| CODE | EST2190 | ||||||
| TITLE | Concepts of European Foreign Policy | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | European Studies | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The aim of the course is to stimulate a critical reflection of our thinking about (European) foreign policy and about the various methods and theoretical concepts to analyse (European) foreign policy. The course takes a holistic approach to European foreign policy; we Develop (and critically evaluate) a conceptual framework based on the "traditional foreign policy (TFP) versus structural foreign policy (SFP)." The concept of a structural foreign policy refers to a foreign policy that promotes structural long-term changes and regional stabilisation in other regions through the active promotion of various ordering principles in the field of politics, economics, security and interstate relations: democracy and good government, human rights, regional political and economic co-operation and integration, the various OSCE principles. SFP falls under the Community pillar while TFP falls under the second pillar. We shall focus on SFP rather then TFP. We shall also make an analysis and deconstruction of some common explanations for the problems of EU foreign policy (i.e. the 'large-small divide', 'lack of common interests', 'lack of political will') and evaluate proposals to overcome these obstacles. In the second part we will look at the EU's SFP in practice by analyzing case studies of EU action in the: Middle East Peace Process; Bosnia and Herzegovina; EU-Kosovo; and EU-FYROM. In the final part of the course we shall look at the differences between the EU and US foreign policy strategies. Readings Session 1 -"Pitfalls in analysing (EU) foreign policy". Paper voor Workshop 6, 'Het externe optreden van de EU' [The external action of the EU], Politologenetmaal 2004 (Antwerp, 28/4/2004, 19 pp) Session 2 and 3 - Keukeleire, Stephan (2002) 'Reconceptualizing (European) Foreign Policy: Structural Foreign Policy', Paper for the 1st Pan-European Conference on European Union Politics. Bordeau, 26-28/9/2002, pp. 1-14 (http://www.soc.kuleuven.ac.be/pol/docs/publicaties/ECPR-UACES-Keukeleire.pdf). - Keukeleire, Stephan (2004) 'Structural foreign policy and structural conflict prevention', in Kronenberger, Vincent and Jan Wouters (eds.) (2004) The European Union and Conflict Prevention. Legal and Policy Aspects, The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, pp. 151-172. - Jorgenson, K.E. (1998) 'The European Union's Performance in World Politics: How Should We Measure Success?', in Zielonka, Jan (ed) (1998) Paradoxes of European Foreign Policy (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, pp. 87-101). Session 4 and 5 - Nuttall, Simon, 1997. "Two Decades of EPC Performance", in Regelsberger, Elfriede, Philippe de Schoutheete and Wolfgang Wessels, eds., 1997. Foreign Policy of the European Union. From EPC to CFSP and Beyond, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. 19-39. - European Council, A Secure Europe in a Better World" - a European Security Strategy (Brussels, 12 December 2003, 14 pp.) (http://ue.eu.int/uedocs/cmsUpload/78367.pdf). - Haine, Jean-Yves, 'An Historical perspective', and Schmitt, Burkard, 'European capabilities - how many divisions?', in Gnesotto, Nicole (ed.)(2004) EU Security and Defence Policy. The first five years (1999-2004) (Paris: Institute for Security Studies of the EU, pp. 35-54, 89-110) (http://www.iss-eu.org/books/5esdpen.pdf) Session 6 and 7 - Kagan, Robert (2002) 'Power and Weakness', Policy Review, n°113, 18 pp. (http://www.ceip.org/files/Publications/2002-06-02-PolicyReview.asp?from=pubauthor) - Smith, Karen (2003) European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World (Cambridge: Polity, pp. 52-96). (Ch. 3: 'The EU's Foreign Policy Instruments' & Ch. 4: 'Regional Cooperation'). - European Commission, Communication on Conflict Prevention, COM (2001)211, 11/4/2001, 33 pp. (in particular pp. 5-22). (http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/cfsp/news/com2001_211_en.pdf) Topics Covered in the Course 1. Lecture 1: Foreign Policy - theoretical and conceptual challenges; pitfalls that exists when analyzing foreign policy. 2. Lecture 2: Conceptual framework: traditional foreign policy versus structural foreign policy (SFP). 3. Lecture 3: The European Union's Performance in World Politics: How should we measure success? 4. Lectures 4 and 5: Using structural foreign policy to analyze European foreign policy beyond the second pillar of the EU: Case study- EU action vis-à-vis the Middle East Peace Process 5. Lecture 6: Using structural foreign policy to analyze European foreign policy beyond the second pillar of the EU: Case study- EU action vis-à-vis the Western Balkans. 6. Lecture 7: EU-US Foreign Policy; Are Americans from Mars and Europeans from Venus when it comes to shaping their foreign policy agenda? |
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| LECTURER/S | Roderick Pace |
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