NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES
FACULTY: Department of International Relations and European Integration
SPECIALIZATION: Security and Diplomacy


DISCIPLINE SYLLABUS

Course title Theory of International Relations
Study year I Semester * I Type of final evaluation** (Es / Ec) Es
Type of discipline (Compulsory,
Associate, Optional)
Compulsory No. Of credits 7
Total of class
hours
according to
the teaching
schedule
28+28 Total of
hours of
individual
study
119 Total hours per semenster 175
Taught by Prof.univ.dr. Vasile Secares
* If the discipline strectches over more semensters, a Disciplene Syllabus is filled in for each semester.
** Es summative evaluation, at the end of the semester, (may be undertaken as writen test (S), oral
examination (O) or a combination thereof (SO)); Ec continuous evaluation, throughout the semester.

Total no. of study hours according to the
teaching schedule

Total C** S L P S.I.
175 28 28 - - 119
120 28 14 78
Faculty Department for
International Relations
and European Studies
Office International Relations
Field International Relations
and European Studies
Specialization Security and Diplomacy

* C- course, S-seminar, L-laboratory, P-roject or applied studies, S.I. individual study

Specific competencies and abilities (general competencies are mentioned in the Specializations Syllabus)
1. Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge about actors and the structure of international relations
Knowledge of international environment
Knowledge of key concepts relating to international relations
2. Explaining and interpretation:
International relations in the perspective of the main theories in the field
Determining state behavior in international relations
Foreign Policy Decision
3. Instrumentally applied:
Analysis of the event state practice in international relations
Action considerations of national interest and national security
Role of state power in foreign policy

4. Attitude:
Developing the capacity to understand the State's international relations
Current relationships between international and domestic policy environment
Openness to other nations and cultures
Analysis of foreign policy decision models

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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

In establishing the final mark,we consider Percentage of mark ( %)
(Total = 100%)
- answers in the final evaluation 50%
- answers to applied papers in the seminar/laboratory 0
- periodic testing through writen tests 0
- continuous testing throughout the semester 20%
- activities such as reports, papers, tests, etc 20%
- other activities (such as) class attendance 10%
Describe the method of evaluation, (Es/Ec): writen semester paper (free topics) and oral examination

Minimum requirements for 5

Minimum requirements for 10

A Sufficient understanding of the topic and a mediocer
report/semester paper
A correct, clear and complete understanding of
the topic


La stabilirea notei finale se iau n considerare Ponderea la notare, exprimat n %
(Total = 100%)
- rspunsurile la examen / colocviu (evaluarea final) 50%
- rspunsurile finale la lucrrile practice de laborator -
- testarea periodic prin lucrri de control -
- testarea continu pe parcursul semestrului 20%
- activiti gen teme / referate / eseuri / traduceri / proiecte
etc.
20%
- alte activiti (precizai) prezenta 10%
Descriei modalitatea practic de evaluare final, (Es/Ec):
Final evaluation of the student is presenting a working (essay) paper in subjects of discipline, its share being
50% of the final mark. Continuous assessment (seminar work) accounts for 40% and class attendance for 10%
Cerine minime pentru nota 5
(sau cum se acord nota 5)
Cerine minime pentru nota 10
(sau cum se acord nota 10)
Basic knowledge of international relations
(concepts, foundations)
Working Paper
Paper semester
Acquiring knowledge presented
to class and learning + references
required to present a solid work
properly structured and element
analysis


Minimal bibliography
N
o
Title and Author Publishing House Year Pages Competencies

1.




2.






Vasile Secares, Teoria relatiilor
internationale politica
mondiala (I)


Immanuel Wallerstein, Sistemul
mondial modern

Bruce Rusett & Harvey Starr,
World Politics. The Menu For
Choice

SNSPA




Meridiane


W Freeman & Co.



2008




1993


1989 (3rd
edition)







11-14


21-25; 49-
73; 74-77;
125-129;
For the entire course




Modern national state

- IR Actors
-The international
environment
-Power
Foreign policy-
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION



3.








4.





5.



6.



7.








8.




















K.J. Holsti, International
Politics. A Framework For
Analysis



Joshua S. Goldstein,
International Relations


Susan Strange, State si piete



Martin Griffiths, Relaii
internaionale. coli, curente,
gnditori






Andrei Miroiu si Radu-Sebastian
Ungureanu, Manual de relatii
internationale












Prentice Hall
International




Longman



European Institute



Ziua,
Bucharest







Polirom,
Iai














1995 (7th
edition)





2001 (4th
edition)



1997



2003








2006

185-193;
193-202;
208-215;
221-225;
240-243;
254-258;
269-287;
293-318;
516-530







42-50; 54-
68; 83-
116; 117-
129; 256-
258



163-195;
202-231



59-175



25-46; 73-
95; 97 si
urm; 201-
222; 240-
245; 276-
281; 285
si urm;
333 si
urm; 349
si urm;
371 si
urm; 409
si urm


61 si urm;
71 si urm;
77 si urm;
95 si urm
105 si
urm; 115
si urm;
decision
-Relations between
states
- National interest
and national security
- foreign policy
-interstate rels


Structures of power




IR Theories




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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
127 si
urm; 139
si urm;
155 si
urm; 165
si urm;
179 si rum

9. Mircea Malita, Jocuri pe scara
lumii. Conflicte, negocieri,
diplomaie
CH Beck 2007





1
0.
Alexander Wendt, Social Theory
of International Politics
Cambridge
University Press
1999

1
1.
Robert Cooper, The Breaking of
Nations: Order and Chaos in the
Twenty-first Century
Atlantic Monthly
Press, New York
2003
16 42
1
2.
George Friedman, The Russo-
Georgian War and the Balance
of Power
Stratfor Aug 12,
2008
1
3.
Joseph S. Nye, Descifrarea
conflictelor internaionale
Antet,
Bucharest
2005

1
4.
erban Filip Cioculescu,
Romnia postcomunist n
ecuaia strategic a
vecintilor: Balcanii, Marea
Neagr i Orientul Mijlociu
Extins
University of
Bucharests
Publishing House
2009
69 260
1
5.
Mihai E. Ionescu (coord.),
Regiunea Extins a Mrii Negre:
Concept, Evoluie, Perspective
(I)
Occasional Papers
No. 10
ISPAIM
2007

1
6.
Nilfer Karacasulu, Elif
Uzgren, Explaining Social
Constructivist Contributions to
Security Studies
Perceptions Summer
Autumn,
2007
27 - 48
1
7.
Kenneth Waltz, Teoria politicii
internaionale
Polirom,
Iai
2006

1
8.
John Baylis, Steven Smith (eds.),
The Globalization of World
Politics: An Introduction to
International Relations, 3rd ed.
Oxford University
Press,
Oxford
2005

1
9.
Paul R. Viotti, Mark V. Kauppi,
International Relations and
World Politics: Security,
Economics, Identity, 4th ed.
Pearson Prentice
Hall,
New Jersey
2009



Estimate the total no. of hours (per semester) of individual study for the student

1. Study of course 5 8. Preparation of oral examinations 5
2. Study of handbooks 15 9. Preparation of final examination 10
3. Study of minimal references 30 10. Tutoriat 2
4. Library documentation 15

11. Documentation in the field -
NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
5. Specific activities to prepare for the seminars
and laboratories
12 12. Documentation on the internet 15
6. Reports, papers,translations, etc. 10 13. Other activities .......
7. Preparation of writen tests 5

TOTAL no. of individuaal study hours (per semester) = 119





Date. Signature: ..........................











NATIONAL SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

COURSE SYLLABUS

Title: Theory of International Relations




Taught by: prof. univ. dr.
Vasile SECARES


No. credits 7 No. course hours/week 2+2 Year I
Semester I


Compulsory conditions to participate in the course
Credits obtained in previous cources/laboratories: No
Course attending: at least 50% Compulsory Course Attendence
Other conditions


Objective
The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding: concepts on the organization
and operation of international power structure and the international order, the origin of
modern international system, political cycles, economic and military in its development
policy determinations and global perspective on global geopolitical developments, the
functioning of postwar policy and policy spheres of influence, problems in system use
armed force (torque international security and war - peace) and the current transition to
an international system, a new global power structure and a new world order.

Means of course and seminar teaching :
Courses consist of lectures under the themes outlined below (with emphasis on
printing an interactive character and making problems for students), seminars debate on a
problem involving derivatives and bibliography.

Student evaluation:
- Continuous evaluation (intervention course and seminar and produce a report at
the seminar - the share of 40% and 10% presence)
- Supporting the students of a discipline essay topic (50%)
Topics
1. Actors and structure of international relations.
2. The international environment: factors and conditions.
3. State in international relations: national interest and power.
4. Foreign Policy.
5. International system: the geopolitical balance of forces.
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
6. Cycles of political, economic and military developments of the international system.
7. Contemporary international system: the postwar international order.
8. Globalization of international relations at the end of the twentieth century: changes in
the competitiveness of nations.
9. International system at the beginning of XXI century: replacing the power structures.
10. International Security at the beginning of the XXI century: threats and responses.
(50%)


References

No. Author and Title
Publishing
House
Year Pages
1. Vasile Secre, Teoria
relaiilor internaionale
Politica mondial (I), Suport
de curs n format electronic
SNSPA,
Bucharest
2008
2. Immanuel Wallerstein,
Sistemul mondial modern,
vol. 3
Meridiane,
Bucharest
1993 11-14
3. Bruce Russett & Harvey
Starr, World Politics. The
Menu for Choice, 3
rd
edition
W. Freeman & Co.,
New York

1989
p. 21-25, 49-73, 74-77,
125-129, 185-202,
208-215, 221-225,
240-243, 254-258,
269-287, 293-318,
516-530
4. K. J. Holsti, International
Politics. A Framework for
Analysis, 7
th
edition
Prentice Hall
International
Inc.,
Englewood
Cliffs, N.J.
1995

p. 42-50, 54-68
5. Joshua Goldstein,
International Relations, 4
th

edition
Longman,
New York

2001
p. 163-195, 202-231
6. Jean Francois Guilhaudis,
Relations Internationales
Contemporaines
Litec,
Paris
2002
7. James E. Dougherty&Robert
L. Pfaltzgraff Jr., Contending
Theories of
InternationalRelations. A
Comprehensive Survey, 3
rd

edition
Harper Collins
Publ.
New York
1990
8. Hans J. Morgenthau, Politics
among nations: the struggle
for power and peace, 3
rd

Alfred A.
Knopf
New York
1964
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
edition
9. Kenneth Waltz, Man, State
and War
Columbia
University
Press, New
York
1959


10. Stefano Guzzini, Realism i
relaii internaionale
European
Institute,
Iai
2000
11. Charles W. Kegley & Eugen
R. Wittkopf, World Politics.
Trends and Transformation
Bedfors St
Martins
Boston
New York
2001
12. Barry Buzan, Popoarele,
statele i teama
Cartier,
Bucharest
1991
13. Susan Strange, State i piee, European
Institute,
Iai
1997 p. 59-175
14. Martin Griffiths, Relaii
internaionale. coli, curente,
gnditori.
Ziua,
Bucharest
2003 p. 25-46, 73-95, 97 &
others., 201-222, 240-
245, 276-281, 285 -,
333-, 349-, 371-, 409-
15. Andrei Miroiu i Radu-
Sebastian Ungureanu
(coord.), Manual de relaii
internaionale
Polirom,
Iai

2006 61,71-77, 95-105, 115-
127, 139, 155-165
16. Alexander Wendt, Social
Theory of International
Politics,
C.U.P.
Cambridge
1999
17. Robert Gilpin, The Political
Economy of International
Relations
P.U.P.
Princeton
1987
18. Robert O. Keohane and J.S.
Nye, Power and
Interdependence, 2
nd
edition
Harper Collins
Publications,
New York
1989
19. Vasile Secre, A Global
Perspective on the Arms
Race: The World Military
Order
Bulletin of
Peace
Proposals,
Oslo, no. 4
1981
20. Paul Kennedy, The Rise and
Fall of the Great Powers
Fontana Press 1989
21. James Rosenau, Turbulena
n politica mondial
Ed. Academiei,
Bucharest
1994
22. Torbjorn L. Knutsen, The
Rise and Fall of World
Manchester
University
1999
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Orders Press,
Manchester
23. Hedley Bull, Societatea
anarhic: un studiu asupra
ordinii n politica mondial
tiina,
Chiinu
1998
24. Samuel P. Huntington,
Ciocnirea civilizaiilor i
refacerea ordinii mondiale
Antet,
Bucharest
2000
25. Joshua S. Goldstein, Long
Cycles: Properity and War in
the Modern Age
Y.U.P
New Haven &
London
1988
26. Barry Buzan si altii, Security:
A New Framework for
Analysis
Lynne Rienner,
Boulder, Co.
1998
27. Alvin Tofler, Power Shift Antet 1995
28. Michael Porter, The
Competitive Advantage of
Nations
The Free Press,
New York
1990
29. Robert Cooper, The Breaking
of Nations: Order and Chaos
in the Twenty-first Century
Atlantic
Monthly Press,
New York
2003 16 - 42
30. George Friedman, The Russo-
Georgian War and the
Balance of Power
Stratfor Aug
12,
2008

31. Joseph S. Nye, Descifrarea
conflictelor internaionale
Antet,
Bucharest
2005
32. erban Filip Cioculescu,
Romnia postcomunist n
ecuaia strategic a
vecintilor: Balcanii,
Marea Neagr i Orientul
Mijlociu Extins
Bucharest
Universitys
Publishing
House
2009 69 260
33. Mihai E. Ionescu (coord.),
Regiunea Extins a Mrii
Negre: Concept, Evoluie,
Perspective (I)
Occasional
Papers
No. 10
ISPAIM
2007
34. Nilfer Karacasulu, Elif
Uzgren, Explaining Social
Constructivist Contributions
to Security Studies
Perceptions Summ
er
Autum
n 2007
27 - 48
35. Kenneth Waltz, Teoria
politicii internaionale
Polirom,
Iai
2006
36. John Baylis, Steven Smith
(eds.), The Globalization of
World Politics: An
Introduction to International
Oxford
University
Press,
Oxford
2005
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Relations, 3rd ed.
37. Paul R. Viotti, Mark V.
Kauppi, International
Relations and World Politics:
Security, Economics, Identity,
4th ed.
Pearson
Prentice Hall,
New Jersey
2009