Upon completion of the course students are able to

•appreciate how the interaction of great and small powers has historically shaped the Northern European region

•recognize elements of continuity and change in international relations between Finland and Russia as well as the European Union and Russia

•apply a set of conceptual and theoretical tools to the contemporary context where supranational integration and regionalization challenge traditional great and small power dynamics

•construct arguments about political dynamics in Northern Europe

•propose solutions to problems in the political situation in Northern Europe

This course focuses on the interaction of small and great powers in Northern Europe, bilateral and multilateral political dynamics as well as on dynamics of change and continuity in Finnish-Russian relations and EU-Russian relations.

The course is compulsory for RES Master's Programme IR students. Other students interested in participating, please, get in touch with Anni Kangas (anni.kangas@uta.fi).

OPEN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Study option 1: participating to contact teaching
Enrolment starts 13th of August 2015

Study option 2: essay
Enrolment starts 13th of August 2015

Admission requirements: a completed university-level Bachelor's degree or equivalent in the field of specialization, or in a related field

The course has two parts: The first part consists of lectures (10 hrs) by Prof. Hanna Ojanen offered during the CBU Autumn School week in Tampere (2-6 November 2015). The second part consists of lectures offered during the CBU summer school in Petrozavodsk in May 2016.