COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

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Course Name

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
	Fall/Spring

Prerequisites	None
Course Language
Course Type	Elective
Course Level	-
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Dr. Dragos C MATEESCU
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; explain the historical background of and the role of history in the political developments in the Balkan region explain the role of various states (Socialist Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and Russia, and other states including Turkey) in Balkan politics after 1989 explain the role of the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), or the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the region after 1989 within the context of the Stability Pact understand the current developments in the European integration of the Balkan region and the role of the Stabilisation and Association Process (SAP) in this context understand the major dynamics and issues in contemporary Balkan politics
Course Description

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses	X
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Managment Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Required Materials
1	Introduction, syllabus presentation and explanation.	Syllabus and documents containing rules for the undertaking and evaluation of students’ individual analytical work.
2	Introduction to Balkan Politics. The role of “history” in the explanation of Balkan politics	Gallagher, T., 2005. Outcast Europe: the Balkans, 1789-1989, from the Ottomans to Milosevic, Routledge (at IUE Library).
3	National Liberations and World Wars in the Balkan Region	Pavkovic, Aleksandar (2002) “National Liberations in Former Yugoslavia: When Will They End?” East European Quarterly, XXXVI, No. 2, pp. 227-48
4	Communism and he Situation of the Balkans in 1970s and 1980s	Pappas, Takis S. 2005. ‘Shared Culture, Individual Strategy and Collective Action: Explaining Slobodan Milosevic’s Charismatic Rise to Power,’ Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 191–211. Hall, Gregory O. (1999) “The Politics of Autocracy: Serbia Under Slobodan Milosevic,” East European Quarterly, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2, 233-49.
5	The Balkan Wars after 1989: interpretations and the role of the “West” (1)	Thomas, R.G.C. (1997) “Self-Determination and International Recognition Policy: An Alternative Interpretation of Why Yugoslavia Disintegrated,” World Affairs, Vol. 160, No. 1, pp. 17-33. Palairet, Michael. 2001. “The Economic Consequences of Slobodan Miloševic,” Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 53, No. 6., pp. 903-919.
6	The Balkan Wars after 1989: interpretations and the role of the “West” (2)	Hagen, W.W. (1999) “The Balkan’s Lethal Nationalisms”, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 78, No. 4, July/August, pp. 52-64.
7	Towards Peace in the Balkans: Dayton	Daadler, I.H. and Froman M.B. (1999) “Dayton’s Incomplete Peace,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 78, No. 6, pp. 106-113. Chivvis, C.S. and Ðogo, H. 2010. ‘Getting Back on Track in Bosnia-Herzegovina’, The Washington Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 4, 103-118. Richmond, O.P. and Franks, J. 2009. ‘Between partition and pluralism: the Bosnian jigsaw and an “ambivalent peace”’, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Vol. 9, Nos. 1–2, 17–38. Pond, E., 2006. Endgame in the Balkans: regime change, European style, Brookings Institutions Press.
8	The Kosovo Issue	Blumi, I., 2002. A Story of Mitigated Ambitions: Kosova's Torturous Path to its Postwar Future. Alternatives – Turkish Journal of International Relations, 1(4). Klasnja, Marko (2007) “The EU and Kosovo Time to Rethink the Enlargement and Integration Policy?”, Problems of Post-Communism, vol. 54, no. 4, 15–32. Radin, A. 2014. Analysis of current events: “towards the rule of law in Kosovo: EULEX should go”, Nationalities Papers, Vol. 42, No. 2, 181-194.
9	Midterm Exam
10	EU and the Stabilisation of the Balkan Region 1	Phinnemore, David, (2003), “Stabilisation and Association Agreements: Europe Agreements for the Western Balkans?” European Foreign Affairs Review, 8, 77-103. Kavalski, Emilian (2006) “From the Western Balkans to the Greater Balkans Area: The External Conditioning of ‘Awkward’ and ‘Integrated’ States”, Mediterranean Quarterly, 17: 3, 86-100.
11	EU and the Stabilisation of the Balkan Region 2	Bechev, Dimitar (2006) “Carrots, sticks and norms: the EU and regional cooperation in Southeast Europe”, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol. 8, No. 1, 27-43. Kusic, S. And Grupe, C., 2007. The Western Balkans on their way to the EU?, Peter Lang Publishing.
12	Latest developments in the Balkan region	Updated bibliography on the latest developments in the Balkan region to be announced ahead of the class.
13	Latest developments in the Balkan region	Updated bibliography on the latest developments in the Balkan region to be announced ahead of the class.
14	Latest developments in the Balkan region	Updated bibliography on the latest developments in the Balkan region to be announced ahead of the class.
15	Review
16	Review of the Semester

Course Notes/Textbooks

Books and journal articles (see above), power point presentations

Suggested Readings/Materials

Databases from various relevant international, EU/NATO delegations in the region and EU institutions (e.g. European Commission, European Parliament, the United Nations UN, NATO, the Council of Europe CoE; the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe OSCE); relevant local, European and world news sources (e.g. BBC, Reuters, France Press, Deutsche Welle, Financial Times, EUobserver.com, BalkanInsight.com).

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop	1	20
Oral Exam
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	1	40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	3	60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury	1	4
Project
Seminar / Workshop	1
Oral Exam
Midterms	1	20
Final Exams	1	30
		Total	130

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to use the advanced theoretical and practical knowledge that the graduates have acquired in the areas of international relations					X
2	To be able to examine, interpret data and assess concepts and ideas with the scientific methods in the area of international relations/political science					X
3	To take the responsibility as a group team member and as an individual to solve unforeseen and multidimensional problems that are unforeseen in practice			X
4	To be able to recognize regional and global issues/problems, and to be able to develop solutions based on research and scientific evidence					X
5	To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the area of international relations/political science critically and to detect learning requirements and to guide learning.				X
6	To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of international relations; to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems verbally and in writing to experts and nonexperts.					X
7	To be able to interpret theoretical debates regarding relations among factors in global politics such as structures, institutions and culture, to be able to pinpoint the continuities and changes of main dynamics of international relations,			X
8	To be able to distinguish the differences between the classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship,				X
9	To be able to make use of other disciplines that international relations are based upon (political science, law, economics, sociology, psychology, etc.) and to have the basic knowledge of these disciplines.			X
10	To be able to keep abreast of current news on international relations, learn a foreign language and to communicate with one’s peers (European language portfolio global scale, level B1)			X
11	To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently
12	To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to international relations.					X
13	To be able to improve the acquired knowledge, skills and qualifications for personal and social reasons

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest