EU ENLARGEMENT AND NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY
IRES FALL 2014
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Péter BALÁZS
Address: Nádor u. 11. 604.
E-mail: balazsp@ceu.hu
Office hours: Monday and Wednesday 11 to 13 am.
Short summary
The objective of the course is to provide students with the analytical tools to understand the
special nature of the EU neighbourhood policy. The semester is structured in four main parts:
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The first, introductory part (1-7) deals with the challenges to and the responses of the
EU foreign policy including general questions like the EU’s external competences, normative
requirements and EU conditionality.
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The second part (8-12) presents the structure and the content of group to group
relations of the EU with neighbouring regions and the shaping of the European
Neighbourhood Policy.
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The third part (13-20) addresses the specific relations of the EU with neighbouring
European states and regions and analyse mutual interests, with special regard to the Western
Balkans, Turkey and the Eastern Partnership project.
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The last, fourth part (21-24) deals with the eastern ‘neighbours of Europe’ focusing on
Russia, post-Soviet Central Asia and the emerging macro-regional strategies.
The course is based on on-going research done by the CEU Centre for EU Enlargement
Studies (CENS).
Goals of the course
The course’s main aim is to provide students with a strong understanding of:
 the main political motivations behind the EU neighbourhood policy;
 the factors shaping integrated EU positions on future enlargements;
 the significance of EU conditionality in its enlargement and neighbourhood policy.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students will:
 acquire a good understanding of the key political and economic motivations of the
two-level neighbourhood and enlargement policy of the EU;
 apply their knowledge of the tools of policy analysis to empirical cases of EU
enlargement and neighbourhood relations;
 critically engage with the debates on the position of the EU and its member states
concerning future EU accessions.
Requirements
 Attendance and participation in class based on a good knowledge of the readings.
 An essay of a length of 1500 words, to be submitted by early November (date to be
fixed in September) which should discuss a political, economic or legal aspect of the
EU as an international actor.
 A simulation of negotiations between the EU and one of its neighbours, following the
topics 12-23. Students will take the role of either the EU or of one of its partners
(country or region) and prepare and present orally an opening statement of bilateral
negotiations between the two parties and react to each other.
 A policy brief of 3000 words to be submitted at the end of the Fall Semester (date to
be set by the IRES Department) about the relations between the EU and one particular
neighbouring country or region.
Evaluation
 Attendance, participation
20%
 Essay
25%
 Simulation of negotiation
25%
 Policy brief
30%
CONTENTS
FIRST PART: BASIC FEATURES OF EU FOREIGN POLICY
1. Challenges for European foreign policy
Reading:
G. Grevi – D. Keohane (eds.): Challenges for European Foreign Policy in 2014, FRIDE,
2014. pp. 1-94.
2. EU’s external relations after the Lisbon Treaty
Reading:
M. Telo: The EU: A Civilian Power’s Diplomatic Action after the Lisbon Treaty. Bridging
International Complexity and International Convergence, In: The EU’s Foreign Policy: What
Kind of Power and Diplomatic Action, 2013. pp. 27-63.
3. The multi-level foreign policy of the EU
Readings:
S. Keukeleire – T. Delreux: EU Foreign Policy and National Foreign Policies, In: The
Foreign Policy of the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2014.
T. Risse: Identity Matters: Exploring the Ambivalence of EU Foreign Policy, Global Policy,
2012. Vol. 3. Supplement 1. pp. 87-95.
4. EU’s external competences and international agreements
Reading:
R. A. Wessel: The EU as a party to international agreements: shared competences, mixed
responsibilities. In: A. Dashwood – M. Maresceau (eds.): Law and Practice of EU External
Relations, Cambridge University Press, 2008. pp. 152-187.
5. The EU and other international organisations
Reading:
M. Emerson et al.: Upgrading the EU’s Role as Global Actor, CEPS–EGMONT–EPC–
Leuven University, 2011. pp. 65-115.
6. The EU as a normative power
Readings:
T. Forsberg: Normative Power Europe, Once Again: A Conceptual Analysis of an Ideal Type,
Journal of Common Market Studies, 2011. Vol. 49. No. 6. pp. 1183-1204.
N. Gordon – S. Prado: Normative Power Europe and the Power of the Local, Journal of
Common Market Studies, Research Note, 2014. pp. 1-12.
7. EU accession conditionality
Reading:
P. Balázs: Enlargement conditionality of the European Union and future prospects. In: Van
Elsuwege et al. (eds.): Liber Amicorum for M. Maresceau, University of Ghent, 2013. pp.
523-540.
SECOND PART: REGIONAL COOPERATION WITH NEIGHBOURS
8. Group to group relations and the European Economic Area
Readings:
K. E. Smith: Regional Cooperation, In: European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World,
Polity Press, Cambridge, 2008. pp. 76-110.
R. Troxler: Switzerland and the European Union: An evaluation of three integration
strategies for the upcoming decade, Research Paper, 2011. pp. 1-11.
9. Union for the Mediterranean
Readings:
R. Gillespie: The Union for the Mediterranean: An Intergovernmentalist Challenge for the
European Union? Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 49. No. 6. 2011. pp. 1205-1225.
J-C. Tourret – V. Wallaert: 3 Scenarios for a Mediterranean macro-regional approach,
Institut de la Méditerranée, 2010. pp. 15-32.
10. Eastern enlargement
Readings:
U. Sedelmeier: Enlargement, From Rules for Accession to a Policy towards Europe. In: H.
Wallace et al: Policy-Making in the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2010. pp. 401429.
R. A. Epstein – W. Jacoby: Eastern Enlargement Ten Years On: Transcending the East-West
Divide? Journal of Common Market Studies, 2014. Vol. 52. No. 1. pp. 1-16.
11. The European Neighbourhood Policy
Readings:
T. Casier: The European Neighborhood Policy: Assessing the EU’s Policy toward the Region.
In: F. Bindi (ed.): The Foreign Policy of the European Union: Assessing Europe's role in the
World, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 2010. pp. 99-115.
H. Haukkala: The European Union as a Regional Hegemon: The Case of European
Neighbourhood Policy. In: R. G. Whitman: Normative Power Europe, Empirical and
Theoretical Perspectives, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. pp. 45-64.
THIRD PART: SPECIFIC RELATIONS WITH ‘EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS’
12. The Western Balkans
Readings:
F. Bieber: Building Impossible States? State-Building Strategies and EU Membership in the
Western Balkans, Europe-Asia Studies, 63:10, 2011. pp. 1783-1802.
S. Keil: Europeanization, state-building and democratization in the Western Balkans,
Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity, 2013. 41:3, pp. 343-353.
13. Serbia and Kosovo
Readings:
Serbia and Kosovo: The Path to Normalisation, International Crisis Group, Brussels, Europe
Report No. 223., 2013. pp. 1-30.
M. Bjelos – B. Elek: Police Integration in North Kosovo: Progress and Remaining
Challenges in Implementation of the Brussels Agreement, BCSP-KCSS, Belgrade and
Prishtina, 2014. pp. 1-18.
14. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Readings:
I. G. Barbulescu – M. Troncota: The Ambivalent Role of the EU in the Western Balkans –
„Limited Europeanisation” between Formal Promises and Practical Constrains. The Case of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romanian Journal of European Affairs, Vol. 12. No. 1. 2012. pp. 5-26.
O. Keranen: International state building as contentious politics: the case of post conflict
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity,
2014. Vol. 41. No. 3. pp. 354-370.
15. Turkey – obstacles to EU accession
Readings:
B. Rumelili: Turkey: Identity, Foreign Policy, and Socialization in a Post-Enlargement
Europe, European Integration Vol. 33, No. 2, 2011. pp. 235-249.
S. Aydin-Düzgit – E. F. Keyman: EU-Turkey Relations and the Stagnation of Turkish
Democracy, Stiftung Mercator–IAI–IPC Working Paper, 2013. pp. 1-24.
16. Turkey – effects of potential EU membership
Readings:
A. Cimen – S. Yildirim: The Likely Economic Effects of Turkish Membership on the
European Union (EU): A Short Term Analysis, Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi, 2012. Vol. 10. No.
20. pp. 157-180.
S. Pacaci Elitok: Turkey’s Prospective EU Membership from a Migration Perspective: Two
Steps Forward, One Step Back? Perceptions, Autumn 2013. Volume XVIII. No. 3. pp. 1-11.
17. EU Eastern Partnership
Readings:
A. Makarychev – A. Deviatkov: Eastern Partnership: Still a missing link in EU Strategy?
CEPS Commentary, 2012. pp. 1-5.
J. Langbein – T. A. Börzel: Introduction: Explaining Policy Change in the European Union’s
Eastern Neighbourhood, Europe-Asia Studies, 2013. 65:4, pp. 571-580.
18. Ukraine
Readings:
O. Shumylo-Tapiola: Ukraine at the Crossroads: Between the EU DCFTA & Customs Union.
IFRI, Russie.Nei.Reports No. 11. April 2012. pp. 1-25.
Y. Tyschenko: Taking Stock of the Eastern Partnership in the Partner Countries: Ukraine. In:
A. Duelba – V. Bilcik (eds.): Taking Stock of the Eastern Partnership, SFPA 2011. pp. 10-58.
19. Belarus
Readings:
G. Bosse: A Partnership with Dictatorship: Explaining the Paradigm Shift in European
Union Policy towards Belarus, Journal of Common Market Studies Vol. 50. No. 3. 2012. pp.
367-384.
A. Kazakevich et al.: Belarus in the region of the Eastern Partnership countries (1992-2012),
Political Sphere Institute of Political Studies, Vilnius – Centre for European Transformation,
Minsk, 2014. pp. 1-35.
20. South Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)
Readings:
O. B. Pardo Sierra: Shaping the Neighbourhood? The EU’s Impact on Georgia, Europe-Asia
Studies, 63:8, 2011. pp. 1377-1398.
B. Navasardian: Armenia: Imagining the Integration of the Southern Caucasus with the EU,
http://library.fes.de 2011, pp. 62-73.
J. Kobzova – L. Alieva: The EU and Azerbaijan: beyond Oil, ECFR/57, May 2012, pp. 1-8.
FOURTH PART: SPECIFIC RELATIONS WITH ‘NEIGHBOURS OF EUROPE’
21. Russia – geopolitical aspects
Readings:
K. Liik (ed.): Russia’s “Pivot” to Eurasia, European Council on Foreign Relations, 2014. pp.
1-31, 36-47.
V. Feklyunina: Russia’s International Images and its Energy Policy. An Unreliable Supplier?
Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 64. No. 3. May 2012. pp. 449-469.
22. Russia-EU relations
Readings:
I. Klinke: Postmodern Geopolitics? The European Union Eyes Russia, Europe-Asia Studies,
Vol. 64. No. 5. July 2012. pp. 929-947.
T. Casier: The EU-Russia Strategic Partnership: Challenging the Normative Argument,
Europe-Asia Studies, 2013. Vol. 65. No. 7. pp. 1377-1395.
S. Lavrov: State of the Union, Russia-EU: Prospects for Partnership in the Changing World,
Journal of Common Market Studies, 2013. Vol. 51. Annual Review, pp. 6-12.
23. Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)
Reading:
S. Peyrouse et al.: Security and development approaches to Central Asia, The EU compared
to China and Russia, EUCAM Working Paper No. 11. May 2012. pp. 3-23.
24. Macro-regional Strategies
Readings:
C. Nacchia: European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region: A Pilot Strategy for Other
Regions? In: J. Jong – I. Megens – M. Waal (eds.): Walking the Tightrope: Europe between
Europeanisation and Globalisation, Euroculture consortium, Groningen 2011. pp. 181-200.
B. Cugusi: Macro-regional dynamics in the Mediterranean area(s): The case of the Adriatic
Ionian Macro-region, EU Border Regions, 2013. pp. 1-18.
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