ORIN 2145 - European Union as an international Actor

Week 1: The EU as an international actor in the literature Compulsory reading: .F. Keulers, D. Fonck and S. Keukeleire, ‘Beyond EU navel-gazing: Taking stock of EU-centrism in the analysis of EU foreign policy', Cooperation and Conflict, 51/3, 2016, pp. 341-364. Week 2: Actorness and consistency of the EU foreign policy Compulsory reading: .C. Hill, ‘The capabilities-expectation gap or conceptualizing Europe's International Role', Journal of Common Market Studies, 31/3, 1993, pp. 305-328. Week 3: The contribution of trade to the EU international status Compulsory reading: M. Garcia, ‘From Idealism to Realism. EU Preferential Trade Agreement Policy', Journal of Contemporary European Research, 9.4, pp. 521-541. Week 4: EU as a norm exporter: the neighbourhood policy Compulsory reading: L. Delcourt, ‘Dealing with the elephant in the room: the EU, its Neighbourhood and Russia, Contemporary Politics, 24/1, 2017, pp. 14-29. Week 5: EU enlargement as a political stabilizer of Europe Compulsory reading: TA. Börzel, A. Dimitrova, F. Schimmelfennig, ‘European Union enlargement and integration capacity: concepts, findings and policy implications', Journal of European Public Policy, 24/2, 2017, pp. 157-176. Week 6: The contribution of EU to world military security Compulsory reading: J. Howorth, ‘Differentiation in security and defence policy', Comparative European Politics, 17/2, 2019, pp. 261-277.

Christian LEQUESNE

Séminaire

English

Attending each lecture (6) and participating in the discussion. Preparing a final paper in December 2021. Students are also requested to read the compulsory reading before attending the course. Q/A on the reading will be organized by the professor.

It will help the understanding of the course if the student has a general background on the EU institutional system. If it is not the case, please look at Simon Hix

Autumn 2022-2023

Students have the choice to write either a final essay or a policy paper (with policy recommendations) at the end of the Fall Semester. The topic of the paper (to be defined with the professor) must concern the EU as an international actor. It can be purely academic or practice-oriented. This paper counts for 80% of the final mark. Students are invited to participate in the discussion during each lecture (30 mn Q/A at the end of each lecture). This participation counts for 20% of the final mark.