Semester	Spring Semester, 2025
Department	Junior Class of Department of Diplomacy Senior Class of Department of Diplomacy
Course Name	Regional Integration and EU-Asia Relations
Instructor	SU CHO-HSIN
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
Prerequisite	A、International Relations、International Studie、Intro : International Relations、Intro to International Relations、Intro to International Relatns、Introduction to International Relations、Introduction to World Politics、N/A

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Week	Class	Reading list
2/18	Class introduction
2/25	Regional integration in theory	Keukeleire, S. and Delreux, T. (2022) The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 3rd edition, Palgrave Macmilla; Dent, C. (2016). East Asian Regionalism. 2nd ed. Routledge.
3/4	Regional integration à l'européenne: The nature and the policy-making system of the EU foreign policy	Coman, Ramona et al. eds. 2020. Governance and Politics in the Post-crisis European Union. Cambridge University Press; Keukeleire, S. and Delreux, T. (2022) The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 3rd edition, Palgrave Macmillan; Defraigne, J.-C. et al. (eds). (2022). EU Industrial Policy in the Multipolar Economy. Edward Elgar Publishing.
3/11	EU normative power and the Brussels effect	Björkdahl, A. et al. (ed.) (2015). Importing EU Norms: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Findings. Switzerland: Springer; Bradford, A. (2020). The Brussels Effect. How the European Union Rules the World. Oxford University Press.
3/18	Introduction to EU-Taiwan Relations Field trip: European Economic and Trade Office (EETO) in Taipei Hosted by Mr. Lutz Güllner Head of the EETO
3/25	Basic freedoms of the single market Guest Lecture: Dr. Michal Tomášek Deputy Dean and Director of the Department of European Law Charles University
4/1	EU-China relations: consequences for Europe's engagement in Asia Guest lecture: Dr. Mathieu Duchâtel Institut Montaigne	Brennan, L. and P. Murray (2015). Drivers of Integration and Regionalism in Europe and Asia: Comparative Perspectives. Routledge.
4/8	Discovering East Asia Regionalism and Regionalization in East Asia	Kenderdine, T. (2018). “Death of the East Asian Goose and the Rise of China’s Geoindustrial Policy”. In Journal of Chinese Political Science, 23: 437-453; Harvie, C., D. Narjoko and S. Oum (2015). Economic Integration in East Asia: Production Networks and Small and Medium Enterprises. Routledge.
4/15	Midterm evaluation
4/22	Taiwan-ASEAN relations Field trip: Chung-Hua Institution of Economic Research Hosted by Ms. Kristy Hsu Director of the Taiwan ASEAN Studies Center at Chung-Hua Institution of Economic Research
4/29	Interregionalism and EU-Asia relations	García, I. J. M. (2017). “Interregionalism in Transnational Interest Networks: Euro-Asian Civil Society and the EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement”. In Globalizations, 14 (4): 563-577.
5/6	EU-Asia relations Guest lecture: Professor Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy Vrije Universiteit Brussel
5/13	Europe-Africa partnership Guest lecture: Mr. Frank Paris Director of the French Office in Taipei
5/20	Day off (University Anniversary)
5/27	Final presentation and debate on chosen topic
6/3	Final presentation and debate on chosen topic
6/10	Extensive readings
6/17	Extensive readings

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Requirement/Grading

In each class, there will be lecture-giving and Q&A time, where students’ active participations are expected. On the final weeks, students are required to present a chosen topic in interregional studies with theoretical analysis and sound viewpoint. The topic could range from general structural comparative study (e.g. regional institutional design, regional historical development, etc.) to specific policy area comparative study (e.g. financial regionalism, refugee management, counter terrorism cooperation, etc.).

課堂參與Class participation：30%

期中評量Midterm evaluation：30%

期末報告Final presentation：40%

Textbook & Reference

Björkdahl, A., Chaban, N., Leslie, J. and Masselot, A. (ed.) (2015). Importing EU Norms: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Findings. Springer.

Bradford, A. (2020). The Brussels Effect. How the European Union Rules the World. Oxford University Press.

Brennan, L. and P. Murray (2015). Drivers of Integration and Regionalism in Europe and Asia: Comparative Perspectives. Routledge.

Dent, C. (2016). East Asian Regionalism. 2nd ed. Routledge.

García, I. J. M. (2017). “Interregionalism in Transnational Interest Networks: Euro-Asian Civil Society and the EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement”. In Globalizations, 14 (4): 563-577.

Harvie, C., D. Narjoko and S. Oum (2015). Economic Integration in East Asia: Production Networks and Snall and Medium Enterprises. Routledge.

Hooghe, L. and G. Marks. (2001) Multi-Level Governance and European Integration. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Hsieh, F.-S. (2017). “Cross-Strait Relations in the Aftermath of Taiwan’s 2016 Elections”. In Journal of Chinese Political Science, 22 (1): 1-15.

Keukeleire, S. and Delreux, T. (2014) The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan.

Neuman, M. (2019). Democracy Promotion and the Normative Power Europe Framework. Switzerland: Springer.

Pencea, S. (2017). “A Look into the Complexities of the One Belt, One Road Strategy”. In Global Economic Observer, 5 (1): 142-158.

Vangeli, A. (2017) ‘China’s Engagement with the Sixteen Countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe under the Belt and Road Initiative’, China & World Economy, 25 (5): 101-124.

Virginie, G. (2015). “The Kim Dynasty and the North-East Asian Security: Breaking the Cycle of Crises”. In North Korean Review, 11 (2): 25-44.

Wajjwalku, S., Ho, K. C. and Yoshida, O. (ed.) (2016). Advancing the Regional Commons in the New East Asia. Routledge.

Wallace, H., Pollack, Mark A. and Young, Alasdair R. (eds) (2015) Policy-making in the European Union, 7th edition, Oxford University Press.

Wu, C.-H. and Gaenssmantel, F. (ed.) (2020) Law and Diplomacy in the Management of EU-Asia Trade and Investment Relations. New York: Routledge.

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