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COURSE DESCRIPTION

STRATEGY AND WAR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/4340062

Course Title:	STRATEGY AND WAR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Prof. Mehmet Seyfettin EROL

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/mehmeterol

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

mse2009@yahoo.com

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learns the strategic and political affairs in international levels.
Learns the leading strategies in international politics.
Explains the importance of the war in international politics.
Learns the theory of war and strategies in Turkish Foreign Policy.
Explains geo-strategic importance of Turkey.
Explains geo-politic importance of Turkey.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	International System Analysis
2. Week	Power Struggle in International Politics
3. Week	Strategy as a conceptual
4. Week	Foreign Policy Strategies
5. Week	The Concept of War and Historical Analysis
6. Week	Doctrines of War
7. Week	War and Strategy in Turks
8. Week	Mid-term Examinations Week
9. Week	War as a Strategy
10. Week	Historical Evolution of Security Theories
11. Week	Strategy and War in 19. and 20. Century
12. Week	Strategy and War in Cold War Era
13. Week	Strategy and War after Cold War
14. Week	Wartime Alliances
15. Week	Law of War and its Value of International Politics
16. Week	Final Examinations Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

REQUIRED READINGS: Ebenstein Alan, Great Political Thinkers: Plato to the Present, Wadsworth Pub Co, 1999; Lewis W. Spitz & Lyman Richard W., Major Crises in Western Civilization, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965; Machiavelli Niccolo, Savaş Sanatı, çev. Berna Hasan, İstanbul: Özne Yayınları, 1999. RECOMMENDED READINGS: Galula David, Kontrgerilla Savaşı: Teori ve Pratik, çev. Deniz Ateşok, İstanbul: Kawa Yayıncılık, 2008; Özdal Ahmet, Türklerin Savaş Sanatı: Aldatıcı Taktikler & Farklılaşan Stratejiler, İstanbul: Doruk Yayınları, 2008; Baylis J. & Wirtz J., Strategy in the Contemporary World, 0xford 2006.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecturing, Question- Answer, Discussion, Case Study

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

N/A

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	15	3	45
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	15	3	45
Searching in Internet and Library	15	3	45
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports			0
Preparing Presentation			0
Presentation			0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	20	20
Final and Studying for Final	1	33	33
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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4				X
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