Structure:
- Basic notions (enlargement, integration, deepening, association, effective multilateralism, frontier securitisation, Arab Spring, frozen conflicts, energy dependence, Eastern Partnership, Union for the Mediterranean, Putinisation, Neo-Ottomanism, Neo-Islamism, Weimarisation, “ring of friends/ring of fire”, “Euro-skepticism of prosperity” etc.)
- Analysis of ENP states and regional dynamics
- EU interests and priorities in its neighbourhoods
- Assymetrical Risks and Threats to EU Security
- EU-NATO relationship and common border management
- Russian alternative scenarios of regional preeminence and fragmentation of its near abroad
- EU enlargement perspectives and challenges
Key questions:
- Is ENP a tool for EU regional hegemony, or export of democracy and market economy?
- Which are the limits of EU enlargement process?
- Which external risks and threats are affecting the EU security?
- Are the EU smart power tools working in/for the neighbourhoods?
- How and to which end to assess the EU policies, programmes, projects and initiatives?
Selective Bibliography:
- Stefan Gänzle, (2009) - ‘EU Governance and the European Neighbourhood Policy: A Framework for Analysis’, Europe-Asia Studies, 61(10), pp. 1715–1734. doi: 10.1080/09668130903278926
- Richard G. Whitman, Stephan Wolff (eds.), 2012 - The European Neighbourhood Policy in Perspective, London: Palgrave
- Hrant Kostanyan (ed.), 2017 – Assessing European Neighbourhood Policy. Perspectives from the Literature, Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, London: Roman and Littlefield International
- Helen Wallace, Mark A. Pollack, Christilla Roederer-Rynning, Alistair R. Young (eds.), 2020 – Policy Making in the European Union, 8th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Chapters 17 (Bastian Giegerich, Foreign and Security Policy) and 19 (Ulrich Sedelmeier, Enlargement)
- George Anglitoiu, (2005-2020) – The Transdniestr Conflict, EUBAM, EU Security Strategy, EU Intelligence Service Dilemma, Neo-containment and Putinization, The Case of the Islamic State as a Renovative Totalist Movement, and other essays on Republic of Moldova, Turkey, EFTA, CFSP/FASP, terrorism and organised crime etc.
- ENP Official Documents
Evaluation requirements:
Studienleistung = 50% active attendance + 1 participation in debate or 1 short paper of approx. 2,000 words (e.g. SWOT analysis)
Prufungsleistung = 50% active attendance + 1 participation in debate or 1 short paper of approx. 2,000 words (e.g. SWOT analysis) + 1 final paper of approx. 5,000 words
Deadline for submission of papers – 30 September 2022
Semester: SoSe 2022