Spring 2008

REE 335 • Contemporary U.S. Russian Relations: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects

Course Description

This course is designed to give the student a framework for understanding contemporary U.S.-Russia relations; conversancy in the major issues in contemporary U.S.-Russia relations, greater knowledge of how the U.S. government formulates and executes Russia policy (and foreign policy, more generally), and) opportunities to hone policy-oriented communications skills (with special emphasis on writing), Each session will consist of a lecture by the Professor (usually via digital video conference, or DVC) and a substantive discussion (question/answer) period. As opportunities arise, distinguished guest lecturers, from both within and outside government, will be invited to speak on topics the course is covering.

Grading Policy

I. Attendance/Participation - 28%(+) II. Short Writing Assignments  24% III. Oral Mid-Term Examination  24% IV. Final Writing Project 24%

Texts

Donaldson, Robert H.; Nogee, Joseph L. The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2002. Edwards, Jonathan; and Kemp, Jack. Russia's Wrong Direction: What the United States Can and Should Do. New York, NY: Council on Foreign Relations Press, 2006. Gaddis, John Lewis. The Cold War: A New History. New York: Penguin Press HC, 2005. Goldgeier, James M.; and McFaul, Michael. Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy Toward Russia after the Cold War. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2003. Ivanov, Igor S. The New Russian Diplomacy. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2002. Tsygankov, Andrei. Whose World Order? Russias Perception of American Ideas after the Cold War. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. Zoellick, Robert B.; and Zelikow, Philip. America and Russia: Memos to a President. New York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company, 2000.

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