This course is designed to familiarize the students with the basic concepts of the European Union's foreign policy. It provides a theoretical and analytical basis for students to asses the EU's performance as an international actor. The course addreses the main European Foreign Policy actors, tools, institutions, objectives and issues. Topics to be discussed include the EU's response to contemporary challenges in world politics.
European Foreign Policy (ES 505)
2021 Spring
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
European Studies(ES)
3
10
Senem Aydın Düzgit saduzgit@sabanciuniv.edu,
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English
Doctoral, Master
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Formal lecture
Communicative,Discussion based learning
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| Programs\Type | Required | Core Elective | Area Elective |
| Computer Science and Engineering - With Master's Degree | * | ||
| European Studies - Non Thesis | * | ||
| European Studies - With Thesis | * | ||
| Leaders for Industry Biological Sciences and Bioengineering - Non Thesis | * | ||
| Leaders for Industry Industrial Engineering - Non Thesis | * | ||
| Leaders for Industry Materials Science and Engineering - Non Thesis | * | ||
| Leaders for Industry Mechatronics Engineering - Non Thesis | * | ||
| Political Science - Non Thesis | * | ||
| Political Sciences - With Bachelor's Degree | * | ||
| Political Sciences - With Master's Degree | * | ||
| Political Science - With Thesis | * | ||
| Turkish Studies - Non Thesis | * | ||
| Turkish Studies - With Thesis | * |
CONTENT
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this course is to offer an all-round introduction into the nature of EU foreign policy, the actors, instruments and the interaction with the wider international context. The course will cover basic terminology, history, the institutional framework, and foreign policy issue areas. In addition, the topics of the EU?s identity as an international actor and of Europeanisation of foreign policies are addressed. MA students enrolled in the course will learn to apply this knowledge through an in-depth analysis of EU relations with a third country.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- At the end of the module, the students should acquire the ability to analyse the issues above, both empirically and theoretically. They will have a broad understanding of the relevant theoretical work on European foreign policy and foreign policy analysis. The course will enrich students? knowledge of the history, institutions and actors in the EU?s external relations as well as the various theoretical frames used in explaining EU?s international relations; enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy, EU?s relations with the wider world and the assessment of its `actorness? on the global stage. It will also sharpen graduate students? analytical skills by requiring MA students to conduct further research and write a paper on the basis of the knowledge they acquire in class.
PROGRAMME OUTCOMES
1. Develop and deepen the current and advanced knowledge in the field with original thought and/or research and come up with innovative definitions based on Master's degree qualifications 5
2. Conceive the interdisciplinary interaction which the field is related with ; come up with original solutions by using knowledge requiring proficiency on analysis, synthesis and assessment of new and complex ideas. 5
3. Evaluate and use new information within the field in a systematic approach. 5
4. Develop an innovative knowledge, method, design and/or practice or adapt an already known knowledge, method, design and/or practice to another field; research, conceive, design, adapt and implement an original subject. 4
5. Critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation of new and complex ideas. 5
6. Gain advanced level skills in the use of research methods in the field of study. 3
7. Contribute the progression in the field by producing an innovative idea, skill, design and/or practice or by adapting an already known idea, skill, design, and/or practice to a different field independently. 2
8. Broaden the borders of the knowledge in the field by producing or interpreting an original work or publishing at least one scientific paper in the field in national and/or international refereed journals. 1
9. Demonstrate leadership in contexts requiring innovative and interdisciplinary problem solving. 2
10. Develop new ideas and methods in the field by using high level mental processes such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making. 5
11. Investigate and improve social connections and their conducting norms and manage the actions to change them when necessary. 1
12. Defend original views when exchanging ideas in the field with professionals and communicate effectively by showing competence in the field. 5
13. Ability to communicate and discuss orally, in written and visually with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio C1 General Level. 5
14. Contribute to the transition of the community to an information society and its sustainability process by introducing scientific, technological, social or cultural improvements. 3
15. Demonstrate functional interaction by using strategic decision making processes in solving problems encountered in the field. 1
16. Contribute to the solution finding process regarding social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems in the field and support the development of these values. 3
1. Develop the ability to use critical, analytical, and reflective thinking and reasoning 5
2. Reflect on social and ethical responsibilities in his/her professional life. 2
3. Gain experience and confidence in the dissemination of project/research outputs 5
4. Work responsibly and creatively as an individual or as a member or leader of a team and in multidisciplinary environments. 5
5. Communicate effectively by oral, written, graphical and technological means and have competency in English. 5
6. Independently reach and acquire information, and develop appreciation of the need for continuously learning and updating. 5
1. Analyze historical and contemporary developments in Europe, specifically of the European integration process, from a multi-disciplinary perspective. 5
2. Grasp the main dynamics of the European order, politically, historically and economically. 5
3. Explain the European integration process and the EU's decision-making procedures and it's institutions. 5
1. Analyze historical and contemporary developments in Europe, specifically of the European integration process, from a multi-disciplinary perspective. 5
2. Grasp the main dynamics of the European order, politically, historically and economically. 5
3. Explain the European integration process and the EU's decision-making procedures and it's institutions. 5
1. Begin to grasp historical evolution and contemporary character of world politics. 4
1. Begin to grasp historical evolution and contemporary character of world politics. 4
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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA
| Percentage (%) | |
| Final | 30 |
| Midterm | 30 |
| Term-Paper | 30 |
| Participation | 10 |
RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS
| Readings |
Required Reading. ?European Integration and Foreign Policy: Historical Overview? in The Foreign Policy of the European Union, pp. 35-60. ?International Relations and the EU: Themes and Issues? in International Relations and the European Union, pp. 3-23 (Hill et. al.) ?The Institutional Framework? in International Relations and the European Union, pp. 97-121 (Vanhoonacker and Pomorska). ?The EU?s Foreign Policy System: Actors? in The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 61-94. ?The EU?s Foreign Policy System: Policy Making? in The Foreign Policy of the European Union, pp. 94-116. S. Keukeleire and T. Delreux note on ?Actors in the EU?s Foreign Policy System: New Faces, Some New Approaches, but No Fundamental Changes?, April 2017.
?Introduction: Conceptualising the Foreign Policies of EU Member States? in Amelia Hadfield et. al. (2017) Foreign Policies of EU Member States: Continuity and Europeanisa-tion, London & New York: Routledge. ?The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)? in The Foreign Policy of the European Union, pp. 156-172. ?The Common Security and Defence Policy? in The Foreign Policy of the European Union, pp. 172-197. Sven Biscop (2018), ?European Defence: Give PESCO a Chance?, Survival 60 (3): 161-180. ?EU Foreign Policy towards the Neighbourhood? in The Foreign Policy of the European Union, pp. 242-250. ?Enlargement, the Neighbourhood and European Order? in International Relations and the European Union, pp. 316-341 (Smith). Senem Aydın-Düzgit and Alper Kaliber (2016), ?Encounters with Europe in an Era of Domestic and International Turmoil: Is Turkey a De-Europeanising Candidate Country??, South European Society and Politics 21 (1): 1-14. Solveig Richter and Natasha Wunsch (2020), ?Money, Power, Glory: The Linkages between EU Conditionality and State Capture in the Western Balkans?, Journal of European Public Policy 27(1): 41-62.
C. Nitoiu and M. Sus (2019), ?Introduction: The Rise of Geopolitics in the EU?s Approach to its Eastern Neighbourhood?, Geopolitics 24 (1): 1-19.
Andreas Dur and Manfred Elsig (2011) ?Principals, Agents, and the European Union's Foreign Economic Policies? Journal of European Public Policy 18 (3): 323-338. ?The European Union and the USA? in International Relations and the European Union, pp. 388-418 (Smith and Steffenson). B. Burgoon et al. ?Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Transatlantic Relations?, Interna-tional Politics 54 (4): 420-433, 2017. ?The European Union and International Development? in International Relations and the European Union, pp. 292-316 (Carbone). Maurizio Carbone (2010) ?The European Union, Good Governance and Aid Co-ordination?. Third World Quarterly 31 (1): 13-29 T. Bodenstein et. al. (2016) ?European Union Development Policy: Collective Action in Times of Global Transformation and Domestic Crisis?, Development Policy Review 35 (4): 441-453, 2017. ?The European Union, the BRICs, and other Emerging Powers: A New World Order?? in International Relations and the European Union, pp. 418-443 (Keukeleire and De Bruyn). Gustaaf Geeraerts (2019), ?The EU-China Partnership: Balancing between Divergence and Convergence?, Asia Europe Journal 17 (3): 281-294. Ian Manners. ?Normative Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms?? Journal of Common Market Studies, 40 (2) 2002: 235-258. Adrian Hyde-Price. ??Normative? Power Europe: a Realist Critique,? Journal of European Public Policy 13 (2) (2006): 217-234. ?Conclusions: Theorising EU Foreign Policy? in The Foreign Policy of the European Union, pp. 321-334. |