Foreign policy and national security

Course: Educational and professional program «Governing on the field of national security»

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service

Title
Foreign policy and national security
Code
ОК.10
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO-8. Be able to use information and communication technologies and, on this basis, form an effective system of information and analytical support for decision-making regarding the prevention, counteraction and neutralization of threats to national security. PLO-10. Be able to analyze challenges and threats to national security by areas of professional activity and synthesize information on the development and implementation of strategies in the defining areas of national security (political, economic, social, humanitarian). PLO-14. Be able to read and understand professional foreign language literature, using it in social and professional spheres, as well as demonstrate a culture of thinking and demonstrate skills in organizing cultural dialogue with foreign partners at the level necessary for professional activity. PLO-17. Be able to use the acquired knowledge regarding the security component of the foreign policy of Ukraine and other states.
Form of study
External form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Prerequisites and additional requirements know: conceptual principles of formation of the national security system; tasks, structure, subjects and prerequisites for the effectiveness of the specified system; the evolution of ideas about the essence of national security as a social phenomenon, its types and components; be able: identify factors that allow classifying national interests in the foreign policy sphere of the state's vital activities; evaluate social phenomena that are denoted by the concepts of "threat", "challenge" and "risk" when making management decisions regarding the security component of foreign policy; apply the main categories, concepts (terms) when determining the priorities of the specified policy in the context of modern processes of globalization.;
Course content
Content of the educational program The discipline familiarizes students with the main norms of domestic and foreign policy and international relations of foreign states, in particular with the mechanisms and features of foreign policy implementation; the main subjects of international relations and international security; features of the transformation of the modern stage of international relations, etc. Special attention is paid to the security component of the foreign policy of European countries, namely: the European Union, as a subject of the system of international relations; the security component of the foreign policy of the countries of Western, Central and Eastern Europe; features of the transformation of the security component of the foreign policy of Ukraine, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova. Also, detailed attention is paid to the security component of the foreign policy of the countries of the regions of North and South America, in particular the security component of the foreign policy of Canada and the USA, the role of the policy of Latin American countries in the formation of the international security system, etc. The security component of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and Southeast Asia is revealed.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Власюк О. С. Національна безпека України: еволюція проблем внутрішньої політики. Вибр. наук. праці. Київ : НІСД, 2016. 528 с. URL: https://niss.gov.ua/sites/default/files/2017-01/Vlasuk-fin-99d56.pdf; Орел М. Г. Теоретичні основи державного управління у сфері політичної безпеки: монографія. Київ: Поліграф Плюс “Ц-СІ”, 2019.320 с..; Ситник Г. П. Взаємозумовленість соціальних явищ, які визначають концептами "небезпека" і "безпека", та її врахування в теорії публічного управління. Інвестиції: практика та досвід. 2019. № 16. С. 61–67; Ситник Г.П. Державне управління національною безпекою України (теорія і практика): Монографія. К : НАДУ, 2004. 408 с; Таран Є.І. Політика забезпечення інформаційної безпеки у США та ЄС: досвід для України. Вісник Львівського університету. Серія філос.-політолог. студії. 2019. Вип. 25, c. 170-175. URL: http://fps-visnyk.lnu.lviv.ua/archive/25_2019/25.pdf
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, workshops, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Knowledge control is carried out according to the ECTS system, which provides for a two-level evaluation of the learned material, in particular, the evaluation of theoretical training - learning results, which is 40% of the total grade for the semester, and the evaluation of practical training - learning results, which is 60% of the total grade for the semester. semester assessment (MAX – 60 points / MIN – 36 points): work in seminar classes; two modular test papers in the form of open questions, individual independent work. The final assessment (MAX: 40 points; MIN: 24 points) is an exam in the form of a written work with tasks of various levels of difficulty. The final grade for the discipline (minimum 60, maximum 100 points) consists of the sum of the number of points for the semester (MIN 36, MAX 60 points) and the exam paper (MIN 24, MAX 40 points).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Ihor Valentynovych Tkachenko
Department of Public Administration
Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Public Administration
Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service