1) To provide conceptual and theoretical tools that shed light on how the interaction of great and small powers – including both European powers and Russia – has historically shaped the Northern European region; 2) to apply the conceptual and theoretical tools to the contemporary context where supranational integration and regionalization both at the interstate and substate level challenge traditional great and small power dynamics; 3) to provide necessary prerequisites for the students for assessing and examining international dynamics in Europe’s north independently.
Contents
The English School perspective on Northern Europe’s international relations, in relation to other theories; northern Europe’s great power relations historically and in the contemporary context; institutional integration in the north; regionalisation in the north; small power dynamics in the north.
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Lectures + SeminarParticipation in course work
In
English
Option
2
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Lectures + independent workParticipation in course work
In
English
Lectures, readings, independent work/essay, seminars. Lectures and independent work open for all; seminars only for RES students