This course is a seminar designed to further student understanding of security in the area between the Atlantic Ocean and the Ural Mountains. The course assesses the evolution of security on the continent since 1945. In addition to basic realist concepts (power, polarity, the security dilemma, etc.), SS475 will also highlight the role of European and extra European great powers, as well as their respective strategic cultures. Whenever possible, political phenomenon will be viewed from U.S., Russian, and Central European perspectives. The course covers the following subdivisions: the Cold War; Security in the 1980s; Transition to a New Security Regime; "New" Issues in European Security; and the Architectural Aspects of the Future European Security Regimes.
