The European Union in International Relations 4003-116-K-UE
The seminar will include an analysis of transatlantic relations; the EU's policy towards the Mediterranean, Africa, Asia, Latin America, South-Eastern Europe, as well as Russia and Ukraine. The topical areas will provide insight into the external and internal factors determining the character of the EU's relations with particular regions of the world. The main areas of cooperation and their stage of development will be highlighted. The problems and challenges facing the EU on the international stage, especially in the context of the globalization of economic process and their growing interdependence, will be discussed.
1. THE EUROPEAN UNION in INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS – a qualitative and quantitative analysis
2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS – the political dimension and institutionalisation process
3. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS – the economic dimension
4. THE EU’S POLICY TO THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION – The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
5. THE EU AND CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
6. RUSSIA IN EU POLICY – the political and economic dimension
7. UKRAINE AND BELARUS IN EU POLICY – the political and economic dimension
8. TH EUROPEAN UNION TOWARDS THE SITUATION IN THE BALKANS – the conflict in former Yugoslavia, the crisis in Albania, Kosovo, the Balkan countries and their accession to the EU
9. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EUROPOEAN UNION AND ASIA
10. THE EU’S POLICY TOWARDS THE PRC
11. THE EUROPEAN UNION AND LATIN AMERICA
12. THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE COUNTRIES OF AFRICA, CARIBBEAN AND THE PACIFIC (ACP)
Student’s workload:
participation in classes – 30 h
preparation for the classes – 45 h
preparation for obtaining credit – 45 h
total – 120 h
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Having completed the programme, students are expected:
in the field of KNOWLEDGE to:
• have knowledge of political and economic activity of the EU in the world,
• have knowledge of the main mechanisms of EU’s external policy
• have knowledge of the goals and interests of the EU in various regions of the world
in the field of SKILLS to be able to:
• explain the role of the EU in the world,
• explain the role of the EU in solving problems in various regions of the world,
• analyse and assess EU’s external policy
the field of SOCIAL COMPETENCIES to be:
• more independent in applying theoretical knowledge in analysing the basic phenomena in international economic and political relations
• more responsible, due to the fact that attendance at the lectures is not obligatory and students are left with a choice as to the ways of obtaining knowledge presented at the lectures
• more diligent and honest due to the rigorous enforcement of examination requirements
Assessment criteria
The process of obtaining credits for the course consists of:
an oral or written exam: passing mark – 60 % of total points
Bibliography
1. LECTURES – OBLIGATORY (as the basis for the exam).
2. E. Haliżak, S. Parzymies (eds), Unia Europejska. Nowy typ wspólnoty międzynarodowej [The European Union. A new type of international community], Oficyna Wydawnicza ASPRA-JR, Fundacja Studiów Międzynarodowych, Warszawa 2002 – THE CHAPTER ON THE EU’S RELATIONS WITH EAST ASIA.
3. S. Parzymies (ed.), Dyplomacja czy siła? UE w stosunkach międzynarodowych [Diplomacy or power? The EU in international relations], Warszawa 2009, CHAPTERS VI, VIII.3 ,IX.2,3,4,5; X, XII (The United States, Relations with Eastern Europe, The Balkans; the Mediterranean Basin, Latin America).
4. J. Zajączkowski, Unia Europejska w stosunkach międzynarodowych. Wymiar polityczny [The European Union in international relations. the Political dimension], Oficyna Wydawnicza ASPRA–JR, Fundacja Studiów Międzynarodowych, Warszawa 2006 – THE CHAPTERS ON THE EU’S RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST, THE UNITED STATES (TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS).
5. K. Zajączkowski, Ameryka Łacińska w polityce Unii Europejskiej [Latin America in the policy of the European Union], (in:) M.F. Gawrycki (ed.), Ameryka Łacińska we współczesnym świecie [Latin America in the contemporary world], Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2006.
6. K. Zajączkowski, Unia Europejska – Afryka Subsaharyjska: stosunki u progu XXI w. [The European Union – Sub-Saharan Africa: relations in the early 21st century], “Studia Europejskie” 2006, no. 4 (PDF available on the website of the CE UW – Program Wydawniczy CE UW).
7. Problematyka bezpieczeństwa w relacjach UE-Afryka: wymiar polityczny i energetyczny [Security issues in the relations between the EU and Africa: the political and energy dimension], “Studia Europejskie” 2010, no. 4, pp. 89–98 (PDF available on the website of the CE UW – Program Wydawniczy CE UW).
8. K. Zajączkowski, Relacje między ChRL a Unią Europejską w dobie globalizacji [The relations between the PRC and the European Union in the age of globalisation], in: J. Nakonieczna, J. Zajączkowski (eds), Azja Wschodnia i Azja Południowa w stosunkach międzynarodowych. Bezpieczeństwo-gospdarka-cywilizacja [East Asia and South Asia in international relations. Security, economy, civilisation], Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2011, pp. 525–539.
9. Biuletyn PISM no. 38 of 22 August 2008 (http://www.pism.pl/biuletyn_content/id/542 – the PISM website/ publikacje/biuletyn) concerning an agreement between Poland and the United States.
10. P. J. Borkowski, Polityka Sąsiedztwa Unii Europejskiej [The EU Neighbourhood Policy], Warszawa 2009, CHAPTERS 4 and 9.3 (THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AND THE UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN and TURKEY).
11. Beata Wojna, Unia Europejska wobec arabskiej wiosny: problemy i dylematy nowego partnerstwa [The European Union towards the Arab Spring: the problems and dilemmas of the new partnership], “Sprawy Międzynarodowe” 2011, no. 313.
12. K. Zajączkowski, Międzynarodowy potencjał gospodarczy Unii Europejskiej w dobie wyzwań globalnych [The international economic potential of the European Union in the age of global challenges], in: B. Góralczyk (ed.), Unia Europejska jako aktor na scenie globalnej. Razem czy osobno? [The European Union as an actor on the global stage. Together or apart?], Warszawa 2014.
13. B. Góralczyk, K. Zajączkowski, J. Zajączkowski, European Union and Asia, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa – Different Regions, Particular Policies in: D. Milczarek, A. Adamczyk, K. Zajączkowski (eds), Introduction to European Studies. A New Approach to Uniting Europe, Warsaw 2013, pp. 581–626.
14. J. Zając (ed.), Unia Europejska w regionie śródziemnomorskim: między polityką wspólną a interesami państw członkowskich [The European Union in the Mediterranean Region: between a common policy and the interests of the Member States], Warszawa 2014.
15. O. Barburska, K. Zajączkowski, Ukrainian Crisies – European and Polish Perspectives, “Calcutta Historical Journal” 2015, vol. 31, no. 2.
16. K. Zajączkowski, Economic relations between the European Union and Sub-Saharan Africa, in: E. Latoszek, M. Proczek, A. Kłos, M. Pachocka, E. Osuch-Rak (eds), Facing the Challenges in the European Union. Re-thinking EU Education and Research for Smart and Inclusive Growth (EuInteg), Warsaw 2015, pp. 209–228.
17. B. Góralczyk (ed.), Unia Europejska jako aktor na scenie globalnej. Razem czy osobno? [The European Union as an actor on the global stage. Together or apart?], Warszawa 2014.
18. O. Barburska, D. Milczarek, Polityka wschodnia Unii Europejskiej: Porażka czy sukces? [Eastern policy of the European Union: Failure or success?], Warszawa 2014.
19. B. Góralczyk (ed.), European Union on the Global Scene: United or Irrelevan?, Warsaw 2015.
Complementary literature (non-Polish):
Concerning the Mediterranean Basin:
- R. Youngs, Europe in the New Middle East: Opportunity or Exclusion?, Oxford, 2014.
- T. A. Börzel, A. Dandashly, T. Risse, Special Issue: Responses to the “Arabellions”: The EU in Comparative Perspective, “Journal of European Integration”, vol. 37, no. 1, 2015.
- J. A. Horst, A. Jünemann, D. Rothe (eds), Euro-Mediterranean Relations after the Arab Spring, Persistence in Times of Change, Farnham, Ashgate, 2013.
Concerning the Balkans:
- A. Elbasani (ed.), European Integration and Transformation in the Western Balkans Europeanization or Business as Usual? Abingdon 2013.
- A. E. Juncos, A. E., EU Foreign and Security Policy in Bosnia: The Politics of Coherence and Effectiveness, Manchester 2013.
- S. Keil (ed.), State-building in the Western Balkans European Approaches to Democratization, Abingdon 2013.
- F. Bieber (ed.), EU Conditionality in the Western Balkans, London 2012.
Concerning the EU’s Eastern Policy:
- R. Dragneva, R., K. Wolczuk, Ukraine Between the EU and Russia. The Integration Challenge, Basingstoke 2015.
- G. Van der Loo, The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area. A New Legal Instrument for EU Integration Without Membership, Nijhoff, Brill, 2015.
- E. Korosteleva, M. Natorski, L. Simão, EU Policies in the Eastern Neighbourhood. The practices perspective, Abingdon 2014.
- T. Cierco, The European Union Neighbourhood: Challenges and Opportunities, Farnham 2013.
- E. Korosteleva (ed.), Eastern Partnership: A New Opportunity for the Neighbours, London 2013.
- J. Langbein, T.A. Börzel (eds), Special Issue: Explaining Policy Change in the European Union’s Eastern Neighbourhood, “Europe Asia Studies”, vol. 65, no. 4, 2013, pp. 571–798.
Concerning Transatlantic relations:
- M. N. Hampton, A Thorn in Transatlantic Relations. American and European Perceptions of Threat and Security, Basingstoke 2013.
- J. D. Hornsby, Risk Regulation, Science, and Interests in Transatlantic Trade Conflicts, Basingstoke 2013.
- S. Simoni, Understanding Transatlantic Relations Whither the West?, Abingdon, Routledge, 2013.
- S. Fröhlich, The New Geopolitics of Transatlantic Relations: Coordinated Responses to Common Dangers, Baltimore, 2012.
Concerning relations with Africa, Asia and Latin America:
- M. Carbone (ed.), The European Union in Africa: Asymmetric Relations, Declining Relevance, Development Effectiveness, Manchester 2013.
- U. Engel, J. M. Ramos (eds), African Dynamics in a Multipolar World, Leiden-Boston 2013.
- T. Haastrup, Charting Transformation through Security: Contemporary EU-Africa Relations (New Security Challenges), Basingstoke-New York 2013.
- R. K. Jain (ed.), India and the European Union in the 21st Century, New Delhi 2002.
- R. C. Mohan, Crossing the Rubicon. The Shaping of India’s New Foreign Policy, New Delhi 2006.
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union: Striving for a renewed partnership, Santiago de Chile 2012.
- T. Christiansen, E. Kirchner, P. B. Murray (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of EU–Asia Relations, Basingstoke2013.
- K. Kinzelbach, The EU’s Human Rights Dialogue with China, London 2013.
-Z. Pan (ed.), Conceptual Gaps in China–EU Relations: Global Governance, Human Rights and Strategic Partnerships, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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