Course: Maritime Security Policy

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Course title Maritime Security Policy
Course code KAP/1MASE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Wiendl Jan, PhD.
Course content
Introduction of lecture: What is maritime security in four dimensions 1st Dimension: Marine Green Deal (climate change, ocean plastic issue and so on) 2nd Dimension: Bule Economy (fisheries control, counter-IUU fishing, SDGs in Ocean) 3rd Dimension: Marine human security (Piracy/armed robbery, Human trafficking) 4th Dimension: National Security in maritime domain (Maritime disputes and sovereignty) Maritime Law: UNCLOS Maritime law enforcement entity: function and meaning of Coast Guard Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) Case study 1: East China Sea, bilateral approach Case study 2: South China Sea, multilateral approach Case study 3: EU as maritime security provider and its commitment to Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Cooperation

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 50 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 44 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to explain changes in the definition of security in relation to changes in the international system
to evaluate the concepts of national security, international security and human security
to characterize different types of conflicts
Skills
to classify different types of international organizations according to the approach to ensuring international security
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize the development of the concept of maritime security in connection with the transformation of the international system
to differentiate and define different concepts in the field of maritime security
to explain the complex problems of international and regional maritime security of the 20th and 21st centuries from the theoretical and empirical point of view
Skills
to independently interpret the successes or failures of concrete conflict resolution
to qualify and define the causes of maritime threats using an appropriate theoretical framework
to identify the different types of major maritime security threats in the current international system
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Self-study of literature
Skills
Textual studies
Seminar
Competences
Textual studies
Seminar
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Alagappa, Muthiah. Asia's Security Environment: From Subordinate to Region Dominant System. Stanford UP, 2008.
  • Boot, Max. The Evolution of Irregular War.. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 92, No. 2., 2013.
  • Buzan, B. - de Wilde, J. - Waver, O. Security. A new framework for analysis. Boulder: London, 1995.
  • Buzan, Barry; Waever, Ole. Regions and powers : the structure of international security. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0-521-89111-0.
  • Crocker, Chester A.,; Hampson, Fen Osler,; Aall, Pamela R. Rewiring regional security in a fragmented world. 1st pub. Washington : United States Institute of Peace Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-60127-070-2.
  • Romancov, Michael. NATO, the European Union, the Czech Republic and maritime security. Pilsen Talks ISBN 80-239-3926-2 Plzeň : Statutární. 2004.


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