Sylabus
1. Introduction
2. Space-power Relations
3. Rus and Russias
4. Russian World
5. Eurasianism
6. Heartland and Eurasian Balkans
7. Eurasian Economic Union vs. Eastern Partnership
8. Silk Roads
9. Energy Superpower
10. Liberal Empire
Anotace
This course focuses on the geographical aspects of the developments in the post-Soviet space after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. It is based on the assumption that space represents the most determining factor of the existing state of affairs in this region.