Чему вы научитесь
- By the end of the course, participants should have:
- 1. acquired a profound knowledge of the state-of-the-art research of the Cold War history;
- 2. familiarized themselves with the main structural characteristics and the main concepts of the international relations born during the Cold War;
- 3. developed the ability to understand and order facts against the background of more general international developments;
- 4. established a solid factual baseline related to the global and regional problems and developments during the Cold War years.
О курсе
The international relations in the Cold War years is an integral part of the history of international relations. It is a distinct period distinguished by its specific features, such as the bipolarity and the increasingly global competition between the East and the West and the alliances led by the two nuclear superpowers – the Soviet Union and the US. This period, also known as the Yalta order, the distinguished feature of which was the division of Europe and of Germany, extends from 1945 through 1991 until the collapse of communist regimes in Europe in 1989, the unification of Germany in 1990, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The course provides the state-of-the-art insights into the origins of the Cold War, its driving forces, challenges to the bipolarity as the organizing principle of the Yalta order, the short period of détente in East-West relations in the late 1960s and the early 1970s, and the end of the Cold War.
Для кого этот курс
The course encompasses all those interested in history and particularly in the history of international relations and of the Cold War. It is designed to help students of the history of international relations to structure their understanding of the international system of that period.
Начальные требования
No special prior knowledge is required to start the course. , although some basic knowledge of international relations and history is welcome.
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Как проходит обучение
The course consists of eight blocks, each including five video-recorded lectures supported by reading materials and tests for self-control.
The completion of the course requires passing through the following types of checks:
- eight intermediate multiple choice tests following each of the eight thematic blocks consisting of five questions (multiple choice tests imply that at least one of the four response options is correct, and at least one is wrong; selecting all correct responses and no wrong ones allows to collect five points; selecting at least one wrong response brings a zero)
- a final test encompassing the entire course themes and materials; the final test consists of twenty single choice questions (only one response option is correct) each worth five points.