Course Text Books
IBF208 Business FinanceText Book : Keown A., Martin J., Petty W. Foundations of Finance, 9th edition 2020.
Additional Literature : Berk, J., De Marzo, P., Harford, J., Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 3rd edition 2015.
IBF310 Business EthicsText Book : Crane, A., Matten, D., Glozer, S., & Spence, L. (2019). Business ethics: Managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization (5th ed.). Oxford University Press.
Additional Literature : 1. Griseri, P., & Seppälä, N. (2010). Business ethics and corporate social responsibility. Cengage Learning. 2. Velasquez, M. G. (2018). Business ethics: Concepts and cases (8th ed.). Pearson. 3. Case Studies from Various Sources. 4. Corporate Annual Reports or Sustainability Reports.
IBF312 MicrofinanceText Book : Joanna Ledgerwood et al. (2012). The New Microfinance Handbook: A Financial Market SystemPerspective. Washington DC. World Bank.
Additional Literature : Joanna Ledgerwood SUSTAINABLE BANKING with the POOR MICROFINANCE HANDBOOK An Institutional and Financial Perspective T H E WO R L D B A N K WA S H I N G T O N , D . C .
IBF319 International MarketingText Book : Keegan, W. J. and Green, M. C. (2020). Global Marketing. Pearson.
Additional Literature : Hollensen, S. (2017). Global Marketing. 8th Ed. Pearson
IBF401 International FinanceText Book : Eun, C. S. and Resnick, B. G. (2014). International Financial Management. McGraw-Hill.
Additional Literature : Keith Pilbeam , International Finance 4th Edition, Red Globe Press.
IBF409 Investment and Portfolio ManagementText Book : Smart, S.B, & Zutter C, J., Fundamentals of Investing, Pearson 14th Edition, 2023.
Additional Literature : Reilly, F.K, Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management,11th Edition, 2018.
IBF410 Real Estate MarketsText Book : Ling, D. & Archer, W. (2018). "Real Estate Principles: A value approach". Fifth edition. McGraw Hill Education.
Additional Literature : Brett, D. L. & Schmitz, A. (2009). Real Estate Market Analysis - Methods and case studies. Second edition. Urban Land Institute.
IBF507 Managing the Multinational EnterpriseText Book : Cavusgil, S. T., Knight, G., & Riesenberger, J. (2012). International Business: The New Realities. 2nd. Ed. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Additional Literature : N/A.
IBF562 Special Topics in FinanceText Book : Imerman, M., & Fabozzi, F. J. (2025). The Economics of Fintech: Understanding Digital Transformation in Financial Services. MIT Press.
Additional Literature : James da Costa (2024) Fintech Wars: Tech Titans, Complex Crypto and the Future of Money. Kogan Page Ronit Ghose (2024) Future Money: Fintech, AI and Web3 1st Edition Gupta, P., & Tham, T. M. (2018). Fintech: the new DNA of financial services. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
IE303 Operations Research IText Book : Operations Research: An Introduction, 11th edition, 2024, by Hamdy A. Taha, Pearson
Additional Literature : Introduction to Operations Research, 11th edition, by Hillier and Lieberman
IE305 Work Analysis and DesignText Book : Alagić Ismar, Industrial Engineering & Maintenance: Lean Production – Six Sigma with application of tools and methods in specific working conditions, 748 stranica:ilustr.25 cm, ISBN 978-9958-074-09-7, COBISS.BH-ID 24232454, CIP-Katalogizacija u publikaciji, Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo, 629.331:[658.5:005.6(075.8), 2017.;
Additional Literature : 1. Alagić Ismar, Export Book-Customer Specific Requirements, 301 stranica: ilustr.25 cm, Delegation of European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Grafik-komerc, Tešanj, 20162. 2. 2. Alagić Ismar, ASSEMBLY AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGH BAY WAREHOUSES ON A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE OF A METAL STRUCTURE INSTALLATION PROJECT, 9th International Conference „NEW TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION“ NT-2023., June 22-24th. 2023., Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; ISSN 2367-3370 ISSN 2367-3389 (electronic) Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, ISBN 978-3-031-31065-2 ISBN 978-3-031-31066-9; Nature Switzerland AG 2023 3. Alagić Ismar, APPLICATION OF BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ENGINEERING AS INDUSTRY 5.0 TOOL TO CREATE A GOOD ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE, XVI International Conference for Young Researchers, TECHNICAL SCIENCE. INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT, 08-11.03.2023.BOTOVETS, International Scientific Journal Industry 4.0, ISSN (PRINT) 2534-8582; ISSN (WEB), Year VIII, Issue 1/2023, Scientific Technical Union of Mechanical Engineering "Industry 4.0", BULGARIA, 2023. 4. Alagić Ismar, "CONTRIBUTION TO GENERAL SAFETY MEASURES AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE IN PRACTICE", International Scientific Journal "Science, Business Society", WEB ISSN 2534-8485; PRINT ISSN 2367-8380, 2023. 5. Alagić Ismar, EXAMPLE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF A MACHINE PERO (D 2504-019) FOR CLEANING METAL PARTS IN THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF OEM COMPANY FROM THE AUTOTIVE INDUSTRY, XX Jubilee International Congress "Machines.Technolоgies. Materials 2023" - 06-09.09.2023., Varna, Bulgaria, 2023. 6. Alagić Ismar, INCREASING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF FIBER COATING LINE IN CABLE PRODUCTION BY ELIMINATING WASTE IN MATERIAL FLOW USING DMAIC LEAN SIX SIGMA TOOLS AND MINITAB APPLICATION (accepted article); 10th International Conference „NEW TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION“ NT-2024., June 20th-22nd,. 2024., Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 7. Alagić Ismar, EXAMPLE OF HYPOTHESIS TESTING THROUGH MINITAB APPLICATION IN THEORY OF EXPERIMENT MODELLING FOR LEAN SIX SIGMA PROJECT OF INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE; 10th International Conference „NEW TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION“ NT-2024., June 20th-22nd,. 2024., Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 8. Alagić Ismar, THE APPLICATION OF DILO (A DAY IN THE LIFE OF) ANALYSIS METHOD INTO LEAN KAIZEN PROGRAMME IN WORKING CONDITIONS OF MANUFACTURING COMPANY; 10th International Conference „NEW TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION“ NT-2024., June 20th-22nd,. 2024., Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 9. Alagić I., THE APPLICATION OF DMAIC LEAN SIX SIGMA METHODS IN ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGY DESIGN OF FILTER W 1022 /LE 19172 , 7th International Conference “NEW TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION”, NT-2021, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 24th-26th. 2021. 10. Alagić I., THE APPLICATION OF DMAIC LEAN SIX SIGMA METHODS IN ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGY DESIGN OF FILTER W 1022 /LE 19172 , New Technologies, Development and Application IV, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, LNNS, volume 233, Isak Karabegović-Editor, ISSN 2367-3370, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature (2021), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75275-0 11. Alagić I., MINITAB APPLICATION AS STATISTICAL TOOL FOR LEAN SIX SIGMA , 7th International Conference “NEW TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION”, NT-2021, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 24th-26th. 2021. ,7th International Conference “NEW TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION”, NT-2021, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 24th-26th. 2021. 12. Alagić I., MINITAB APPLICATION AS STATISTICAL TOOL FOR LEAN SIX SIGMA , New Technologies, Development and Application IV, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, LNNS, volume 233, Isak Karabegović-Editor, , ISSN 2367-3370, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature (2021), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75275-0 13. Alagić I., THE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM ANALYSIS (MSA) AS METHOD FROM MEASURE PHASE OF DMAIC LEAN SIX SIGMA APPLIED IN MAINTENANCE OF GAGE, 13th International Scientific Conference on Manufacturing Engineering DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNIZATION OF THE MANUFACTURING, RIM 2021, Sarajevo, 2021. 14. Alagić I., MEASURING OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN WORKING CONDITIONS OF COMPANIES FROM TEŠANJ SUB-REGION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD ,13th International Scientific Conference on Manufacturing Engineering DEVELOPMENT AND MODERNIZATION OF THE MANUFACTURING, Sarajevo, RIM 2021, 2021. 15. Alagić Ismar, THE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE OF METALWORKING COMPANIES FROM TEŠANJ SUB-REGION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC PERIOD, The 9th International Scientific-Profesional Conference Business Development 2021, BDC 2021, University of Zenica, Faculty of Economics, Zenica, 2021. 16. Alagić Ismar, THE VALUE MANAGEMENT THROUGH VALUE ARCHITECTURE IN LIFE AND BUSINESS IN DIGITAL SENSE, The 9th International Scientific-Profesional Conference Business Development 2021, BDC 2021, University of Zenica, Faculty of Economics, Zenica, 2021. 17. Alagić Ismar, International Conference, THE WIDER PICTURE OF VALUE CREATION IN LIFE AND BUSINESS THAN LEAN PRODUCTION CONCEPT, New Technologies, Development and Application NT-2022, the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 23th to 24th June 2022. 18. Alagić Ismar, THE WIDER PICTURE OF VALUE CREATION IN LIFE AND BUSINESS THAN LEAN PRODUCTION CONCEPT, New Technologies, Development and Application V, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Isak Karabegović, Ahmed Kovačević, Sadko Mandžić-Editors, ISSN ISSN 2367-3370, ISSN 2367-3389 (electronic), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, ISBN 978-3-031-05229-3, ISBN 978-3-031-05230-9 (eBook), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05230-9, Library of Congress Control Number: 2018942170, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature (2022). 19. Alagić Ismar, THE VALUE MANAGEMENT THROUGH VALUE ARCHITECTURE IN LIFE AND BUSINESS, New Technologies, Development and Application NT-2022, the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 23th to 24th June 2022. 20. Alagić Ismar, THE VALUE MANAGEMENT THROUGH VALUE ARCHITECTURE IN LIFE AND BUSINESS IN DIGITAL SENSE, New Technologies, Development and Application V, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Isak Karabegović, Ahmed Kovačević, Sadko Mandžić-Editors, ISSN ISSN 2367-3370, ISSN 2367-3389 (electronic), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, ISBN 978-3-031-05229-3, ISBN 978-3-031-05230-9 (eBook), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05230-9, Library of Congress Control Number: 2018942170, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature (2022). 21. Ismar Alagić, FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA) OF AUTOMOTIVE PARTS DESIGN AS IMPORTANT ISSUE OF ASSEMBLY TECHNOLOGY DESIGNING OF PASSENGER VEHICLE, New Technologies, Development and Application II, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 76, Isak Karabegović-Editor, ISSN 2367-3370 ISSN 2367-3389 (electronic) Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, ISBN 978-3-030-18071-3 ISBN 978-3-030-18072-0 (eBook), Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18072-0 22.Alagić Ismar, KAIZEN IN PRACTICE-CASE STUDY OF APPLICATION OF LEAN SIX SIGMA METHOD IN WORKING CONDITION OF WOOD-PROCESSING FIRM, New Technologies, Development and Application, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Volume 42, Isak Karabegović-Editor, ISSN 2367-3370 ISSN 2367-3389 (electronic) Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, ISBN 978-3-319-90892-2 ISBN 978-3-319-90893-9 (eBook), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90893-9, Library of Congress Control Number: 2018942170, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019. 23. Ismar Alagić: KAIZEN IN PRACTICE-CASE STUDY OF APPLICATION OF LEAN SIX SIGMA METHOD IN WORKING CONDITION OF WOOD-PROCESSING FIRM, 5th International Conference “NEW TECHNOLOGIES, DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION” NT-2019, Society for Robotics Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 27-29 June 2019. 24. Ismar Alagić: RESOURCE EFFICIENT AND CLEANER PRODUCTION –CASE STUDY OF ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN MADI LTD. TEŠANJ, Advanced Technologies, Systems and Applications III, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovative and Interdisciplinary Applications of Advanced Technologies (IAT), Volume 2, Springer, Samir Avdaković (Ed.): IAT 2018, LLNS 60, pp 525-536, 2019., Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019., http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02577-9_51 25. Alagić Ismar: APPLICATION OF MSA AS A LEAN SIX SIGMA TOOL IN WORKING CONDITIONS AUTOMOTIVE FIRM FROM B&H, Advanced Technologies, Systems and Applications III, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovative and Interdisciplinary Applications of Advanced Technologies (IAT), Volume 2, Springer, Samir Avdaković (Ed.): IAT 2018, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019., http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02577-9_50
IE307 Quality and Reliability EngineeringText Book : 1) Montgomery, Dougles C.; Statistical Quality Control, Wiley, 2009, Asia
Additional Literature : (2) Summers, Donna C. S.; Quality, Pearson, 2010, London; (3) Chandrupatla, Tirupati R.; Quality and Reliability in Engineering, Cambridge University Press, 2009, Cambridge
IE425 Computer Aided Design and ManufacturingText Book : (1) S. Kalpakjian, S. R. Schmid, “Manufacturing Engineering and Technology”, 6th edition, Pearson, London 2010. (2) Kuang-Hua Chang_Product Manufacturing and Cost Estimating Using CAD-CAE. The Computer Aided Engineering Design Series. (3)HAAS Automation, Inc. Mill Series Programming Workbook (4) Introducing Solidworks, Dassault Systems
Additional Literature : (1) Kuang-Hua Chang_Product Manufacturing and Cost Estimating Using CAD-CAE. The Computer Aided Engineering Design Series. (2) Introducing Solidworks, Dassault Systems (2) ISO 286 standard
IE502 Advanced Quality and Reliability EngineeringText Book : 1) Montgomery, Dougles C.; Statistical Quality Control, Wiley, 2009, Asia (2) Summers, Donna C. S.; Quality, Pearson, 2010, London;
Additional Literature : Research papers on selected topics.
IR101 Introduction to International RelationsText Book : Goldstein, J. and Pevehouse, J. (2021). International Relations. 12th Ed. (Global Edition). New York: Pearson.
Additional Literature : N/A
IR212 Politics in EuropeText Book : • Paul Kubicek, European Politics, 2nd ed., London: Routledge, 2017. • Inglehart, Ronald, Norris, Pippa. (2016). Trump, Brexit, and the Rise of Populism: Economic Have-Nots and Cultural Backlash Compendium available from the copy shop in Building A • McCormick, John. (2002). Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction. New York: Palgrave • Mark S. Bell (2024) The Russia-Ukraine War and Nuclear Weapons: Evaluating Familiar Insights, Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 7:2, 494-508 • Klaus D. et. al. (2023) The Russian invasion of Ukraine: implications for politics, territory and governance, Territory, Politics, Governance, 11:8, 1519-1536,
Additional Literature : Checkel, J. T., & Katzenstein, P. J. (2009). European Identity (Contemporary European Politics). Cambridge University Press. Pagden, A. (2002). The idea of Europe: From Antiquity to the European Union.
IR213 International Issues in the BalkansText Book : * Finlan, Alastair. The Collapse of Yugoslavia, 1991-99. Osprey Publishing, 2004. * Ivo H. Daalder & Michael E. O'Hanlon (2000) The United States in the Balkans: There to stay, The Washington Quarterly, 23:4, 155-170 * Keil, Soeren, and Zeynep Arkan, eds. The EU and Member State Building: European Foreign Policy in the Western Balkans. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. * BTI Bosnia 2024 * BTI North Macedonia 2024 * Florian Bieber, The Serbia-Kosovo Agreements: An EU Success Story? Review of Central and East European Law 40 (2015) 285-319 * Erin K. Jenne & Florian Bieber (2014) Situational Nationalism: Nation-building in the Balkans, Subversive Institutions and the Montenegrin Paradox, Ethnopolitics: Formerly Global Review of Ethnopolitics, 13:5, 431-460 * Knezović, Sandro, and Nani Klepo. 2017. "Croatian Foreign Policy in 3D." Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung * Danuta Gibas-Krzak (2013) Contemporary Terrorism in the Balkans: A Real Threat to Security in Europe, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 26:2, 203-218 * Arsovska, J. (2011). The Rise of Balkan Organized Crime. In M. Natarajan (Ed.), Introduction to International Criminal Justice (pp. 239-247). * Anastasijevic, D. "Organized Crime in the Western Balkans"
Additional Literature : Kaplan, Robert D. Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History. Picador, 2005. Todorova, Maria. Imagining the Balkans. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
IR214 International LawText Book : von Glahn, G., & Taulbee, J. L. (2017). Law Among Nations: An Introduction to Public International Law (Eleventh edition). Routledge.
Additional Literature : N/A
IR216 Foreign Policy AnalysisText Book : Steve Smith, Amelia Hadfield and Tim Dunne, Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors and Cases (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2016.
Additional Literature : Valeri M. Hudson, Foreign Policy Analysis: Classic and Contemporary Theory, Rowman & Littlefield Publisher: Lanham, 2007. K. J. Holsti, International politics: A Framework for Analysis (7th ed.), Prentice Hall: London, 1995. John T. Rourke, International Politics on the World Stage, (12th ed.), McGraw Hill: Boston, 2008. Leslie Keerthi Kumar S.M., Examining AKP's Impact on Turkey's Domestic and Foreign Policy, Contemporary Review of the Middle East, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2014, pp.207-230. Dietrich Jung, The Domestic Context of New Activism in Turkish Foreign Policy, International Journal, Vol. 67, No. 1, 2012, pp.23-38. Joseph S. Nye, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics, Public Affairs: New York, 2004 Joseph S. Nye, The Future of Power, Public Affairs: New York, 2011.
IR304 Security StudiesText Book : Williams, P. and McDonald, M., eds. (2023). Security Studies: An Introduction (4th Edition). New York: Routledge
Additional Literature : No additional Readings
IR305 International OrganisationsText Book : Gutner, T. 2017. International Organizations in World Politics. CQ Press. Revised Edition. Heywood, A. 2011. Global Politics. (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. Palgrave-MacMillan. Cogan, J.K., Hurd. I, Johnstone, I. 2016. The Oxford Handbook of International Organizations. Oxford University Press.
Additional Literature : Hurd, I. 2018. International Organizations: Politics, Law, Practice (3rd ed.).
IR333 Turkish Foreign PolicyText Book : Hale, W. 2013. Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000. Routledge Kosebalaban, H. 2011. Turkish Foreign Policy: Islam, Nationalism, and Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan. Kirişçi K. 2009. The Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy: The Rise of the Trading State, New Perspectives on Turkey, p. 29-54. Öktem K., Kadıoğlu A. and Karlı M. 2012. “Proactivism in Turkish Foreign Policy: The Global-Local Nexus,” in Another Empire? A Decade of Turkey’s Foreign Policy under the Justice and Development Party, p. 19-32 Rubin B. and Kirişçi K. 2002 ‘The Balkans: Turkey’s Stabilizing Role,’ in Turkey in World Politics, p. 65-88. Ercan, P.G. 2017. Turkish Foreign Policy: International Relations, Legality, and Global Reach. Palgrave Macmillan.
Additional Literature : Eligur, Banu. Mobilization of Political Islam in Turkey. (New York, Cambridge University Press, 2010).
IR476 Global Environmental IssuesText Book : 1. Robbins, P., Hintz, J., & Moore, S. A. (2022). Environment and society: A critical introduction (3rd edition). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2. O’Neill, K. (2009). The environment and international relations. Cambridge University Press. 3. DeSombre, E. R. (2024). Global environmental institutions (3rd edition). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 4. Chasek P. L., et al (2016) Global Environmental Politics (Dilemmas in World Politics). 7th Edition. 5. Spellman, F. R. (2021). The science of environmental pollution (Fourth edition). CRC Press.
Additional Literature : N/A
IR478 Islam in World PoliticsText Book : Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas, (1993). Islam and Secularism, Kuala Lumpur: Art Printing Works. Manochehr Dorraj (1999). Islam, Governance, and Democracy, in Middle East and North Africa: Governance, Democratization, Human Rights. P. Magnarella, (ed.), London: Avebury Press, pp. 11-36. Tauseef Ahmad Parray (2012). "Islamic Democracy” or Democracy in Islam: Some Key Operational Democratic Concepts and Notion, World Journal of Islamic History and Civilization, 2 (2): 66-86. Tavkhelidze, T. (2021). Historical Origins of European Islamophobia: The Nexus of Islamist Terrorism, Colonialism and the Holy Wars Reconsidered. Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam, 2(2), 142-162. Todd H. Green. (2015). The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West. Fortress Press: Minneapolis. Najib, K., & Hopkins, P. (2020). Where does Islamophobia take place and who is involved? Reflections from Paris and London. Social & Cultural Geography, 21(4), 458–478. Al-Farsi, K. (2022). Exploring Sharia Law in Islamic Jurisprudence. Social Science Chronicle, 2(1), pp. 1-20. Esposito, John. (2012). Political Islam and the West. Joint Force Quarterly. Spring 2000, 49-55. Catherine Fieschi, Muslims and the secular city: How right-wing populists shape the French debate over Islam, February 28, 2020. Laurence, J. (2005). From the Élysée Salon to the Table of the Republic: State-Islam Relations and the Integration of Muslims in France. French Politics, Culture & Society, 23(1), 37–64. Maillard, Dominique. 2010. “The Muslims in France and the French Model of Integration.” Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (in Asia) 4 (4): 1–24. Ihab Shabana, (2024) Between Political Arena and the Mosque: Islamist Governance in Egypt and Tunisia after the 2011 Arab Uprisings, Journal of the Catholic Social Thought, Number 28, 258-277. Alsoos, Imad & Dihstelhoff, Julius. (2024). Ennahda’s Muslim democracy in post-Arab spring Tunisia: Synthesizing political thought and practice. Filozofija i drustvo. 35. 515-536. James Jeffrey, How Trump Can Finish the Job in Iran-and the Middle East, Foreign Affairs, July 4, 2025. Robert A. Pape, Why Escalation Favors Iran, Foreign Affairs, March 9, 2026. Jocelyne Cesari, The Securitisation of Islam in Europe, CHALLENGE RESEARCH PAPER NO. 14/APRIL 2009. Cole Bunzel, Gaza and Global Jihad: Why the Hamas-Israel War Is Unlikely to Revive ISIS and al-Qaeda, Foreign Affairs, November 2, 2023. Audrey K. Cronin (2015), SIS Is Not a Terrorist Group: Why Counterterrorism Won’t Stop the Latest Jihadist Threat, Foreign Affairs, 94(2), 87-98. Lorenzo Vidino, The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West, Columbia University Press, New York, 2010. Ozturk, A. E. (2021). Islam and Foreign Policy: Turkey’s Ambivalent Religious Soft Power in the Authoritarian Turn. Religions, 12(1), 38. Hikmet Karčić, Ferid Dautović and Ermin Sinanović (eds.), The Muslim Resolutions: Bosniak Responses the World War Two Atrocities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dobra Knjiga: Sarajevo, 2021.
Additional Literature : Peter Mandaville, Islam and Politics, (3rd ed.), London: Routledge, 2020. Mohammad Hashim Kamali, Shari‘ah Law: An Introduction, Oxford: A Oneworld Publications, 2008. Nurullah Ardıc, Islam and the Politics of Secularism: The Caliphate and Middle Eastern Modernization in the Early 20th Century, London: Routledge, 2012. Abdur Rashid Siddiqui, Shariah: A Divine Code of Life, Leicester: The Islamic Foundation, 2018. Jackson, Sherman A., The Islamic Secular, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 34(2), pp. 1-31. Khaled Abou El-Fadl, Islam and the Challenge of Democracy, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2004. Perry, Glenn E., Popular Sovereignty, Islam, and Democracy, American Journal of Islam and Society, 41(1), pp. 193–209. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Political Islam and Foreign Policy in Europe and the United States, Foreign Policy Analysis, 3(3), pp. 345–367.
IR491 Graduation ProjectText Book : No specific textbook / The list of required readings will be delivered separately.
Additional Literature : Not specified.
IR508 Special Topics in International RelationsText Book : There is no single textbook, but the reading list comprises various readings in the Additional Literature section.
Additional Literature : *Dunne, Tim, et. al. "The End of IR Theory?" European Journal of International Relations 19, no. 3 (2013): 405–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066113495485. *Lake, David A. "Theory Is Dead, Long Live Theory: The End of the Great Debates and the Rise of Eclecticism in International Relations." European Journal of International Relations 19, no. 3 (2013): 567–87. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066113494330. *Acharya, Amitav, and Barry Buzan. "Why Is There No Non-Western International Relations Theory? Ten Years On." International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 17, no. 3 (2017): 341–70. *Franks, Steven J., Eva Hamann, and Arthur E. Weis. "Using the Resurrection Approach to Understand Contemporary Evolution in Changing Environments." Evolutionary Applications 11, no. 1 (2018): 17–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12528. *Aleessawi, Najm A. Kh. Alhatimi. "AI-Powered Warfare: Navigating the Strategic, Ethical, and Geopolitical Frontiers of Autonomous Arms Races." Journal for Strategic Studies and Political Research (2025): 1–16. *Vakulchuk, Roman, Indra Overland, and Daniel Scholten. "Renewable Energy and Geopolitics: A Review." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 122 (2020): 109547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.109547. *Chen, Siyu. "The Evolution of the European Union's Securitization of Climate Change and the Effectiveness of Its Policies." Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainability Research 2 (2025): 1–10. *Floyd, Rita. "Climate Justice via Just Securitization: Problems and Possibilities." Journal of Global Security Studies (2025): 1–18. *Osborne, Augustus. "From Preparedness to Solidarity: Reimagining Global Health Security Post-COVID-19." BMJ Global Health 10, no. e021178 (2025): 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-021178. *Kosal, Margaret. "How COVID-19 Is Reshaping U.S. National Security Policy." Biosecurity and Bioterrorism (2024): 1–16. *Abimbola, et. al. "Addressing Power Asymmetries in Global Health: Imperatives in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic." PLOS Medicine 18, no. 4 (2021): e1003604. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003604. https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcx006 *Anderl, Felix, and Antonia Witt. "Problematising the Global in Global IR." Millennium: Journal of International Studies 49, no. 1 (2020): 32–57. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305829820971708. *Persaud, Randolph B., and Alina Sajed, eds. Race, Gender, and Culture in International Relations: Postcolonial Perspectives. London: Routledge, 2018. *Drezner, Daniel W. The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2021. *Abdullahi, Abdulkarim, et. al. "The Weaponization of Economic Interdependence: Sanctions, Financial Statecraft, and the Fragmentation of the Global Economic Order." International Journal of Social Sciences and Management Review 8, no. 4 (2025): 256–275. https://doi.org/10.37602/IJSSMR.2025.8417. *Woods, Dwayne. "Escaping a Weaponized Network: China’s Reaction to the United States Escalating Technology Controls." Asian Review of Political Economy 4, no. 5 (2025): 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44216-025-00047-7. *Vijaya, Poornima. "Signaling in Minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific: The Cases of Quad and AUKUS (2017-2022)." Journal of International Relations and Development (2024): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.60097/JIRD/2854-2-10-20241222. *Haynes, Jeffrey. "Religion and International Relations: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?" Religions 12, no. 5 (2021): 328. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12050328. *Yang, Zikun, and Li Li. "Positioning Religion in International Relations: The Performative, Discursive, and Relational Dimension of Religious Soft Power." Religions 12, no. 11 (2021): 940. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12110940. *Modongal, Shameer. "The Resurgence of Religion in International Relations: How Theories Can Accommodate It?" Cogent Social Sciences 9, no. 1 (2023): 2241265. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2241265.
IR520 International SecurityText Book : David A Baldwin, ‘The Concept of Security’ (1997) 23(1) Review of International Studies 5–26. Stephen M Walt, ‘The Renaissance of Security Studies’ (1991) 35(2) International Studies Quarterly 211–239. Alexander Wendt, ‘Anarchy is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics’ (1992) 46(2) International Organization 391–425. Ken Booth, ‘Security and Emancipation’ (1991) 17(4) Review of International Studies 313–326. Thierry Balzacq, ‘The Three Faces of Securitization: Political Agency, Audience and Context’ (2005) 11(2) European Journal of International Relations 171–201. John J Mearsheimer, ‘Back to the Future: Instability in Europe After the Cold War’ (1990) 15(1) International Security 5–56. Alex J Bellamy, ‘Whither the Responsibility to Protect? Humanitarian Intervention and the 2005 World Summit’ (2006) 20(2) Ethics & International Affairs 143–169. Glenn H Snyder, ‘Alliance Theory: A Neorealist First Cut’ (1990) 44(1) Journal of International Affairs 103–123. Deborah Avant, ‘The Privatization of Security and Change in the Control of Force’ (2004) 5(2) International Studies Perspectives 153–157. David Luban, ‘A Theory of Crimes Against Humanity’ (2004) 29(1) Yale Journal of International Law 85–167. Jef Huysmans, ‘The European Union and the Securitization of Migration’ (2000) 38(5) JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies 751–777. Andrew H Kydd and Barbara F Walter, ‘The Strategies of Terrorism’ (2006) 31(1) International Security 49–80.
Additional Literature : None
IR590 Master ThesisText Book : https://fba.ius.edu.ba/sites/default/files/docs/4.-fba-comprehensive-manual-for-projects-theses-and-dissertations.pdf?nocache=6771
Additional Literature : Study Rules for the 2nd cycle of studies.
IR611 Advanced Studies in International RelationsText Book : There is no single textbook, but the reading list comprises various readings in the Additional Literature section.
Additional Literature : *Abdel-Motaal, Kadria Ali, Wafa Abu El Kheir-Mataria, and Sungsoo Chun. "Global Health Governance and the WHO Pandemic Agreement: A Scoping Review of Challenges and Analysis of Reforms." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 22, no. 01807 (2025): 1–33. https://doi.org/ *Abdullahi, Abdulkarim, et. al. "The Weaponization of Economic Interdependence: Sanctions, Financial Statecraft, and the Fragmentation of the Global Economic Order." International Journal of Social Sciences and Management Review 8, no. 4 (2025): 256–275. https://doi.org/10.37602/IJSSMR.2025.8417. *Abimbola, et. al. "Addressing Power Asymmetries in Global Health: Imperatives in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic." PLOS Medicine 18, no. 4 (2021): e1003604. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003604. *Acharya, Amitav, and Barry Buzan. "Why Is There No Non-Western International Relations Theory? Ten Years On." International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 17, no. 3 (2017): 341–70. https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcx006. *Aleessawi, Najm A. Kh. Alhatimi. "AI-Powered Warfare: Navigating the Strategic, Ethical, and Geopolitical Frontiers of Autonomous Arms Races." Journal for Strategic Studies and Political Research (2025): 1–16. *Anderl, Felix, and Antonia Witt. "Problematising the Global in Global IR." Millennium: Journal of International Studies 49, no. 1 (2020): 32–57. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305829820971708. *Chen, Siyu. "The Evolution of the European Union's Securitization of Climate Change and the Effectiveness of Its Policies." Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainability Research 2 (2025): 1–10. *Cooper, Andrew F., et. al. "Fragmented Multilateralism and International Institutions: Between Complexities and Challenges." Third World Quarterly 46, no. 15 (2025): 1825–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2025.2562908. *Debre, Maria J., and Hylke Dijkstra. "Are International Organisations in Decline? An Absolute and Relative Perspective on Institutional Change." Global Policy 13, no. 1 (2022): 16–30. *Drezner, Daniel W. The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2021. *Dunne, Tim, et. al. "The End of IR Theory?" European Journal of International Relations 19, no. 3 (2013): 405–25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066113495485. *Floyd, Rita. "Climate Justice via Just Securitization: Problems and Possibilities." Journal of Global Security Studies (2025): 1–18. *Franks, Steven J., Eva Hamann, and Arthur E. Weis. "Using the Resurrection Approach to Understand Contemporary Evolution in Changing Environments." Evolutionary Applications 11, no. 1 (2018): 17–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12528. *Gasser, Paige. Toward a New Strategic Approach to U.S. Extended Nuclear Deterrence. Livermore Papers on Global Security No. 15. Livermore, CA: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2025. *Haynes, Jeffrey. "Religion and International Relations: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?" Religions 12, no. 5 (2021): 328. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12050328. *Kissinger, Henry, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher. The Age of AI: And Our Human Future. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2024. *Kosal, Margaret. "How COVID-19 Is Reshaping U.S. National Security Policy." Biosecurity and Bioterrorism (2024): 1–16. *Lake, David A. "Theory Is Dead, Long Live Theory: The End of the Great Debates and the Rise of Eclecticism in International Relations." European Journal of International Relations 19, no. 3 (2013): 567–87. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066113494330. *Modongal, Shameer. "The Resurgence of Religion in International Relations: How Theories Can Accommodate It?" Cogent Social Sciences 9, no. 1 (2023): 2241265. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2023.2241265. *Murray, Donette, and David Brown, eds. Multipolarity in the 21st Century: A New World Order. Contemporary Security Studies. Abingdon: Routledge, 2012. *Osborne, Augustus. "From Preparedness to Solidarity: Reimagining Global Health Security Post-COVID-19." BMJ Global Health 10, no. e021178 (2025): 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-021178. *Persaud, Randolph B., and Alina Sajed, eds. Race, Gender, and Culture in International Relations: Postcolonial Perspectives. London: Routledge, 2018. *Stoddart, Kristan. "Russia's Cyber Campaigns and the Ukraine War: From the 'Gray Zone' to the 'Red Zone'." ACIG Journal 3, no. 1 (2024). https://doi.org/10.60097/ACIG/189358. *Vakulchuk, Roman, Indra Overland, and Daniel Scholten. "Renewable Energy and Geopolitics: A Review." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 122 (2020): 109547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.109547. *Vinjamuri, Leslie, ed. Competing Visions of International Order: Responses to US Power in a Fracturing World. US and the Americas Programme. London: Chatham House, 2025. *Vijaya, Poornima. "Signaling in Minilaterals in the Indo-Pacific: The Cases of Quad and AUKUS (2017-2022)." Journal of International Relations and Development (2024): 1–18. https://doi.org/10.60097/JIRD/2854-2-10-20241222. *Woods, Dwayne. "Escaping a Weaponized Network: China’s Reaction to the United States Escalating Technology Controls." Asian Review of Political Economy 4, no. 5 (2025): 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44216-025-00047-7. *Yang, Zikun, and Li Li. "Positioning Religion in International Relations: The Performative, Discursive, and Relational Dimension of Religious Soft Power." Religions 12, no. 11 (2021): 940. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12110940.
IR652 Security and StrategyText Book : Williams, P. and McDonald, M., eds. (2023). Security Studies: An Introduction (4th Edition). New York: Routledge
Additional Literature : Fearon, J. (1995). “Rationalist explanations for war,” International Organization, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 379-414. Evans, G. and Sahnoun, M. (2002). "The Responsibility to Protect." Foreign Affairs, pp. 99-110. Adamson, F. B. (2006). "Crossing Borders: International Migration and National Security." International Security, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 165–199. de Groot, T. and Regilme, S. (2022). "Private Military and Security Companies and The Militarization of Humanitarianism." Journal of Developing Societies, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 50-80. Mulaj, K. (2007). " Ethnic Cleansing and the Provision of In/Security." Security Dialogue, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 335–356. Kidd, A. and Walter, B. (2006). "The Strategies of Terrorism," International Security, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 49-80.
ITA101 Spoken Italian IText Book : Marin T., (2019). Nuovissimo progetto italiano 1. Rome: Edilingua; Trifone M. & Scaglione A. (2015). Il Nuovo Affresco Italiano A1. Mondadori Education;
Additional Literature : Caiazzo A. & Ciavarella A. (2004) Volare 1, Italian Activity Book, 2nd ed.
ITA102 Spoken Italian IIText Book : Marin T., (2019). Nuovissimo progetto italiano 1. Rome: Edilingua;
Additional Literature : Trifone M. & Scaglione A. (2015). Il Nuovo Affresco Italiano A1. Mondadori Education
LAW104 Civil Law IIText Book : Choudhry, S., & Herring, J. (Eds.). (2019). The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Family Law Traljić, N, Bubić, S (2007). Bračno pravo (Family Law), Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu, Sarajevo
Additional Literature : 1. Understanding Familiy Law, 2004, ME Rodgers; Cavendish Publishing Limited, The Glass House, UK. 2. International Family Law, An introduction, 2005, Barbara Stark; Ashgate Publishing Limited, England. 3. “Family law, text, cases and materials”, Sonnia Haris Short, Joanna Miles (2011); Oxford University. 4. Materials provided by the lecturer.
LAW106 Roman LawText Book : Tellegen-Couperus, O.,A short history of Roman Law, Routledge, London, 1990, New York, 1993. Mousourakis, G., Fundamentals of Roman Private Law, Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, 2012.
Additional Literature : Roman, A.: „Izvori Rimskog prava“, Zagreb, 1973
LAW118 Constitutional Law IIText Book : 1. Tushnet, Mark. Advanced Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law (Edward Elgar, 2014) 2. Ginsburg and Dixon, eds., Comparative Constitutional Law (Edward Elgar, 2011)
Additional Literature : Other materials to be provided by the instructor.