THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONA AND SCIENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

Shakarim State University of Semey

Humanitarian-Economical FacultyThe department of Philosophy and Political Science

SILLABUS

to the discipline "Regional security in Central Asia"

For students

Semey 2014

Author: doctor of political science, professor Iskakova G.K.

Approved at the session of the department of Philosophy and Political Science

Protocol № _____ “____”___________ 2014 г.

Head of the department of Philosophy and Political Science

Discussed at the session of Academic-Methodical Council of Humanitarian-Juridical Faculty

Protocol № _____ «_______» ____________2014

Chairperson

Approved by the Scientific Council of the faculty

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Dean of Humanitarian-economical faculty

_______________ V.K.Tolymgozhinova

STUDY PROGRAM OF THE DISCIPLINE 1. General information:1.1 Title of the discipline : "Regional security in the Central Asia"1.2 Department: "Philosophy and Political Science"1.3 Address of the department : building #1, room #5121.4 Lecturer : Iskakova Gulnar Kozhagulovna 1.5 Contact information : E-mail: gulisk@mail.ru1.6 Office hours: 9.00-17.00 every day1.7 Number of credits : 31.8 Extract from the study plan

Course Semester Credits Lectures

Practical lessons

IWS Total

Forms of control

1 3 3 15 30 90 135 exam

Pre-requisites of the discipline: History of Kazakhstan Post-requisites of the discipline: National security, Political regionality

2. Explanatory note for the discipline:

General information about the course: The course is aimed to study the problem of regional and international security in Central Asia on the basis of historic, comparative and problem-based approaches, and as a result of the course study the students will get the fundamental knowledge of modern system of international relations in Central Asia, and of the main threats and risks which influence upon the regional and international security.The suggested course should be learnt by students of “Political Science”, “International relations”, “Regional studies”, “History” and “Fundamentals of law and economics” as an elective course.The course includes students’ acquaintance with the content of disciplines “International relations”, “International political institutes” and “New threats of global development”. The discipline will be included into the content of specialities “History” and “Fundamentals of law and economics” of Shakarim State University of Semey. .Importance of the course. The collapse of the USSR marked the end of bipolar system, and has led to the beginning of a new stage in international relations. Such non-traditional challenges as regional and local conflicts, international terrorism, drug traffic, uncontrolled migration and others come to the forefront of international security sphere. The emergence of fifteen new States in place of a homogeneous in political, ideological, partly economic and cultural fields huge country, has become one of the hotbeds of instability.

Manifestations of instability were the growth of ethno-national and ethno-separatist moods, ethnic and territorial conflicts, the intensification of extremist forces and organized crime, and others. Central Asia is a region where different civilizational models, religion, culture and socio-political structures coexist and confront, as well as this region is characterized by uneven development of individual States. The most important reserves of natural resources are located in the region that attracts the attention of world powers. At the same time, today the Central Asia has become one of politically unstable regions, what is connected with the events in Kyrgyzstan, which can lead to serious regional conflicts. The difficult financial and socio-economic situation connected with the global financial crisis and unfavorable political situation (Kyrgyzstan) create serious obstacles on the way to optimal solutions of these problems, bearing the threat of conflicts between neighboring States, intensification of illegal cross-border activity (terrorism and organized crime, drug trafficking, uncontrolled migration and etc), which threaten the national security. Central Asia was the object of repeated attacks of trans-boundary extremist groups, who receive financial and other resources from regional drug mafia (according to some expert estimates, the annual turnover of the latter is more than 40 billion dollars, that much exceeds the annual budget of all Central Asian States combined).In connection with the above, the joint cooperation in regional and international security within the framework of such international organizations as the CIS, OSCE, CSTO, SCO and others seems to be important and necessary.However, in conditions of the post-Soviet space, limited material and resource base, hidden interstate contradictions, inconsistencies and other factors lead to the low efficiency of regional security policy of CIS, and considerably reduce effectiveness of such cooperation.Geographically, the course covers the five States: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.The aim and objectives of the course:Aim of the course: to give a broad idea about conditions and perspectives of international relations and regional security development in Central Asia; describe the foreign policy strategy of Central Asian States, and the policy of major world powers (the US, China and Russia) in the Central Asian region; to analyze the dynamics of the political situation in Central Asian States; to consider the most difficult international political problems of the region.Teaching and learning tasks of the course: As a result of the course learning, the students should be able

- to know: aim and objectives of the course, problems of major countries of the Central Asia, foreign affairs strategies of the major foreign players in the region;

- to do: use textbooks, reference books and scientific literature and statistical data about the stated problem, analyze conflicts in the region, foreign policy initiatives and economic interests of the interested countries, perspectives for the development of Central Asia countries, and of the region in general.- to have: understanding of current political problems of the Central Asia, including arguable, causing contradictions between the major participants, as well as the possible variants of their solutions.- to possess: skills of critical evaluation of analytical and scientific materials on the given problem, orientation in policies of bilateral and multilateral relations in the Central-Asian region, assess and understand external political interests of the Central Asian countries and the key powers – USA, China and Russia; after completing the course, the student should master analyzing skills for the international situation in the region in terms of political and economic perspectives of the Central Asian States interaction, and Kazakhstan first of all.

3. Distribution of hours by type of lessons (thematic plan)

№№

Name of the theme Total hoursLectures

Practical

lessons

IWS

1. Concept, subject and method of the course “Regional security in Central Asia”

1 1

2 Regional security as a subject for scientific discussions 1 1

3 Geopolitical, economic and ethno-national peculiarities of Central Asian countries.

2 4

4 Military-strategic, political and economic interests of the USA, China and Russia in Central Asia: main priorities and promotion mechanisms for their interests

3 6

5 World powers’ policy towards Central Asian countries: history and modernity

2 4

6 International experience for the policy of international and regional security

1 2

7 Territorial-economic, ethno-social and political contradictions, challenges and threats in Central Asia: reasons and consequences

2 5

8 Forming the system of regional security in Central Asia: contradictions, conditions and perspectives.

1 3

9 Problems of regional security in Central Asia 1 210 Regional integration of Central Asia: prerequisites,

forms, contradictions1 2

4. THE PROGRAM CONTENTS

Тheme 1. Concept, subject and method of the course “Regional security in Central Asia”

1. Scientific orientation of the course. Importance of the course. 2. Contents and system of the course: aim and objectives. 3. Learning resources of the discipline: norm-and-law acts, scientific and methodic literature, native and foreign experience. 4. Teaching methods for the course.

Student’s Independent Work under Tutorship (SIWT). Design of bibliographic directory for the discipline’s themes.

Тheme 2. Regional security as a subject for scientific discussions

1. Theoretical-methodological approaches to the regional security’s problem study.

2. Problems connected with international and regional security 3. Regional political processes and regional policy.

SIWT. Essay (choose a theme from the given list).

Тheme 3. Geopolitical, economic and ethno-national peculiarities of Central Asian countries.

1. Geopolitical, economic and ethno-national peculiarities of the Central Asian region.

2. Geopolitical, economic and ethno-national peculiarities of Uzbekistan. 3 Geopolitical, economic and ethno-national peculiarities of Kyrgyzstan. 4 Geopolitical, economic and ethno-national peculiarities of Tajikistan.

5 Geopolitical, economic and ethno-national peculiarities of Turkmenistan. 6 External political interests of Central Asian countries.

SIWT. Group work, discussion on “Geopolitical and resource-strategic opportunities and contradictions of Central Asian countries”.

Тheme 4. Military-strategic, political and economic interests of the USA, China and Russia in Central Asia: main priorities and promotion mechanisms for their interests 1 Military-strategic, political and economic interests of the USA in Central Asia. 2 Military-strategic, political and economic interests of China in Central Asia.

3 Military-strategic, political and economic interests of Russia in Central Asia. 4 Interests of world powers and Kazakhstan in Caspian region. SIWT. Group work, discussion on “Military-strategic, political and economic contradictions of the USA, China and Russia in Central Asia”.

Тheme 5. World powers’ policy towards Central Asian countries: history and modernity

1. Policy of the USA in Central Asian region in ХХ-ХХ1 centuries.2. Evolution of Russia’s policy in Central Asia. 3. China’s policy in Central Asia. 4. The role of Central Asian borders in the new international situation.

SIWT. Questions for the discussion

1. Name the main approaches to the studies of international relations and policies of countries for the development of international security. 2. What are the main approaches to the studies of Central Asian international relations? 3. Name the main schools of studies for international relations. 4. Characterize the modern conditions of research for Central Asian security problems.

Тhеme 6. International experience for the policy of international and regional security

1. Practical approaches to ensuring international and regional security2. Integration processes: European experience. 3. International practice in solving territorial and other conflicts among countries.

IWST. Questions for discussions

1. What are the main threats for international security in Central Asia? 2. What is the modern external policy of China in Central Asian region? 3. How international relations are being formed in Caspian region?4. What is the policy of international community in relation to Afganistan?

Тhеme 7. Territorial-economic, ethno-social and political contradictions, challenges and threats in Central Asia: reasons and consequences 1 Sources of conflicts in Central Asia. Classification of threats, challenges and risks in the region. 2 Territorial disagreements, religious extremism and sources of ethnopolitical tension. Characteristics of challenges for regional security in the context of territorial and ethnopolitical problems. 3 Illegal transboder operations (contraband, illegal migration, drug trafficking etc.) and the fight against them.

4 Ecological problems. Disagreements in joint exploitation of natural resources (transborder water-bodies and others).

5. Caspian shelf dividing issue as a source for conflicts.6. Afghan factor and problems of regional security in Central Asia.

SIWT. Group work, discussion of “International situation in Central Asia. Possible causes of destabilization in the region”.

Theme 8. Forming the system of regional security in Central Asia: contradictions, conditions and perspectives. 1. Central Asian countries as subjects of international relations. Institutional possibilities and perspectives for regional integration in Central Asia.

2. Conceptual approaches and policies of Central Asian countries to ensuring regional security. Practical application of conceptual approaches: results and lessons.

3. Modern condition of bilateral relations in Central Asian region. Regional security through the development of transborder cooperation.

4. Perspectives of integration for Central Asian countries in frames of CIS, Customs Union, and other international structures.

5. Communicational and economic interdependence. Economic cooperation. Eurasian economic community.

6. Mechanisms of interaction to countries of the region in frames of the Organization of agreement for collective safety (OACS)

7. Place and role of Shankhai Organization of Cooperation (SOC) in ensuring regional safety.

SIWT. Essay (choosing the theme of suggested list).

Theme 9. Problems of regional security in Central Asia: domestic aspects in theories and in practice.

1. Problems in economic sphere.  2. Social sphere of security as one of indicators of economic safety. 3. Ecological problems in Central Asia. 4. Problems in political and military sphere.

SIWT. Questions for discussion

1. Your opinion on the information sphere - as a new sphere of security. 2. Analysis of external political and domestic political actions in Central Asia.

Theme 10. Regional integration of Central Asia: prerequisites, forms, contradictions

1. Peculiarities of the regional security system in Central Asia in the 90s of XX century, and in the beginning of XXI century.

2. Interests of Kazakhstan in the context of regional security of Central Asia. 3. Activities of international organizations in the region.

SIWT. Questions for discussion

1. What are the main problems of integration of Central Asian countries? 2. What kind of contradictions and difficulties, do you think, take place in the

process of forming the system of regional security in Central Asia?

3. What place does CIS take in forming the regional security? 4. What place does OACS take in building the regional security?

SIWT. Questions for discussion What are the main problems of integration of Central Asian countries? What kind of contradictions and difficulties, do you think, take place in the process

of forming the system of regional security in Central Asia? ● What place does CIS take in forming the regional security?

What place does CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization/ОДКБ) take in building the regional security?

5. Tasks for Students’ Independent Work

Theme № Form work ScoresGeopolitical, economic and ethno-national peculiarities of Central Asian countries.

1 GlossaryEnglish-Russian, English-kaz.

30

World powers’ policy towards Central Asian countries: history and modernity

2 Review article 80

Forming the system of regional security in Central Asia: contradictions, conditions and perspectives.

3 Review articleGlossaryEnglish-Russian, English-kaz.

30

Localization and solution of social and political conflicts in Central Asia: experience, difficulties and perspectives.

4 Project 15

Regional integration of Central Asia: prerequisites, forms, contradictions

5 Control work 55

№ Theme landmark control

Graphdelivery

Scores at

work1 According to Teacher suggested

themes (see below)Project 10 week 50-

100%2 According to Teacher suggested

themes (see below)Project 14 week 50-

100%

Implementation of the Project implies a group work. Students choose a theme, do a joint research work.

Structure of the Project:1. Aim, objectives and results expected2. Topicality, newness 3. Referate (minimum 10 pages)4. Bibliography (includes major referenced articles in international scientific journals,

books and other sources).Methodic recommendations to students:

Structure of the Referate:1. Introduction: topicality of the theme (historical and political importance,

interconnection with the main problems of international security), the aim and objectives.

2. Treatment of the topic, on the basis of the processed collected material, the formulation of the interim provisions and conclusions, their reasoning

3. Conclusion: generalizations and reasoned conclusions on the theme of indicating the value of the conclusions for the disclosure of the subjects studied in the course.

THEMES FOR THE PROJECT

1. The major religions and civilizational models presented in Central Asia 2. Approaches to the study of international relations in Central Asia. 3. Geopolitical peculiarities of the Central Asian region. 4. The major schools of international relations studies. 5. The importance of Caspyi and Central Asia for the world politics. 6. Contradictions in interstate relations of Central Asian countries. 7. Global ruling: roles of the USA, Russia and China 8. Main factors of Central Asia development 9. Modern conditions of studies of security problems in Central Asia – review. 10. Main conflict theories of XXI century 11. Events in Kyrgyzstan in 2010: reasons, character and consequences 12. Modern external policy of China in Central Asian region 13. International relations in Caspian region 14. Central Asia Центральная Азия и внешние для региона державы15. Afgan conflict and threats for Central Asia 16. Regional security of Central Asia and interests of Kazakhstan 17. Territorial division of Caspyi and problems of border security of Kazakhstan 18. Perspectives of transborder cooperation in Caspian region.19. Central Asia in Russia’s policy 20. Central Asia in US policy. 21. Central Asia in China’s policy.22. Caspian region as the epicenter of world problems 23. Perspectives of Shanghai Organization Cooperation’s development 24. The Institutes of regional integration in Central Asian region 25. The influence of international intergovernmental organizations on the world’s

policies. 26. Tendencies in changing the agenda of CSTO. 27. Conflict in Kyrgyzstan: interaction of actors. 28. Interests of various actors in the question of natural resources delivery from

Central Asian countries. 29. The problem of regional conflicts in Central Asia 30. Modern terrorism: actors and factors in Central Asia 31. Comparative analysis of resources of various actors at the impact of world’s

politics. 32. Features of intergovernmental organizations in Central Asia: comparative analysis33. Conflicts of ХХ1 century in Central Asia: actors and factors (choose a concrete

example) 34. Military operation of USA in Afganistan: results and lessons

35. The world community’s politics related to Afganistan 36. Interests and positions of various actors in relation to the nuclear program of Iran 37. External policy of Kazakhstan, its relations with USA, China and Russia. 38. Main difficulties and problems on the way to the integration of Central Asian

countries. 39. The system of national interests of RK as the basis for security strategies and

policies. 40. The potential of international cooperation in implementation of national interests

of the Republic of Kazakhstan.41. Development and implementation of strategic interstate projects in the framework

of the CIS, EurAsEC, SCO.42. Perspectives, content and priorities of the strategic cooperation of Kazakhstan

with specific countries, regions (EU, Asia Pacific Region) and international organizations.

43. The concept of the defense capability of the Republic of Kazakhstan in conditions of globalization and a new correlation of forces in the world.

44.Terrorism as a threat to modernization of the Republic of Kazakhstan45. International and Kazakhstani experience of fighting against terrorism 46. Scientific, expert and informational support of the system of national security of

the Republic of Kazakhstan

6. Tasks for SIWT

№ Theme Form of learning

ScheduleScore

1 By student’s choice Essay According to time-table

50-100%

2 According to Teacher suggested themes (see below)

Essay According to time-table

50-100%

Methodical instructions to students: Part of the sources listed in the list of recommended literature, contain the e-mail addresses at which they are available in the Internet in the form of full text documents. A number of issues discussed in lecture topics may be disputable, therefore, recommended literature presents different points of view on this or that problem. Boundary control of this course make up the exam.When preparing to write an essay, the following points should be considered:

The essay expresses the individual experiences and considerations on specific cause or issue, and obviously does not claim a decisive or exhaustive treatment of the subject.

As a rule, essay implies a new, subjectively colored word about something, and can have a philosophical, historical and biographical, publicistic, literary-critical, scientific-popular, belletristic character.

Student’s essay is a self-written paper on a theme suggested by a teacher (theme can be suggested by a student too, but must be agreed with the teacher). The purpose of the essay is the development of skills of independent creative thinking and of written expression of own thoughts.To write an essay is extremely useful as it allows the author to learn how to clearly and competently formulate thoughts, structure the information, use the main categories of analysis, to highlight the cause-and-effect relations, to illustrate concepts with relevant examples, to substantiate their conclusions; to practice scientific style of speech.Essays must contain: a clear statement of the problem, include self-made analysis of this problem using the concepts and analytical tools considered in the framework of the discipline, including conclusions, summary of the author's position on the problem.Depending on specifics of the discipline, essays may significantly differentiate.

In some cases, it can be an analysis of available statistical data on the problem under study, analysis of materials from the mass media and the use of studied models, a detailed analysis of the proposed tasks with deployed opinions, selection and detailed analysis of examples to illustrate the problem, etc.

(See AMCD/Academic Methodic Complex of Discipline/, Section “Methodic recommendations for Student’s Independent Work”

THEMES FOR THE WRITTEN WORK (ESSAY)

1. Central Asia in world politics and economy: general overview.2. The main religions and civilizational models presented in Central Asia3. Approaches to the study of international relations in Central Asia4. Geopolitical peculiarities of the Central Asian region5. Major schools of studies of international relations6. The importance of Caspyi and Central Asia for the world politics7. Contradictions in interstate relations among Central Asian countries8. The global ruling: what are roles of USA, Russia and China9. Modern state of studies on security problems in Central Asia: general overview10. Main conflict theories of the XXI century11. Events in Kyrgyzstan in 2010: reasons, character and consequences12. The modern external policy of China in Central Asian region13. International relations in Caspian region 14. Central Asia and out-region powers. 15. Afgan conflict and threats for Central Asia16. Regional security of Central Asia and interests of Kazakhstan17.Territorial division of Caspyi and problems of border security of Kazakhstan18. Perspectives of transborder cooperation in Caspian region

19. Caspian region as an epicenter of world problems20. The influence of international intergovernmental organizations on the world

politics21. The problem of regional conflicts in Central Asia22. The modern terrorism: actors and factors in Central Asia23. Features of intergovernmental organizations in Central Asia: comparative analysis24. Conflicts of the XXI-st century in Central Asia: actors and factors (with concrete

example selected)25. Interests and positions of various actors in relation to Iran’s nuclear program26. External policy of Kazakhstan, its relations with the USA, China and Russia27. The system of national interests of RK as basis for security strategies and policy.28. The potential of international cooperation for national interests of the Republic of

Kazakhstan29. Development and implementation of strategic interstate projects in the framework

of CIS, EurAsEC, SCO30. Prospects, content and priorities of the strategic cooperation of Kazakhstan with

specific countries and regions (EU, Asia Pacific region) and international organizations

31. The concept of the defense capability of the Republic of Kazakhstan in conditions of globalization and a new correlation of forces in the world

32. Terrorism as a threat to modernization of the Republic of Kazakhstan33. International and Kazakhstani experience of fighting against terrorism

7. CONTROL QUESTIONS

1. Territorial disputes and international practice for their solution2. Describe the main geographical and geopolitical features of the Central Asian

countries.3. What are the main civilizations/religions presented in Central Asia? Give their

brief description.4. Integration processes in post-Soviet space. 5. Major conceptual approaches to regional security in Central Asia.6. What are the main approaches to the study of international relations in Central

Asia?7. Describe the main sources of conflicts in Central Asia, and also the relations

between the Central Asian countries and such world powers as the USA, China and Russia.

8. Suggest the classification of Central Asian countries according to a selected critera. Explain your choice of the criteria.

9. What are the reasons and features of events in Kyrgyzstan? How do they influence on the modern political situation in the region?

10. What are the reasons of Uzbek-Kyrgyz contradictions in ХХ-ХХ1 centuries?11. Describe the roles of USA, Russian and China in Central Asian region? 12. Describe external policy strategy of the United States in Central Asian region.

13. Describe external policy strategy of China in Central Asian region. 14. Describe external policy strategy of Russia in Central Asian region. 15. How was the Central Asian system of regional security constructed in the 90s of

XXth century, and in the beginning of XXIst. 16. Territorial disputes and international practice of their solution. Integration

processes on post-soviet space. 17. Regional security of Central Asia, and interests of Kazakhstan. 18. Territorial division of China, and problems of border security of Kazakhstan. 19. Perspectives of transborder cooperation in Caspian region. 20. Describe the conflict potential in Central Asian region. 21. Describe the main problems which are faced by pre-Caspian countries. 22. Describe political development of Central Asian countries, their external activities. 23. Which external aims do the actors have for the Caspian – Central Asian regions? 24. What is the importance of Caspyi and Central Asia for the world politics? 25. Describe the main interstate contradictions and conflicts in Central Asia? 26. Describe the external policy of Kazakhstan. How are the relations of Kazakhstan

with the USA, China and Russia being developed? 27. What is the conflict caused by in Afganistan? What is its danger for Central Asian

countries? 28. What is the world community’s policy in relation to Afganistan? 29. What are the main problems of integration of Central Asian countries? 30. Give characteristics to regional international organizations. 31. What is the role of SCO in the creation of regional security? 32. What kind of contradictions are there among the USA, China and Russia in Central

Asian region? 33. What are the perspectives for the Central Asian region in world’s politics and

economy?34. What are the main threats to international security in Central Asia?

8. RECOMMENDED LITERATURE

Normative Acts

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10.The Treaty on collective security of 15 may 1992 // External policy and security of modern Russia. - M, 2002.- V.4.11. The law on national security of Kazakhstan // MFA of RK. http :// www . mfa . kz

12. National security concept of the Russian Federation of January 10, 2000, // http://www.mid.ru

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9. DESCRIPTION OF SIWT IMPLEMENTATION

Based on the abstracts of lectures and special literature to give a description of the offered questions, give comments and characterization of the relevant subject.

Score for tasks – minimum 50%, maximum -100%. Undone tasks are not assessed.

Forms of control:Current control: Ability to speak on the theme; Written tasks, tests, control work; Boundary control.Final control : аttestation; exam

11. POLICY OF THE COURSE: not to be late for a lesson not to be distracted during lessons not to read inappropriate literature on the lesson turn off mobile phones not to miss lessons, in case of illnesses to provide medical certificate missed lessons should be compensated during teacher’s given time undone tasks reduce the final score actively participate in learning process everyday participation in lessons creative approach to tasks

Requirements: in order to participate actively in the work during the lessons, you should be interested in studying the course. All the tasks should be done within the established deadlines. Students should come well-prepared to discuss the material, ask questions, effectively discuss the major constitutional and legal problems, acquire necessary skills to work with educational-methodological and scientific literature, and the constitutional law.During the course it is necessary to raise the problems typical for the environment in this region. All tasks must be presented on time. Jobs executed with a delay, will be assessed with lower score.