Central and Eastern European Security in an Insecure World - YBAC053

• Title: Central and Eastern European Security in an Insecure World
• Guaranteed by: UPCES, CET Courses (24-AJ EXT)
• Faculty: Faculty of Humanities
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: both
• E-Credits: 6
• Hours per week, examination: 0/4, MC [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (1); summer:unknown / unknown (1)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Additional information: https://bakalar.fhs.cuni.cz/SHV-211.html#2; https://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-1016.html#2
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: Hynek Melichar; Bc. Lenka Lukešová; Mgr. Nikola Skladanová
• Teacher(s): Hynek Melichar

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Nikola Skladanová (14.08.2023)

The 21st century has brought a wide range of security challenges and threats on both systemic and regional levels. New threats and risks are emerging, while old remain, but their nature is constantly changing. Advances in technology open new possibilities that are being exploited by various actors, such as terrorist groups or authoritarian states to create insecurity and instability. Russian aggression against Ukraine and the hybrid warfare tactics require Europe and the Western World to significant shift their security policies to be able to cope with present and future threats. The democratic world faces challenges unprecedented since the end of the Cold War. The course focuses on European security in an insecure world with special emphasis on Central and Eastern Europe, where recent developments cast shadows from the region`s turbulent and often tragic history. Students examine how Central and Eastern European states view their security and how they prioritize threats. Issues such as securitization of migration, hybrid, informational and asymmetric warfare or democratic backsliding are discussed and put into context.

Registration requirements

Last update: Mgr. Nikola Skladanová (10.01.2024)

The teaching period of the CET courses begins already within the week from January 29, 2024, onwards. 

Because of the early beginning of the CET tuition period before the Faculty course registration is opened, students will not be able to register for the CET courses through the SIS.

In order to be allowed to enroll in the course, you have to:

  *   attend all classes of the particular course during the first week and sign in the attendance sheet form 

  *   send a registration e-mail to [e-mail] by February 2, 2024, to confirm that you would like to be enrolled in the course

If the number of students who fulfill these conditions exceeds the capacity of the course, the time of the registration e-mail decides the order of their enrolment. 

Successful students will be enrolled in the course in the SIS by the FHS International Office.


To get access to the CET facilities during the first week of classes, the students need to ring the doorbell at the main entrance to the CET Center in Palackého 3, Praha 1, and wait to be let in by a buzzer.

INFORMATION FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS:

Because the teaching period of CET courses begins early, these courses are available in spring semesters only for those exchange students who are spending a full academic year at Charles University. They can enroll in 2 CET courses per semester depending on the available capacity and are expected to select regular courses in addition to the CET (YBAC-coded) courses.

Teaching methods

Last update: Mgr. Nikola Skladanová (14.08.2023)

This is one of the courses organized in cooperation with the partner institution CET Academic Programs, designed for US students and the Czech and international students of the Faculty of Humanities.

These courses are scheduled either twice (2x90 min.) or once (1x180 min.) a week in the CET classrooms (Palackého 3, Praha 1).

Attendance is mandatory.

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Nikola Skladanová (14.08.2023)

https://cetacademicprograms.com/college-study-abroad/programs/czech-republic/cet-prague/

Required reading materials (the Reader) will be sent to the enrolled students via e-mail as a pdf file.

One copy of the reader will also be available in the CET Library.

Course completion requirements

Last update: Mgr. Nikola Skladanová (14.08.2023)

Students are required to follow the instructions and requirements specified in the course syllabus. 

Winter semester: Final exams are held in the first half of December. There might also be midterm exams, see the syllabus.

Summer semester: Final exams are held in the first half of May. There might also be midterm exams, see the syllabus.