Type of Credit: Partially Required
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This course aims to educate students to seize the particular dynamics and political issues within Europe, and also, its relations with other parts of the world. While Europe has undergone significant political transformation since the second World War, its singular course of integration amidst crises and collective community building provides rich subjects for political studies. By the end of the semester, the students are expected to understand the major players in Europe, the unique governance model of the European Union (EU), and the distinctive issues the EU faces. Students are also expected to be able to analyze a given European issue with rightful approaches.
能力項目說明
The first part introduces the particular European political culture and the governance model of the EU. This part of the class will be mainly lecture-giving.The second part looks into the foreign policy of major European actors. The final section will examine the relations between the EU and extra-regional states. Many of the topics will be covered by guest lecturers specialized on the issue. The last 2 weeks will be group presentations by students. Each group is required to select one topic that tackles EU's external relations with one specific actor in the IR, e.g. states, IGOs, NGOs, etc. The presentation will be a situation analysis of the chosen topic, using IR theoretical approaches to test the hypothesis and to present probable developments. Throughout the semester, students’ active participations are expected.
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
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Week |
Class |
Reading list |
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9/10 |
Class introduction: historical overview of the European integration |
Wallace, H., Pollack, Mark A. and Young, Alasdair R. (eds) (2020) Policy-making in the European Union, 8th edition, Oxford University Press. |
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9/17 |
Mid-Autumn Festival |
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9/24 |
EU multi-level governance: theory and practice |
Hooghe, L. and G. Marks. (2001) Multi-Level Governance and European Integration. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
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10/1 |
The nature and the policy-making system of the EU foreign policy |
Keukeleire, S. and Delreux, T. (2022) The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 3rd edition, Palgrave Macmillan. |
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10/8 |
EU normative power and the Brussels effect |
Manners, I. (2002) “Normative Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms?.” Journal of Common Market Studies 40 (2): 235-258; Bradford, A. (2020) The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; Neuman, M. (2019). Democracy Promotion and the Normative Power Europe Framework. Switzerland: Springer; Björkdahl, A. et al. (ed.) (2015). Importing EU Norms: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Findings. Switzerland: Springer. |
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10/15 |
EU economic security strategy Guest lecture: Dr. Mathieu Duchâtel Institut Montaigne |
Defraigne, J.-C. et al. (eds). (2022). EU Industrial Policy in the Multipolar Economy. Edward Elgar Publishing; Meunier S and Nicolaidis K (2019) The geopoliticization of European trade and investment policy. Journal of Common Market Studies 57 (S1): 103-113. |
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10/22 |
EU and Germany |
Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet, G. (2022). Germany and the European Union: How Chancellor Angela Merkel Shaped Europe. Springer International Publishing AG. |
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10/29 |
EU and France Guest lecture: Dr. Pauline Ravinet Attaché for Science and University Cooperation at French Office in Taipei |
Ribeiro, I. M., J. Rosa, and A. I. Xavier (2024). Franco-German leadership in the context of EU defence policy: from Brexit to the strategic compass. Journal of contemporary European studies 2: 1-18. |
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11/5 |
Midterm evaluation |
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11/12 |
EU and Russia |
Lonardo, L. (2023). Russia's 2022 War Against Ukraine and the Foreign Policy Reaction of the EU: Context, Diplomacy, and Law. Springer International Publishing AG. |
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11/19 |
EU and Asia Guest lecture: Professor Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
Di Floristella, A. P. (2020). Security cooperation in and with Asia: Towards a pragmatic turn in the EU’s security policy? European Security, 29(2), 170–188; Su, C.- H. (2022) Europe as a Normative Power in the Indo-Pacific: The Practice of Principled Pragmatism amidst US-China Competition. Issues & Studies 58 (4): 1-19; Mishra, R. A. Hashim and A. Milner. (2021). Asia and Europe in the 21st Century: New Anxieties, New Opportunities. Routledge. |
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11/26 |
EU and China Guest lecture: Professor Johan Englund Swedish Defence Research Agency |
Men, J. et al. (ed.) (2020) The Evolving Relationship between China, the EU and the USA. Routledge; Yin, W. (2021). A comparison of the US and EU regulatory responses to China’s state capitalism: Implication, issue and direction. Asia Europe Journal, 19, 1–25; Abbas, H. and Irfan Hasnain Qaisrani (2020) “China-EU Relations under Xi Jinping: A New Chapter.” Journal of European Studies, 36 (1): 129-168; Chen X, Gao X (2022) Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China. Asia Europe Journal 20: 195-216. |
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12/3 |
Group presentation preparation |
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12/10 |
EU and Africa Guest lecture: Mr. Franck Paris Director of the French Office in Taipei (To be determined) |
Bodenstein, T. and A. Kemmerling. (2017). The European Union as a Collective Actor: Aid and Trade in African Public Opinion. Development policy review 35(4): 567-586. |
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12/17 |
Final presentation |
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12/24 |
Final presentation |
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1/4 |
EU and the US | Newsome, A. and M. Riddervold. (2022). Conclusion: Out With the Old, In With the New? Explaining Changing EU–US Relations. Politics and governance 10(2): 229-234. |
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1/11 |
Extensive reading |
Class participation 30%
Midterm evaluation 40%
Final presentation 30%
Abbas, H. and Irfan Hasnain Qaisrani (2020) “China-EU Relations under Xi Jinping: A New Chapter.” Journal of European Studies, 36 (1): 129-168.
Björkdahl, A. et al. (ed.) (2015). Importing EU Norms: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Findings. Switzerland: Springer.
Bradford, A. (2020). The Brussels Effect. How the European Union Rules the World. Oxford University Press.
Carrapico, H., A. Niehuss, and C. Berthelemy. (2019). Brexit and internal security : political and legal concerns on the future UK-EU relationship. Springer.
Chen X, Gao X (2022) Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China. Asia Europe Journal 20: 195-216.
Coman, Ramona et al. eds. 2020. Governance and Politics in the Post-crisis European Union. Cambridge University Press.
Crepaz, M. and J. Steiner. (2013). European Democracies, 8th edition, Pearson; Rieu, A.-M. and G. Duprat (ed.) (1995). European Democratic Culture, Routledge.
Di Floristella, A. P. (2020). Security cooperation in and with Asia: Towards a pragmatic turn in the EU’s security policy? European Security, 29(2), 170–188.
Hooghe, L. and G. Marks. (2001) Multi-Level Governance and European Integration. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keukeleire, S. and Delreux, T. (2022) The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 3rd edition, Palgrave Macmillan.
Lonardo, L. (2023). Russia's 2022 War Against Ukraine and the Foreign Policy Reaction of the EU: Context, Diplomacy, and Law. Springer International Publishing AG.
Manners, I. (2002) “Normative Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms?.” Journal of Common Market Studies 40 (2): 235-258.
Men, J. et al. (ed.) (2020) The Evolving Relationship between China, the EU and the USA. Routledge; Yin, W. (2021). A comparison of the US and EU regulatory responses to China’s state capitalism: Implication, issue and direction. Asia Europe Journal, 19, 1–25.
Mishra, R. A. Hashim and A. Milner. (2021). Asia and Europe in the 21st Century: New Anxieties, New Opportunities. Routledge.
Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet, G. (2022). Germany and the European Union: How Chancellor Angela Merkel Shaped Europe. Springer International Publishing AG.
Neuman, M. (2019). Democracy Promotion and the Normative Power Europe Framework. Switzerland: Springer.
Newsome, A. and M. Riddervold. (2022). Conclusion: Out With the Old, In With the New? Explaining Changing EU–US Relations. Politics and governance 10(2): 229-234.
Nielsen, Kristian L., and Maili Vilson. (2014). “The Eastern Partnership: Soft Power Strategy or Policy Failure?” European Foreign Affairs Review 19 (2): 243-262.
Pace, M. and A. Bilgic. (2018). Trauma, Emotions, and Memory in World Politics: The Case of the European Union's Foreign Policy in the Middle East Conflict. Political psychology 39 (3): 503-517.
Ribeiro, I. M., J. Rosa, and A. I. Xavier (2024). Franco-German leadership in the context of EU defence policy: from Brexit to the strategic compass. Journal of contemporary European studies 2: 1-18.
Su, C.- H. (2022) Europe as a Normative Power in the Indo-Pacific: The Practice of Principled Pragmatism amidst US-China Competition. Issues & Studies 58 (4): 1-19.
Wallace, H., Pollack, Mark A. and Young, Alasdair R. (eds) (2015) Policy-making in the European Union, 7th edition, Oxford University Press.
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