend existing constitutions or did they create a completely new legal order? How distinct are new constitutions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia from West European counterparts or constitutional models elsewhere? Could nascent legal systems judge the communist past without violating basic principles of the rule of law? Choices made at the start of legal reforms continue to shape these countries' internal political dynamics and their relations with the international community.

Assessing successes and failures of legal reforms, the course examines their driving forces - among others, aspirations to join European institutions, internal political pressures, importation of western legal models, and demands for legal reform by civil society. The study of formal legal institutions such as independent judiciaries is combined with an attempt to measure more elusive social phenomena such as legal cultures.

Formal training in law is not required - rather, the course helps non-lawyers to acquire skills necessary to read and interpret legislation and the case law of domestic and international tribunals.

REGN U8757x Ukrainian Foreign Policy 3 pts. The course will provide historical perspectives on Ukraine's foreign relations and examine the trajectory of its foreign policy since Independence in 1991 till the Orange Revolution in 2004 and beyond. While providing an assessment of political, social and economic transformations and their impact on foreign policy, the course will focus on Ukraine's relationship with its major partners: Russia, Europe and the US, and its role at the United Nations. The class will be able to analyze Ukraine's renunciation of its nuclear arsenal, its quest for Euroatlantic integration and the obstacles thereto, its participation in regional structures and its attitude towards the Commonwealth of Independent States. The course delivers first-hand insights by a career diplomat who has been actively involved in the implementation of Ukrainian foreign policy. The format of the course will encourage active dialogue and analytical reflection on the part of the students. Each student will prepare a 10-15 page paper exploring the prospect of Ukraine's joining NATO and the EU or staying in the zone of Russia's influence, and the consequences thereof. SIPA: MIA- Interstate Relations. SIPA: East Central Europe. SIPA: EPD. SIPA: Russia.

SIPA U0030x and y (Section 3) Regional Specialization: East Central Europe All SIPA candidates are required to register for one of the specializations in each semester of matriculation at SIPA. The regional specialization registration will be for zero academic credits and will not affect or be affected by fees or financial charges. SIPA: East Central Europe.

LAW L8193y School Desegragation: US & East European Roma (Gypsies) Compared 2 pts.

This is a Law School course.

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