SemesterFall Semester, 2025
DepartmentInternational Master's Program in International Studies, First Year International Master's Program in International Studies, Second Year
Course NameArea Studies - International Relations in European Union
InstructorSU CHO-HSIN
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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Week

Class

Reading list

9/1

Class introduction: historical overview of the European integration 

Wallace, H., Pollack, Mark A. and Young, Alasdair R. (eds) (2020) Policy-making in the European Union, 8th edition, Oxford University Press.

9/8

EU multi-level governance: theory and practice

Keukeleire, S. and Delreux, T. (2022) The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 3rd edition, Palgrave Macmillan; Hooghe, L. and G. Marks. (2001) Multi-Level Governance and European Integration. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

9/16

The nature and the policy-making system of the EU foreign policy




 

Keukeleire, S. and Delreux, T. (2022) The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 3rd edition, Palgrave Macmillan; Hooghe, L. and G. Marks. (2001) Multi-Level Governance and European Integration. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

9/23

EU-Taiwan Relations



Guest lecture: Mr. Lutz Güllner



Head of the European Economic and Trade Office (EETO)  in Taipei


  

9/30

Preparation for group presentation


  

10/7

EU-ASEAN Relations



Guest lecture: Mr. Lukas Gajdos



Deputy Head of the European Economic and Trade Office (EETO)  in Taipei


  

10/14

EU normative power and the Brussels effect

Manners, I. (2002) “Normative Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms?.” Journal of Common Market Studies 40 (2): 235-258; Bradford, A. (2020) The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; Neuman, M. (2019). Democracy Promotion and the Normative Power Europe Framework. Switzerland: Springer; Björkdahl, A. et al. (ed.) (2015). Importing EU Norms: Conceptual Framework and Empirical Findings. Switzerland: Springer.

10/21

EU and France



Guest lecture: Dr. Jean-Jacques Roche



Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas

Ribeiro, I. M., J. Rosa, and A. I.  Xavier (2024). Franco-German leadership in the context of EU defence policy: from Brexit to the strategic compass. Journal of contemporary European studies 2: 1-18. 

10/28

EU economic security strategy



Guest lecture: Dr. Mathieu Duchâtel



Institut Montaigne




 

Defraigne, J.-C. et al. (eds). (2022). EU Industrial Policy in the Multipolar Economy. Edward Elgar Publishing; Meunier S and Nicolaidis K (2019) The geopoliticization of European trade and investment policy. Journal of Common Market Studies 57 (S1): 103-113.

11/4

Midterm evaluation


  

11/11

Preparation for group presentation


  

11/18

EU and Russia

Lonardo, L. (2023). Russia's 2022 War Against Ukraine and the Foreign Policy Reaction of the EU: Context, Diplomacy, and Law. Springer International Publishing AG.

11/25

EU and the US

Newsome, A. and M. Riddervold. (2022). Conclusion: Out With the Old, In With the New? Explaining Changing EU–US Relations. Politics and governance 10(2): 229-234.

12/2

EU and China

Men, J. et al. (ed.) (2020) The Evolving Relationship between China, the EU and the USA. Routledge; Yin, W. (2021). A comparison of the US and EU regulatory responses to China’s state capitalism:



Implication, issue and direction. Asia Europe Journal, 19, 1–25; Abbas, H. and Irfan Hasnain Qaisrani (2020) “China-EU Relations under Xi Jinping: A New Chapter.” Journal of European Studies, 36 (1): 129-168; Chen X, Gao X (2022) Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China. Asia Europe Journal 20: 195-216.

12/9

EU and Africa



Guest lecture: Mr. Franck Paris



Director of the French Office in Taipei



(To be determined)

Bodenstein, T. and A. Kemmerling. (2017). The European Union as a Collective Actor: Aid and Trade in African Public Opinion. 



Development policy review 35(4): 567-586. 

12/16

EU and the Global South



Guest lecture: Professor Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy



Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Di Floristella, A. P. (2020). Security cooperation in and with Asia: Towards a pragmatic turn in



the EU’s security policy? European Security, 29(2), 170–188; Su, C.- H. (2022) Europe as a Normative Power in the Indo-Pacific: The Practice of Principled Pragmatism amidst US-China Competition. Issues & Studies 58 (4): 1-19; Mishra, R. A. Hashim and A. Milner. (2021). Asia and Europe in the 21st Century: New Anxieties, New Opportunities. Routledge.


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

Prepare the equipment and reading materials for class, help organize guest lectures, class communication, grades registration.


Requirement/Grading

Class participation 30%

Midterm evaluation 40%

Group presentation 30%



 


Textbook & Reference

Abbas, H. and Irfan Hasnain Qaisrani (2020) “China-EU Relations under Xi Jinping: A New Chapter.” Journal of European Studies, 36 (1): 129-168.



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.



Carrapico, H., A. Niehuss, and C. Berthelemy. (2019).  Brexit and internal security : political and legal concerns on the future UK-EU relationship. Springer.



Chen X, Gao X (2022) Analysing the EU’s collective securitisation moves towards China. Asia Europe Journal 20: 195-216.



Coman, Ramona et al. eds. 2020. Governance and Politics in the Post-crisis European Union. Cambridge University Press.



Crepaz, M. and J. Steiner. (2013). European Democracies, 8th edition, Pearson; Rieu, A.-M. and G. Duprat (ed.) (1995). European Democratic Culture, Routledge.



Di Floristella, A. P. (2020). Security cooperation in and with Asia: Towards a pragmatic turn in the EU’s security policy? European Security, 29(2), 170–188.



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



Keukeleire, S. and Delreux, T. (2022) The Foreign Policy of the European Union, 3rd edition, Palgrave Macmillan.



Lonardo, L. (2023). Russia's 2022 War Against Ukraine and the Foreign Policy Reaction of the EU: Context, Diplomacy, and Law. Springer International Publishing AG.



Manners, I. (2002) “Normative Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms?.” Journal of Common Market Studies 40 (2): 235-258.



Men, J. et al. (ed.) (2020) The Evolving Relationship between China, the EU and the USA. Routledge; Yin, W. (2021). A comparison of the US and EU regulatory responses to China’s state capitalism: Implication, issue and direction. Asia Europe Journal, 19, 1–25.



Mishra, R. A. Hashim and A. Milner. (2021). Asia and Europe in the 21st Century: New Anxieties, New Opportunities. Routledge.



Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet, G. (2022). Germany and the European Union: How Chancellor Angela Merkel Shaped Europe. Springer International Publishing AG.



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



Newsome, A. and M. Riddervold. (2022). Conclusion: Out With the Old, In With the New? Explaining Changing EU–US Relations. Politics and governance 10(2): 229-234.



Nielsen, Kristian L., and Maili Vilson. (2014). “The Eastern Partnership: Soft Power Strategy or Policy Failure?” European Foreign Affairs Review 19 (2): 243-262.



Pace, M. and A. Bilgic. (2018). Trauma, Emotions, and Memory in World Politics: The Case of the European Union's Foreign Policy in the Middle East Conflict. Political psychology 39 (3): 503-517.



Ribeiro, I. M., J. Rosa, and A. I.  Xavier (2024). Franco-German leadership in the context of EU defence policy: from Brexit to the strategic compass. Journal of contemporary European studies 2: 1-18.



Su, C.- H. (2022) Europe as a Normative Power in the Indo-Pacific: The Practice of Principled Pragmatism amidst US-China Competition. Issues & Studies 58 (4): 1-19.



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



 


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