Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course will be organised in 2019-2020, 2021-2022. The objective of this cours consists in analyzing the role of the nuclear power in the international relations to show the evolutionary process and the new stakes bound to the nuclear weapon in the new international context. We are going to study first of all the concepts, in particular the dissuasive concept, and the doctrines which contributed to the emergence of the nuclear factor on the international political scene.Then, we will do a comparative study of the nuclear doctrines of the emergent powers possessing the nuclear weapon. In this part, the role of the TNP will be dicussed. Finally, we shall analyze the main stakes of the nuclear proliferation in the region of the Middle East.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Give to students an analytical capacity to understand the role of the nuclear proliferation in the evolution of the international relations in the Middel East.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The students have to now the theories of the international relations and the history of the cold war.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
This course includes a theoretical part presented by the holder and a part based on the presentation of the students.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The active participation of the students in the course is necessary.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
The course mostly based on notes prepared by the responsable of the cours.
Obligatory readings for the exam:
Boniface Pascal, Courmont Bartélémy, Le monde nucléaire : Arme nucléaire et relations internationales depuis 1945, Armand Collin, 2006.
Chagnollaud Jean-Paul, Brève Histoire de l'arme nucléaire, Ellipses, 2011.
Mongin Dominique, Histoire de la dissuasion nucléaire depuis la seconde guerre mondiale, 2021.
A note for the presentation and a note for the oral examination.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
To succeed exam it is highly recommende to attend the cours. This course is held every odd year (2019-2020, 2021-2022,...).
Contacts
Kamal Bayramzadeh
International relations