ÇANKAYA UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Course Definition Form

Department Name

Political Science and International Relations

Dept. Numeric Code

34

Course Code

PSI  410

Number of Weekly Lecture Hours

3

Number of Weekly Lab/Tutorial Hours

0

Number of Credit Hours

3

Course Web Site

https://psi410.cankaya.edu.tr

ECTS Credit

6,00

Course Name

This information will appear in the printed catalogs and on the web online catalog.

English Name

Euro - Asian Politics

Turkish Name

Avrasya politikaları

Course Description

Provide a brief overview of what is covered during the semester. This information will appear in the printed catalogs and on the web online catalog.

Maximum 60 words.

The political developments that took place in Eurasia after the collapse of the USSR, the situation brought about by the newly established states, the region's falling under the influence of Russia and the USA, and the ethnic conflicts and terrorism that emerged as a result are discussed.

Prerequisites

(if any)

Give course codes and check all that are applicable.

1^st

2^nd

3^rd

4^th

 Consent of the Instructor

 Senior Standing

Co-requisites

(if any)

1^st

2^nd

3^rd

4^th

Course Type 

Check all that are applicable

 Must course for dept.       Must course for other dept.(s)       Elective course for dept.       Elective course for other dept.(s)

Course Classification

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Category

Percentage

Course Objectives

Explain the aims of the course. Maximum 100 words.

This course aims at introducing junior and senior PSI students to the developments, concepts and trends in Eurasia following the collapse of the USSR. A variety of issues covering the influence of the USA and the Russian Federation as two preponderant actors in the region shall be analyzed together with regional conflicts, energy issues, etc.

Learning Outcomes

Explain the learning outcomes of the course. Maximum 10 items.

1. To understand the parallel disintegration processes in the Balkans, Central Asia and the Caucasus
2. To acquire a sound background to evaluate the post-Cold War Russia-US competition/ cooperation in the region
3. To have a nuanced insight on the dynamics of the micro conflict cases: Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Armenia-Azerbaijan (Nagorno Karabagh), Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, etc.
4. To gain adequate background to understand how energy politics is shaped in the post-Soviet space
5. To able to measure the impact of 9/11 events on the region and make short-term forecasts concerning the region.
 

Textbook(s)

List the textbook(s), if any, and other related main course materials.

Author(s)

Title

Publisher

Publication Year

ISBN

Mustafa Aydın New Geopolitics of Central Asia and the Caucasus: Causes of Instability and Predicament SAM 2000 1302-3845 Bruno Coppieters (eds.)  Contested Borders in the Caucasus VUB Press 1996 9054871172 Werner Gumpel Turkey as a Political and Economic Factor in Europe and Central Asia Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft 1999 3925450807

Reference Books

List the reference books as supplementary materials, if any.

Author(s)

Title

Publisher

Publication Year

ISBN

-Mark Almond Europe's Backyard War Heinemann 1994 0434000035 0749316594 Sumit Ganguly Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions Since 1947 Columbia University Press 2002 9780231123686  978-0231123686  -Branka Magas The Destruction of Yugoslavia – Tracking the Break-Up 1980–1992 Verso 1993 086091593 978-0860915935 -David Teather and Herbert S. Yee (eds.) China in Transition: Issues and Policies  St. Martin's Press 1999 0333731336 -Thomas De Waal Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War  New York University Press 2004 0214719457 -Ana K. Niedermaier Countdown to War in Georgia: Russia's Foreign Policy and Media Coverage of the Conflict in South Ossetia and Abkhazia  East View Press 2008 1879944049  978-1879944046 -Werner Gumpel, Turkey as a Political and Economic Factor in Europe and Central Asia  (München: Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, 1999). -Mark Almond, Europe’s Backyard War (London: Heinemann, 1994). -Derek Hall and Darrick Danta (eds), Reconstructing the Balkans – A Geography of the New Europe (Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, 1996). -Branka Magas, The Destruction of Yugoslavia – Tracking the Break-Up 1980–1992 (London: Verso, 1992) -Ashok, Kapur, India and the United States in a Changing World  (New Delhi: Sage, 2002). - Francine R. Frankel, The India-China relationship: What the United States Needs to Know  (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004). -Sumit Ganguly, Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions Since 1947  (New York: Columbia University Press, 2001). -Barış Adıbelli, Çin'in Avrasya Stratejisi (Ä°stanbul: IQ Kültür Sanat, 2007). -Amin Saikal, Emerging Powers: The Cases of China, India, Iran, Iraq and Israel  (Abu Dhabi: Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 1997). -David Teather and Herbert S. Yee (eds.), China in Transition: Issues and Policies  (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999). -Thomas De Waal, Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War  (New York: New York University Press, 2004). -Kamer Kasım, The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict from Its Inception to the Peace Process (Ankara: EREN)   -Edmund Herzig, The New Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.  (London: Pinter, 1999). -Michael P. Croissant, The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict: Causes and Implications  (Connecticut: Praeger, 1998). - Ana K. Niedermaier, Countdown to War in Georgia: Russia's Foreign Policy and Media Coverage of the Conflict in South Ossetia and Abkhazia  (Minneapolis: East View Press, 2008). -F. Didem Ekinci, “Intra-State Conflict in the Post–Cold War Balkans: The Macedonian Case and Consociationalism”, Pınar Yürür, Arda Özkan (eds.), Conflict Areas in the Balkans (New York, London: Rowman  and  Littlefield, 2020), pp. 41-58.  -F. Didem Ekinci, Russia and the Balkans after the Cold War (Rangendingen: Libertas, 2013).  -F. Didem Ekinci, “The European Union and the Integration of the Balkans and the Caucasus,” Özgür Tüfekçi, Hüsrev Tabak, and Erman Akıllı (eds.), Eurasian Politics and Society: Issues and Challenges (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017), pp. 52-76.  -F. Didem Ekinci, “Bosna-Hersek’te Devlet Ä°nÅŸası AnlaÅŸmazlığında Enerji GüvenliÄŸini Kavramak: Arafta Bir Bosna-Hersek Mi?,” Karadeniz AraÅŸtırmaları Dergisi, XVI (64), 2019, ss. 561-584.  -F. Didem Ekinci, “The Implications of the Karabagh Conflict in the Context of BSEC as a Regionalism Case,” Review of Armenian Studies, 40, 2019, pp. 49-89. -F. Didem Ekinci, “Ä°nÅŸacılık, Kimlik ‘ÜretilmiÅŸ’ VatandaÅŸlar: Rusya’nın Abhazya ve Güney Osetya’da VatandaÅŸlık Politikaları,” Uluslararası Ä°liÅŸkiler Dergisi, 16(61), ss. 97-110, 2019. -F. Didem Ekinci, “Küçük Devlet Dış Politikasında Zafiyet ve Dirençlilik: Ermenistan ÖrneÄŸi,” Ermeni AraÅŸtırmaları: Tarih, Politika ve Uluslararası Ä°liÅŸkiler Dergisi, 61, ss. 71-106, 2018.  -F. Didem Ekinci, “Güney Kafkasya’da Ä°ki-taraflılığın Ä°zlerini BaÄŸlamsallaÅŸtırmak: Ermenistan ve Gürcistan ÖrneÄŸi,” Ermeni AraÅŸtırmaları: Tarih, Politika ve Uluslararası Ä°liÅŸkiler Dergisi, 63, ss. 83-114, 2019.  -F. Didem Ekinci, “Russia-Turkey Relations (1991-2016): Diverging Interests and Compelling Realities,” Pınar Gözen (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy: International Relations, Legality and Global Reach (London: Plagrave Macmillan, 2017), pp. 151-172.  -F. Didem Ekinci, “The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Turkish Parliamentary Debates (1992-1995): A Constructivist Approach,” Uluslararası Ä°liÅŸkiler Dergisi, 6(22), pp. 37-60.  -F. Didem Ekinci, “Turkish Decision-Making and the Balkans: Implications of Role Theory,” Hüseyin Işıksal  and  Ozan Örmeci (eds.), Turkish Foreign Policy in the New Millennium (Cham: Peter Lang, Switzerland 2015), pp. 365-392.  -F. Didem Ekinci, “Rethinking the Role of International Organizations in State-Building: The UN, the OSCE, and the EU in Macedonia since 1991,” The Macedonian Question: 20 Years of Political Struggle into European Integration Structures, Zhidas Daskalovski  and  Maria Risteska (eds.), (Rangendingen: Libertas, 2012), pp. 47-62.  -F. Didem Ekinci, “Çatışan Küresel Güçler ve Karadeniz GüvenliÄŸi: Abhazya Üzerine Bir DeÄŸerlendirme,” Karadeniz AraÅŸtırmaları Dergisi, 40, 2014, ss. 1-16.

Teaching Policy

Explain how you will organize the course (lectures, laboratories, tutorials, studio work, seminars, etc.)

This course shall be based on in-class lecturing and discussions.

Laboratory/Studio Work

Give the number of laboratory/studio hours required per week, if any, to do supervised laboratory/studio work, and list the names of the laboratories/studios in which these sessions will be conducted.

None

Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence

Briefly describe the Generative Artificial Intelligence usage in the course.

None

Computer Usage

Briefly describe the computer usage and the hardware/software requirements in the course.

None

Course Outline

List the topics covered within each week.

Week

Topic(s)

1. Introduction: The Region and its Main Characteristics
2. The Disintegration of Yugoslavia (1): The War in Bosnia-Herzegovina
3. Yugoslavya'nın Dağılması (2): Kosova Savaşı
4. Energy Security in Eurasia
5. The 2001 Crisis in Macedonia
6. Bulgarian Assimilation Campaign against the Turks (1985-1989)
7. Conflicts in the Caucasus: Karabakh Problem
8. MIDTERM (NOT FIXED)
9. Conflicts in the Caucasus: The War in Chechnya
10. Russia and the USA in Eurasia after the Collapse of the USSR
11. Conflicts in the Caucasus: Abkhazia and South Ossetia
12. Radicalism, Terrorism and Eurasian Politics
13. Presentations
14. Review
 

Grading Policy

List the assessment tools and their percentages that may give an idea about their relative importance to the end-of-semester grade.

Assessment Tool

Quantity

Percentage

Assessment Tool

Quantity

Percentage

Assessment Tool

Quantity

Percentage

Midterm Exam

1

35

Oral Presentation

1

30

Final Exam

1

35

ECTS Workload

List all the activities considered under the ECTS.

Activity

Quantity

Duration

(hours)

Total Workload

(hours)

Attending Lectures (weekly basis)

13

3,00

39,00

Attending  Labs/Recitations (weekly basis)

Preparation beforehand and finalizing of notes (weekly basis)

13

5,00

65,00

Collection and selection of relevant material (once)

1

1,00

1,00

Self study of relevant material (weekly basis)

13

3,00

39,00

Homework assignments

Preparation for Quizzes

Preparation for Midterm Exams (including the duration of the exams)

1

2,00

2,00

Preparation of Term Paper/Case Study Report (including oral presentation)

1

1,00

1,00

Preparation of Term Project/Field Study Report (including oral presentation)

Preparation for Final Exam (including the duration of the exam)

1

10,00

10,00

TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25

157,00/25

ECTS Credit

6,00

Program Qualifications vs. Learning Outcomes

Consider the below program qualifications determined in terms of learning outcomes of all the courses in the curriculum and capabilities. Look at the learning outcomes of this course given above. Relate these two using the Likert Scale by marking with X in one of the five choices at the right..

No

Program Qualifications

Contribution

0

1

2

3

4

1

To be able to understand and interpret the fundamental concepts of social sciences, economics, and law.

✔

2

 To be able to understand the fundamental principles, objectives, data collection methods, and analysis in scientific research.

✔

3

To be able to possess advanced knowledge and skills in the specific areas of political science and international relations

✔

4

To have a critical mind and analytical capacity to question what has been presented as true, fact or common sense.

✔

5

To be able to access alternative channels of knowledge in an ever-changing world and be ready for a life-time learning.

✔

6

To be prepared to understand and deal with the unforeseen and multidimensional questions and challenges of today, while also being ready to take creative initiative as a member of a group.

✔

7

To be able to have a deep understanding of the Turkish society, politics and culture, as well as the Turkish constitutional and administrative structure.

✔

8

To be able to get in depth knowledge regarding the classical and contemporary theories of politics and international relations, as well as international law and organizations.

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9

To be able to have an ability to understand and interpret the global political, economic and cultural affairs.

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10

To have a sense of social and civic responsibility towards others and the environment.

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11

To be able to use English Language for daily communication and advanced professional purposes (European language portfolio global scale, level B1)

✔

12

To develop a capacity of self-expression in oral and written forms, independently and/or in groups.

✔

13

To be able to use computer technologies necessary for research and studies in the field in which she/he is educated.

✔

Is the new course replacing a former course in the curriculum?

Yes

No

Former Course’s Code

Former Course’s Name

Is there any similar course which has content overlap with other courses offered by the university?

Yes

No

Most Similar Course’s Code

Most Similar Course’s Name

Frequency of Offerings

Check all semesters that the course is planned to be offered.

 Fall           Spring           Summer

First Offering

Academic Year

2019

Semester

 Fall           Spring

Maximum Class Size Proposed

35

Student Quota for Other Departments

4

Approximate Number of Students Expected to Take the Course

35

Justification for the proposal

Maximum 80 words

The need to update and revise the course syllabus.

Proposed by

Faculty Member

Give the Academic Title first.

Signature

Date

Prof. Dr. Fatma Didem EKÄ°NCÄ°

30.03.2025

Departmental Board Meeting Date

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Department Chair

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Date

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Dean/Director of Institute

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Date

Senate

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