OADI 2340 - The growing role of the EU in the Asia-Pacific region: challenges and opportunities (NEW)

***UPDATED for 2023/24***

This course will contribute to the students' understanding of the EU's growing engagement with the economically most dynamic region of the world. This will include its multi-faceted relations with China, as well as the strategic partnerships with Japan, South Korea, India. A special focus will be on the interaction of the EU with ASEAN. The intensive geopolitical rivalry between the US and China and the growing alignment between China and Russia will also be examined, as well as regional conflicts which can erupt with potentially major global consequences (notably Taiwan, North Korea). Particular attention will be paid to intensifying cooperation of the EU with partners across the region under its new Indo-Pacific Strategy. The significant challenges for the conduct of relations with regimes completely opposed to the EU's values (Afghanistan, Myanmar) will also form part of the course.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

1.Identify and discuss core concepts of the EU's external projection in defining its relations with very different partners in the Asia-Pacific region

2.Identify and learn how to apply policy tools of the EU, when projecting its interests and values in a highly varied and vast region

3. Analyze data which may motivate the EU to increase or modify otherwise its engagement with this geographically distant region

4.Evaluate policy options for dealing with evolving conflict situations and rogue regimes

Professional Skills

1. Learn how to formulate a concise policy brief for the political decision-making level.

2. Learn how to communicate actively and to deal with foreign information manipulation and interference.

3. Learn how to forge consensus among EU member states on new policy directions and how to preserve unity under external pressure.

Gunnar WIEGAND

Séminaire

English

- In Class Presence: 4 hours a week (2 lectures of 2 hours per week)/ 24 hours a semester

- Online learning activities: 4 hours a week / 24 hours a semester

- Reading and Preparation for Class: 8 hours a week / 48 hours a semester

- Research and Preparation for Group Work: 4 hours a week / 24 hours a semester

- Research and Writing for Individual Assessments: 4 hours a week / 24 hours a semester.

Recommended : Basic knowledge of EU foreign and security policy, EU external policies and tools (trade and development policy; humanitarian aid), external impact of integrated EU policies (such as climate change, energy, environment, digital policy, home and justice).

Spring 2023-2024

(i) Class participation: 10%; group work: 50% (case studies with oral presentations and a , simulations); individual policy briefs: 40%

(ii) Group work will be assigned at the very beginning of the course and presented in the context of the subjects covered at different lectures. Individual policy briefs need to be delivered at the end of the semester.

On group assignments oral feedback will be provided after each presentation in class, and written feedback on the group paper by the end of the lecture; on individual policy briefs written feedback will be provided by end April.