INTL 447
IDENTITY AND FOREIGN POLICY
OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
MW 11:00-12:15
CAS B34
INSTRUCTOR:
Bahar Rumelili
CASE 143 (ext. 1628)
e-mail: brumelili@ku.edu.tr
Office Hours: T 11:00-12:00
W 13:00-15:00
and by appointment
Course Description:
This course analyzes in-depth three interrelated debates on European integration with their
theoretical and policy implications. We begin with an interrogation of the ‘democratic deficit’
problem of the European Union. What standards of democracy should be applicable to the
Union? How can the Union institutions and governance structure be further democratized?
Secondly, building on the argument that a functioning democracy requires citizens that
identify with European institutions, we investigate the debates on the construction of a
European identity. How can the peoples of Europe identify more strongly with the European
Union and its institutions? What can the European Union do in the construction of an identity
as such? And finally, we turn to the discussion of the European Union on the world stage. We
analyze the intricate relationship between identity and foreign policy. How and in what ways
does the European Union impact world politics? How can it be more effective?
Course Readings:
The following books have been put on reserve:
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Christopher Hill and Michael Smith (eds.) (2005) International Relations and the
European Union, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Chris Shore (2000) Building Europe: The Cultural Politics of European Integration,
London and New York: Routledge.
Dannreuther, R. (ed.) (2004) European Union Foreign and Security Policy: Towards a
Neighborhood Strategy, Routledge.
Youngs, R. (2006) Europe and the Middle East: In the Shadow of September 11,
Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Peterson, J. and M. A. Pollack (2003) Europe, America, Bush: Transatlantic Relations
in the Twenty-first Century, Routledge.
Koutrakou, V. N. (ed.) (2004) Contemporary Issues and Debates in EU Policy,
Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Rumelili, Bahar (2007) Constructing Regional Community and Order in Europe and
Southeast Asia, New York: Palgrave Macmillan
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Diez, Thomas, Mathias Albert and Stephan Stetter (ed.) (2008) The European Union
and Border Conflicts: The Power of Integration and Association, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Neumann, Iver B. (1999) Uses of the Other: “The East” in European Identity
Formation, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Tocci, Nathalie (2008) The EU and Conflict Resolution: Promoting Peace in the
Backyard, New York: Routledge
Theiler, Tobias ( 2005) Political Symbolism and European Integration, New York:
Manchester University Press.
Antonenko, Oksana and Kathryn Pinnick (eds)(2005) Russia and the European Union,
New York: Routledge
The assigned articles are also available on the library’s e-reserve collection. In addition, a
course packet will be made available for purchase at the XEROX copy center.
Course Requirements:
Students are expected to closely read the assigned texts and actively participate in all class
sessions. Students will also be asked to write a 15 page research paper, adhering to the
timeline detailed below. Course grades will be determined on the following basis:
Participation:
Midterm:
Research Paper:
Final exam
15%
25%
30%
30%
Research Paper and Timeline:
Students will decide on their topics in consultation with the instructor. Students who decide to
change their topics after the deadline lose 10% of the paper grade. Although optional, it is
strongly advised that students submit a first draft of the paper and receive instructor
comments adhering to the timeline below. For those students who submit a first draft, the
deadlines and points are listed below. All papers are due on Jan 9th, 5:00 PM. The paper grade
will be reduced by 10% for each day after the deadline.
Step
Decide on topic in consultation with instructor
Submit first draft (OPTIONAL)
Meet with instructor to receive comments
Submit final draft
Pts
10
30
60
Deadline
Oct. 8th
Nov. 26th
Dec. 1st -3rd
Jan. 9th
Course Schedule:
Sept. 15-17: Introduction and Course Overview
Gerard Delanty (2005) ‘What Does it Mean to a “European”?’ Innovation, 18: 1, pp. 11-22.
Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida (2003) ‘February 15, or What Binds Europeans
Together: A Plea for a Common Foreign Policy, Beginning in the Core of Europe’
Constellations, 10: 3, pp. 291-7
Sept. 22-24: Constructing a European Identity: The Internal Dimension
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Shore, Ch. 1, 2, and 3.
Theiler, Ch. 4-5
Sept. 29- Oct. 1: BAYRAM Holiday
Oct. 6-8:. Turkey and the Construction of European identity
Neumann, Ch. 2
Rumelili, Ch. 3,4
Hurd, E. S. (2006) ‘Negotiating Europe: the politics of religion and the prospects for Turkish
accession’ Review of International Studies, 32, pp. 401-418.
Oct 13-15: Identity and Foreign Policy
Kagan, Robert (2002) ‘Power and Weakness’ Policy Review, pp. 3-28
Cooper, Robert (2002) ‘The New Liberal Imperialism’ Guardian (Observer Worldview).
Smith, Karen E. (2000) ‘The End of Civilian Power EU: A Welcome Demise or Cause for
Concern?’ The International Spectator, 35:2, pp. 11-28.
Oct 20-22-27: EU Foreign Policy and Member States
Maull, Hanns W. (2008) ‘Germany and the Art of Coalition Building’ European Integration,
30:1, pp. 131- 152.
Irondelle, Bastien (2008) ‘European Foreign Policy: the End of French Europe’ European
Integration, 30:1, pp. 153- 168.
Andreatta, Filippo (2008) ‘Italian Foreign Policy: Domestic Politics, International
Requirements and the European Dimension’ European Integration, 30:1, pp. 169- 181.
Hood, Frederick (2008) ‘Atlantic Dreams and European Realities: British Foreign Policy
After Iraq, European Integration, 30:1, pp. 183- 197.
Edwards, Geoffrey (2006) ‘The New Member States and the Making of EU Foreign Policy,
European Foreign Affairs Review, 11, pp. 143- 162.
Oct. 29 HOLIDAY
Nov.3: MIDTERM
Nov. 5: The EU and Conflict Resolution I
Rumelili Bahar (2008) ‘Transforming the Greek- Turkish Conflicts: the EU and “what we
make of it” !’ Diez, Thomas, Mathias Albert and Stephan Stetter (ed.), Ch 4
Tocci, Ch 3
Nov. 10-12: The EU and Conflict Resolution II
Greco, Ettore (2004) ‘Southeastern Europe: the expanding EU role’ in Dannreuther (ed.), Ch.
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Tocci, Ch 5
Nov. 17-19: The EU and its Near Abroad
Zagorski, A. (2004) ‘Policies Toward Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus, in Dannreuther
(ed.), Ch. 6
Tocci, Ch. 7
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Triantaphyllou, Dimitrios (2007) ‘Energy Security and Common Foreign and Security Policy
(CFSP): The Wider Black Sea Area Context’ Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 7:2,
pp. 289- 302
Nov. 24-26: The EU and Russia
Lukyanov, Fyodor (2008) ‘Russia- EU: The Partnership That Went Astray’ Europe- Asia
Studies, 60:6, pp. 1107- 1119
Bordachev, Timofei (2005) ‘Russia’s European Problem: Eastward Enlargement of the EU
and Moscow’s Policy, 1993- 2003’ in Antonenko, Oksana and Kathryn Pinnick (eds), Ch. 3
Joenniemi, Pertti (2008) ‘Border Issues in Europe’s North’ in Diez, Thomas, Mathias Albert
and Stephan Stetter (eds.), Ch. 5
Nov. 26-28: The EU and the Middle East
Youngs, ch. 2-3
Dec. 1-3: The EU and the Mediterranean
Youngs, chs. 4-5.
Yacobi, Haim and David Newman (2008) ‘The EU and the Israel- Palestine Conflict’ in Diez
et. al (eds), Ch. 6.
Dec. 8-10: BAYRAM HOLIDAY
Dec. 15 and 17: Security and Defense
Council of the European Communities, A Secure Europe in a Better World, European
Security Strategy, Brussels 12 December 2003.
Hill and Smith, Ch.9 (bunu okumaların arasında bulamadım hocam)
Duke, Simon (2008) ‘The Future of EU- NATO Relations: A Case of Mutual Irrelevance
Through Competition’ European Integration, 30:1, pp. 27- 43
Dec. 22-24: Foreign Economic Policy
Hill and Smith, Ch. 12.
Luckhurst, J. and V. N. Koutrakou (2004) ‘EU economic governance in the present world
system’ in Koutrakou, V. N. (ed.), ch. 6.
Koutrakou, V. N. (2004) ‘New Directions in the EU’s Third World Policy: from aid to trade
under the watchful eye of WTO’ in Koutrakou, V. N. (ed.), ch. 7 bunlar yoktu hocam
Dec. 29-31: Transatlantic Relations
Peterson, J. and M. A. Pollack (2003) ‘Introduction: Europe, America, Bush’ in Peterson, J.
and M. Pollack (eds.), Ch. 1 bir tek bu var, aşağıdakiler yok
Howorth, J. (2003) ‘Foreign and Defense Policy Cooperation’ in Peterson, J. and M. Pollack
(eds.), Ch. 2
Baldwin, M., Peterson, J. and B. Stokes (2003) ‘Trade and Economic Relations’ in Peterson,
J. and M. Pollack (eds.), Ch. 3
Berenskoetter, F. S. (2005) ‘Minding the Gap: A Comparison of US and European Security
Strategies, Security Dialogue, 36:1, pp. 71-92.
Jan. 5-7: Conclusion and Overview
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