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 class will first introduce the particular European political culture and the governance model of the EU. 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 3 weeks with topics of “EU and Russia,” “EU and the US,” and “EU and China” will be group presentations by students. Each group is required to find one research question about the respective bilateral relationship and to present a situation analysis, using IR theoretical approaches to test the hypothesis and to present probable developments. Throughout the semester, students’ active participations are expected.
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Week |
Class |
Reading list |
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9/1 |
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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9/8 |
EU multi-level governance: theory and practice |
Keukeleire, S. and Delreux, T. (2022) The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 3rd edition, Palgrave Macmillan; Hooghe, L. and G. Marks. (2001) Multi-Level Governance and European Integration. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
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9/16 |
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; Hooghe, L. and G. Marks. (2001) Multi-Level Governance and European Integration. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
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9/23 |
EU-Taiwan Relations Guest lecture: Mr. Lutz Güllner Head of the European Economic and Trade Office (EETO) in Taipei |
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9/30 |
Preparation for group presentation |
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10/7 |
EU-ASEAN Relations Guest lecture: Mr. Lukas Gajdos Deputy Head of the European Economic and Trade Office (EETO) in Taipei |
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10/14 |
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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10/21 |
EU and France Guest lecture: Dr. Jean-Jacques Roche Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas |
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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10/28 |
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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11/4 |
Midterm evaluation |
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11/11 |
Preparation for group presentation |
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11/18 |
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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11/25 |
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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12/2 |
EU and China |
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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12/9 |
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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12/16 |
EU and the Global South 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. |
Class participation 30%
Midterm evaluation 40%
Group 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.