1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Law and Administration
3. winter term 2020/2021
4. WPiA - oferta ERASMUS - Erasmus programme
5. Diplomacy

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Diplomacy - course description

Aim of the course

The field of international diplomacy covers many aspects of the functioning of the international relationship, including the relations with other Superpowers as USA, China, Russia. The history of diplomacy is a topic based on the consistent knowledge of whole network of society (including the relations of States with each other and relations on the multilateral level, subjectivity in public international law, sources of public international diplomacy, the law of treaties, international dispute resolution, State’s jurisdictional immunity).

Prerequisites

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Requisite and Incompatibility

General knowledge in the scope of lawmaking, principles of law, civil law, constitutional law and international relations.

Scope

Learning Outcomes

• introduce the basic concepts and terminology of diplomacy,
• introduce various theoretical perspectives on the formation and operation of the policy and diplomacy of 18.-21. Century diplomacy,
• introduce the sources in the field of diplomacy with special regard to the custom of providing the diverse models of international relationships,
• introduce the forms of providing diplomacy,
• introduce the interaction between the international security programs and diplomacy on the multilateral level,
• introduce the methods of diplomatic actions,
• introduce the concepts and doctrines of the multiple creating of diplomacy,
• introduce the history of diplomacy.

Teaching methods

Workload

During lectures students will experience the ins and outs of the subject of diplomacy. The form of lectures will be based on the theoretical knowledge including periphrasis of the several examples. Students will need to devote about 20-30 hours on average per semester to acquire the cognizance of the course. Forms of study: obligatory lectures and facultative seminars.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

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Assignment conditions

Examination

Students will be required to pass an exam in form of discussion, during which they must obey to solve one of the previous learned problems on the theoretical and practical level.

Recommended reading

Obligatory Reading

1. Kissinger, Henry, Diplomacy, (1999).
2. Kennan, George F. American Diplomacy (1985),
3. A Berridge, G. R. Diplomacy: Theory & Practice (2005).

Further reading

Additionally reading:

1. Garrett Mattingly, Renaissance Diplomacy, (2005),

2.  Metternich, Clemens von. Mettetnich: The Autobiography, 1773-1815 (2005),

3.  Nicolson, Sir Harold George. Diplomacy (1988),

4.  Nicolson, Sir Harold George. The Congress of Vienna: A Study in Allied Unity: 1812-1822 (2001)

5.  Nicolson, Sir Harold George. The Evolution of Diplomatic Method (1977) ,

6.  Nierenberg, Gerard The Art of Negotiating (2001).

Notes

Modified by dr Justyna Michalska (last modification: 17-11-2020 13:38)