Foreign Policy of Asian, African, North and Latin American Countries

Major: International Relations
Code of subject: 6.291.01.O.070
Credits: 6.00
Department: Political Science and International Relations
Lecturer: PhD in Political sciences, associate professor Demchyshak Ruslan
Semester: 7 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: - LO03. To know the nature of international cooperation, the nature of interaction between international actors, the ratio of governmental and non-governmental actors in world politics; - LO04. to know the principles, mechanisms and processes of foreign policy, interaction between foreign and domestic policy, definition and implementation in the international arena of national interests, the process of formation and implementation of foreign policy decisions. - LO06. To know the nature and peculiarities of interactions of individual countries and regions at the global, regional and local levels.; determine the factors of influence of foreign policy participants; - LO09. To investigate the problems of international relations, regional development, foreign policy, international communications, using modern political, economic and legal theories and concepts, scientific methods and interdisciplinary approaches, present research results, provide appropriate recommendations. - COM 1.Ability to freely use foreign languages in practice in the specialty, to conduct direct and reverse translation of documents from foreign languages;
Required prior and related subjects: Re-requisites: EU in international relations, Globalisation and global problems of today - Corerequisite: Foreign Policy of the West Europe, Foreign policy of Russia and the CIS countries.
Summary of the subject: Subject, tasks and structure of the course, its relevance and connection with other disciplines. Eastern countries in world politics, economy, culture. Foreign policy of the People's Republic of China. Foreign policy of Japan. Foreign policy of the Korean Peninsula. Southeast Asian countries in regional and world politics. Foreign Policy of the Republic of India. Foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Turkey's foreign policy. Middle Eastern countries in regional and world politics. Countries of tropical Africa. South African Republic. The main trends in North America in the twentieth century. The United States in the system of international relations Priorities of Canadian foreign policy at the present stage The main trends in Latin America Integration processes in Latin America and their features The main vectors and features of the foreign policy of Latin America in the second half of XX - XXI centuries.
Assessment methods and criteria: Current control (40%), oral examination, answers on seminars, writing essays. Final control (60%): examination (three-level testing).
Recommended books: • Hon M. Novitnia istoriia krain Azii v povoiennyi period. –Rivne,2000. • Kyrychenko V.P. Nova istoriia krain Azii, Afryky ta Latynskoi Ameryky. Navch. Posibnyk / V.P. Kyrychenko. ? Kyiv: Lybid, 2002. 165 s. • Kozytskyi A. M. Novitnia istoriia krain Azii ta Afryky: navch. pos. / A. M. Kozytskyi. – Lviv: Afisha, 2004. – 429 s. • Kuzmin O. S. Nova istoriia krain Zakhidnoi Yevropy ta Pivnichnoi Ameryky : navchalnyi posibnyk dlia studentiv istorychnykh spetsialnostei vyshchykh navchalnykh zakladiv / O.S. Kuzmin. / Zhytomyr : Vydavnytstvo ZhDU im. I. Franka, 2011. – 455s. • Melnychuk N. Liderstvo SShA v umovakh hlobalnykh transformatsii / N.Melnychuk // Politychnyi menedzhment, 2013. – №1-2(57-58). – 244 s. • Ivanytska O.P.Zovnishnya polityka krayin Zakhidnoyi Yevropy ta Pivnichnoyi Ameryky u postbipolyarnyy period (1990 i - 2000-i roky) : navchalnyy posibnyk / O.P. Ivanytska . – Kyyiv : Slovo, 2012 . – 719 s.